Scotts – Hurt

“Jolly, danceable and just generally fun”

Tim: Fancy some dansband?

Tom: Almost always.

Tim: What a fun track.

Tom: Unexpectedly, there’s a lot of dans and not a lot of band there. I like that, but are you sure this qualifies as dansband?

Tim: Yes – definable instruments in there, and that’s what they call it so it’s good enough for me, as is the track. Well, pretty much – the music’s good, and the lyrics are good if you (a) don’t listen to them at all or (b) listen to them carefully. If you just listen to the chorus, all you’ll hear is ‘yes it hurts’, ‘it will hurt’ and ‘it will hurt, hurt, hurt, hurt, hurt’, which let’s be honest isn’t all that fun. But, pay more attention and you’ll find it’s all about how things will finally come together despite occasional missteps, so it’s all fine.

Tom: And I’m all in favour of that as a message.

Tim: Good. The backing track, as with a whole lot of dansband stuff, is jolly, danceable and just generally fun (and I’ve now used the word ‘fun’ three times; not sure if that says more about the song or my vocabulary).

Tom: Probably your vocabulary. You’re right, though.

Tim: All in all, a solid, enjoyable track. Sod it, one more time: fun.

Hmm. You know how you use one word a load of times and it starts being weird?

Tom: Semantic satiation“, which is a weird term in itself.