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Originally Posted by Zhanteimi
Kero Kero Bonito was a disappointment. Based on all the hype, I thought they'd be good, not making banal songs about how hard it is to wake up (oh how Japanese!).
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Yes, some ideas are just too banal to be worth putting into a song. You're complaint made me think of
Manic Monday by The Bangles:
Quote:
But I can't be late
'Cause then I guess I just won't get paid
These are the days
When you wish your bed was already made
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Well, "made" rhymes with "paid", and that's about the only thing you could say in defense of that lyric, imo.
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Back in the bad old pre-internet days, you sometimes only heard an album by buying it, and that was a risk I took with:
When I got the album home, I wished they'd put an advisory sticker on it: " Warning: Nothing like Ry Cooder's cover versions!"