Sigur Ros, "Takk". After the sleepy (= a bit boring) shoegaze of their debut and the so-called "boring" (= entrancing) sophomore effort comes "Takk", a cymbal-crashing tour-de-force that's as furious as Sigur Ros are likely to get (stretched out over an entire album, that is). What's more, the Disneyland-goes-Morr Music twinkling that filled the "Ba Ba Ti Ki Di Do" EP is also here in abundance, which enhances the other-worldly feeling you get from so much of Sigur Ros' music. Now if only the tickets for their upcoming tour weren't so pricey ...
TATU, "What About Us" (single). The song strays almost comically close to "Show Me Love" from their last album. Its qualities as a fist-clenching anthem didn't click with me until I saw the video, that is, it all starts to make more sense once you watch the video. Following in the tradition of anti-classics like Michael Jackson's "Leave Me Alone", it's splattered with satirical tabloid headlines about Yulia and Lena's "relationship" -- just let them be, people, for the good of humanity! Let me get this straight ... their whole shtick is upholding a "THEY ARE LESBIAN LOVERS -- OR ARE THEY?" media image (along with releasing some utterly fantastic singles) , so they decide to release a video which, in part, attacks the media for perpetuating this circus? My brain hurts.
Regardless, the video features prostitution, guns, vodka shooters, and girls kicking ass in skimpy outfits in a manner that would have made Russ Meyer grin from ear to ear. Oh, did I mention how SMOKING HOT they (TATU) are in this video? Try to track down the uncensored version before MTV gets their hands on it (although it will be interesting to see if Much Music airs it as is).
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