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by Tim DiGravina What dark demons of pop now possess Stephen Jones of Babybird? This fellow of a thousand hooks and melodies continues here in the dark vein suggested on There's Something Going On. one has to wonder if Jones is singing about some word even more crude than the standard f-word because the track is such sinister good fun. This is, of course, the same man who sang some rather rude things about Father Christmas and Nintendo back in his early days of self-released songs. Even the sweeter numbers on Bugged have dark underpinnings. it's just that things aren't as goodie-goodie as they were in the days of at times, there's a rolling beat that might lead to some foot-tapping or subdued dancing. &All I Want Is Love& and &The Way You Are& are the closest things here to love ballads. Both songs are fragile and quite cute, but both have strange imagery floating around their core. It's a relatively thrilling and always interesting prospect that the songs are so fragile and pretty, yet the imagery constantly shifts back to blood, stinging bees, broken toes, and disease. Stephen Jones has proven himself to be an eccentric pop genius. Bugged is just another grand, intriguing feather in Baby Bird's hat. It's a statement of complete artistic control, which just happens to be filled with ten amazing songs.
Alias | bugged |
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Extra | bugged |
Name | bugged |
原始名称 | Bugged |
发行时间 | 2000-08-08 |
名称 | bugged |
收藏数 | 9 |
歌手 | babybird |
类别 | 录音室专辑 |
语言 | 英语 |
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