I sure have a lot of new things to listen to.
Can I live review all of them? Probably not.
I loved the first Fischerspooner album. The
second one tried way too hard and I listened to it maybe twice. Who knew they
would make another album? Did they make more before this and I just didn’t
care? Huh…I guess so. Also, now I have no idea what I listened to because what
Wikipedia says makes no sense with what I listened to and when. Whatevs.
- Stranger Strange
Sounds like old Fischerspooner so far. I’m
going to get really tired of typing that whole name. I could call then FSP but
I hate acronyms so I’ll just copy and paste them. I kind of don’t like his
whiny, sleaze, sexy moan voice thing that he does. This song is a lot less
catchy and dancey than it is…I don’t know. It sounds like Suicide without being
interesting. Maybe one of those 80s darkwave bands I didn’t really listen to?
He really likes saying the “f” word.
That wasn’t very good.
- TopBrazil
This is a little dancier but still doing the
Depeche Mode New Order thing pretty hard. It’s not like I’m going to dance to
it but I would like it to bounce better. The robot singing is pretty fun. The
song still needs a better beat and less terribly breathy lyrics about whatever
the hell he’s singing about. I’m almost sure it’s a lot of gay sex. I just
looked it up and it definitely sounds like a whole lot of gay sex.
- Togetherness
He knows, he knows. There’s a lot of “I” so
far. I think the “me me me” thing is part of the schtick but it’s less obvious
when there’s more vocal distortion. Which this album badly needs. Oh great…another
slow-ish song. That is also almost definitely about gay sex. I’m not opposed to
a song here and there about going deeper into the dark denim but I could use a
break now and then.
- Everything Is Just
Alright
This is more like it! Maybe there will be some
gay sex but it’s opening with a bouncy robot beat and instead of greasy singing
it’s more of a fast wacky talking thing. I can get behind this. That’s not a
gay sex joke. The “OOOOOOOOH” leaves something to be desired but I’d totally
listen to this song again. I’ll call it the gay sex counterpoint to Camper Van
Beethoven’s “Ambiguity Song”. In case you were wondering, the singer is
learning to be a man’s man. And done.
- Have Fun Tonight
So if I thought the other songs were about gay
sex I’m absolutely sure about this one. It’s a lot of wailing “we coooooome
together sweetly”. A lot. GO HARD AND LOOSE. This is the gayest album I’ve
listened to today. Maybe not all week though. This song actually sounds like a
parody of a song, like with only a couple more overly-explicit lines it could
be in the background during the scene in “National Lampoon’s Randy Dickles Chases
Tales” where they go in the gay club while wearing otter costumes. I just made
that movie up but I bet it’s going to be a real thing one day. I kind of
stopped listening to the song while I made the movie up but they’re still
coming together sweetly and having fun tonight. Great news!
- Discreet
Whoops…I didn’t realize a new song has
started. Not going back. This is back to boring and trying to sound dark. There
are glimmers of almost interesting things here like with a sample of breathing from
too close to his nose but everything is just cut too slowly and feels dull.
There’s no fun here at all, just sort of depressing attempts at confronting the
listener with gay gayness. HAHAHA OK, not no fun at all, just mostly. I did
like the “sup?” “hi!” “hello” call and response a lot.
- Strut
This starts off OK. I definitely like the
faster songs much better. Which is weird because 15th Day was the one
slow song on the first album and that was my favorite but they’re just not
hitting on this one. This song has some playful manipulation of sounds and I
like that. More than I like the shouting talking about lame past flings but I
like that better than sexy crooning so somewhere in that mess this is my second
favorite song on the album so far. Oh, and there’s some gay sex. Surprise!
- Get It On
Gee, I wonder what this song will be about.
And it’s slow to start with just vocals. Not getting any faster. Is he saying “Naked,
Na, Na, Na”? I hope so. This is slower but not so bad. Not so good, but not so
bad. This should have been one of only two or three slow songs on the album.
- I Need Love
Because here comes another slow song. “I lost
my phone I lost my head” is so profound, man. I like that the chorus is sung in
chipmunk voice at least. I think this could be a Lady Gaga song if the pitch
was just a little lower. Also, it should be way catchier. Why is it so herky
jerky?
- Butterscotch Goddam
I’m running out of things to say already. I
like the robot and chipmunk voices. I don’t like the slow songs. Gay sex just
is, and it is a lot. He needs me. Needy needs me. What the hell is this song
saying? I kind of don’t care because it’s terrible. Every few bars it changes
into a different song and none of them are good.
- Dark Pink
Definitely ready for this to be over. There’s
not a lot to distinguish this from the last song. Oh wait, his voice is a
little scratchier and the bass is a little more muted. And it hasn’t changed
into a new song yet after 30 seconds. I’ll take this over the last piece of
crap.
- Try Again
Ugh. This stinks. Not a good sign that I keep
checking to see how much time is left in the song and how many songs are left
on the album. Maybe this is supposed to be a concept album and the songs tell
the story of a character moving through relationships and encounters? Maybe it’s
more high-concept than that and they’re aware of just how weak this album is (especially
as a comeback) and this song is open acknowledgement that they need to try
again. I’m probably giving them too much credit.
- Oh Rio
Finally. I really hope this is the Duran Duran
song. “Every dream has a dark side…” talk talk talk. About a life of gay sex.
Oh my god. Enough. He’s not a good singer, not a good talker, and not anywhere
near as clever as he thinks. This sounds like someone who has never faced
actual adversity trying to get me to relate to how hard it is to have partied
all over the world for years but feel lonely for not being loved. With fake
echo crying in the background. I remember that #1 ended with “Megacolon”, which
still makes me laugh when I hear it. This song is no “Megacolon”.
Well that wasn’t very good. I can safely keep
only #1 in my collection.
Final rating: Three lonely leather daddies out of a whole
club full. There’s almost nothing worthwhile here,
maybe three or four songs at best and a few neat production tricks.
Download links:
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Mega
Zippy
Zoomy
Whackadoo
Bingo Bango
Download links:
Userscloud
Rapidshare
Mega
Zippy
Zoomy
Whackadoo
Bingo Bango
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