Musings on the byways of popular culture
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Nothing to do with the NME this time…
Which album is this? And who is the famous reviewer?
“(X’s) fretless and flanged bass scribbles through (…) like a crayon across the face of the Mona Lisa. It wobbles like a weeble on a see-saw. It staggers like a drunk in a bouncy kebab shop. It writhes like an inflatable wraith outside a secondhand car dealer.”
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As before, here’s an extract from a review in the NME. No clues: no year, no journalist name… Which album do you think is being reviewed? You can guess the band – but you can’t win unless you also get the album correct…
“With the rhythm section asleep, the music unadventurous and the overall mood devoid of any real lightness or spontaneity, the task of turning (album title) back from the brink is inevitably down to the lyrics and the singing thereof. Only very rarely do either impress.”
