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PLUS TECH SQUEEZE BOX - Early Riser
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AKA 'Theme from Powerade'. Which is a smidgen unfortunate, really, because Powerade is vile blue 'energy drink' for the active sportsperson (also available in vile orange flavour/colour), and not really deserving of having a song this smashing as its theme tune.

PTSB are some Japanese types who go breaking on guitars very loudly and crunchily, lobbing in some gently indecipherable female cooing "ah-eee, you are the-ee ear-er-ly ri-ser" for no real reason over the crashing surf riffery, animal/Ikara Colt drummery and high pitched electro dronery for about twenty seconds, then slipping into a big-band trumpet filler bit over which she "Ba-ba-ba"'s for a bit. Then there's more of the riffing, then back to big band, then some weird little melding of the two, then it all shivers and BANG! here comes the riffery... big band... riffery...big banded riffery, and the end is some trumpets doing the whole big climax thing, and a nice little electric squiggle at the end. Indie disco classicism assured for ever after.

Why can't the popular bands be this great?

(P.S., yes, I have heard of Cornelius... blaaaagh.)


By: Stylus Staff
Published on: September 07, 2003
 
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