Friday, September 30, 2011

Ok Go "Of The Blue Colour of the Sky"

"WTF?" what the funk does that stand for? and did you hear that awesome solo towards the end? Even in the hard times let it be known that "This Too Shall Pass" when the morning comes,"Cuz when your mind don't move, then your knees don't bend/But don't go blaming the kids again." Just remember when you are at your lowest, and feel you have no one to talk to "All Is Not Lost," because I will always be there if someone needs to talk, but go ahead, ignore me as always. It has a positive message, and is driven by steel drums, with a powerful chorus. "Needing/Getting" starts with this shimmery kick a-- riff that reminds me of Polaris' "The Adventures of Pete and Pete" theme song and pounding drums that cause the song to hover and some added electronic touches."So skyscrapers, please forgive me. /I stand here a penitent man. /Skyscrapers, I'll never look down again. /Cause I guess all I ever loved was standing right before my eyesYeah, I guess all I ever loved was standing here all the time, and I was blind." Those "Skyscrapers" can give you "White Knuckles" because of all the anger you feel for letting the girl that you loved go, and you didn't even know, until it was too late. Now you have a taste for the blood in your mouth when you lick the wounds of your fisticuff's fury on the cement building, very intelligent. "White knuckles,Maybe it's not so bad/So let your hair down now/White knuckles/Yeah maybe it's not so bad/Aw go ahead and let it down./So come and let it all out/Let it bleed/Did you get what you want?/Did you get what you need?" The bass in the latter track bubbles and is backed by the clock striking Time To Rock, the guitar is funky but sensitive, and falls second to the screechy, angry, heartfelt vocals/yelps of Kulash. Drowning in desire, yet asyphixiating in obsession "I Want You So Bad I Can't Breathe," but no tank of oxygen can relieve this affliction.So hopefully when we see the "End Love" of this disco-funk track that is high on bass power and those high-hats getting a little workout; I think of Madonna when listening to this song for some reason. I like the rythym section on this song and the beat, but we should be used to the autotune/vocal effects by now because they apparantly existed "Before The Earth Was Round." I'm on my "Last Leaf'" and need to branch out. How about we play a nice sentimental song with just acoustic guitar? "While You Were Asleep" I came "Back From Kathmandu." The former is another song that has minimal instrumentals and focuses on the vocals of Kulash singing " Went walking down on Second Street through the leaves and the clutter/In the pale yellow sodium light, nothing has any color/Can't you love me? /Can't you love me how I want, please?"  While the latter, which technically comes first on the tracklisting, has us backopacking to the interstate and then hitching a ride home on this slow beat and dusty bass. Without a shoe, to cut your foot "In The Glass" is painful.The song, however, not nearly as painful, but has organs starting this horro-funk number; low serving of eerie, it's kinda cheerie actually, and ends on a better note than I had first thought. If I had to choose only 6 colors I would choose: WTF, This Too Shall Pass, All is Not Lost, Needing/Getting, White Knuckles, and Before The Earth Was Round.                                                                              

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