Tim: You complained last week that Armin van Buuren didn’t give you, I think it was, “a BANGING CHOON.” This, I think, might fill some of the gap.
Tom: Yes it does. But it took a while to get there.
Tim: Fair enough – it doesn’t get off to a fantastic start. In particular, there’s something about the lone “cut the cord” line that sounds a tad off to me, but I’m not quite sure why.
Tom: I’m not a music theorist, but I think it’s the harmony being slightly “off” – deliberately – which means it sounds unsettling rather than your typical upbeat pop music. I don’t reckon it works.
Tim: Me neither, but as for the rest of it, though, once it gets going at the forty second mark then it really keeps going. During the breakdown thirty seconds later, it’s POUNDING and PUMPING and GOING OFF.
Tom: …got something on your mind, Tim?
Tim: Not really – just general loneliness, I suppose. Why, does it show?
The “competition, exhibition, inhibition, opposition, etcition” is, to me, not particularly great, but it certainly keeps the pace up until the main dance section comes back for a triumphant close to the song. So, requirements met?
Tom: It’ll put me through, but I’m still hunting for a Big Summer Track. This ain’t quite it.