Saturday, February 15, 2014

Presidents of the United States of America - Good Morning Tycoon b/w Slow Slow Fly

"Never guilty, never wrong..." Could be a deep moral understanding of how material people condone their aberrant behaviours; but the music is fun & the lyrics continue on to be hilarious. These folks may be sharp critics of human behaviour, but like Mark Twain they wrap it in tones which make us all recognize ourselves and learn to laugh at our foibles: "now you're glued to the tube watching yourself watching the world stay tuned". Slow Slow Fly starts off with a drum bass intro which could go anywhere from funk to soul to where it ends up - rock and roll - all about, you guessed it, a fly. With some sweet lead guitar as the fly lands "at the end of your sunburned nose". The fly buzzes everywhere, until the weather cools, and he becomes the slow slow fly. Yep, you got it - fun stuff. Shoutout for She's A Nurse, who can "stitch up cuts" and perform "emergency surgery on my heart" with a comic book punk back-up band. The Presidents of the United States of America - Kudos!