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Old 10-10-2018, 07:41 AM   #38 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Zhanteimi View Post
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!).
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
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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