Tim: We got sent this, which is three minutes and forty eight seconds of brilliance, and thirty seconds of utter rot.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FyO5hE8lSKc
Tom: An “unlisted” video on YouTube. One upvote, four downvotes, at the time of writing. Tons of stock footage to make the video look more expensive. Slightly, ineffably ‘off’ editing in parts. Someone’s trying to punch way above their weight. Normally I’d be mocking that, but… they’ve actually done a pretty good job.
Tim: The verses, the chorus, the backing track, the snare drum buildups – it all sounds like a perfect fit for a 2003 club night out.
Tom: Ouch. That’s a much sharper burn than I suspect you think it is.
Tim: It’s a burn at all? Wasn’t meant to be. What’s wrong with a 2003 club night out?
Tom: Well, it’s 2013 for a start. But still, it’s not a bad track at all.
Tim: Except. Except. Oh, except for that awful, dire, shockingly terrible middle eight. It comes out of nowhere, it goes back to nowhere, it doesn’t remotely fit in – what the hell’s it doing there? What is the point of it? I’d be angry about it, except I’m a bit confused by it, because it has no place here at all. It sounds a bit like it’s snuck in from another video, Wreck-It Ralph style, and has thought “Oh, I might as well stay.”
Tom: Ha. There’s a movie in that. Well, I suppose there was, and it was Wreck-It Ralph, but you get my point.
Tim: All I can say that it’s NOT AT ALL WELCOME. To be honest, I’d be happy if it ended just before he joins in – three minutes is a decent enough length, and the end bit doesn’t add all that much. So basically, his thirty seconds has made me wish the whole song was a minute and a half shorter. NICE ONE SUNSHINE.