The MGMT three
I can't believe I nearly went without giving MGMT the attention they deserve. Atleast until a sleepover when Zoe made me listen to "Kids", and it was love all over again. They're familiar but not present, so this is my pitch on their behalf. Get psyched.
MGMT is brilliant! They would be the imagined future of music for Bob Dylan, I always think. They're weird hipsters and they embody it through their trippy videos, eccentric instruments and intros. But their music is catchy and their messages are strong. Sometimes we are all plagued by everyday 21st-century-tragedies. MGMT recognizes this, tells our story and tells us it's okay. I wouldn't go so far as recommending all of their songs, because it may have you feeling like a hangover is around the corner. So take a note of their popular three and watch their videos for a bonus.
Kids
Have you played with one of those synthesizers as a kid with airplane and bullet sounds? And then wondered who (aside from Friends's Ross) would use them to make what they call music? MGMT gave us an example and a splendid one at that!
The song starts off with what sounds like a space-launch announcement on a melodramatic background, that abruptly fades into happiness on a playground. The confusion brings rhythm with a catchy lead and sparing lyrics. The vocals are purposefully coarse and I wonder what the song intends to convey - what have we grown up with? Will we and should we grow up with what we are told? Should we grow up at all? Meh, let's just play synth.
Time to Pretend
The start of this song sounds like a slimy monster is having a bath in really hot water and then plays the music of his kin. Unconventional is one word to describe it, but catchy synth no-less. A continued clapping keeps track of bars of rhythmic drumming and harmonizing vocals. This song is the broken dream of a glorified life we lose to morning commute, while dreaming about models for wives and OD. It's the best worst-nightmare of what we call life, everyone wishes for it and we as a race will be damned if we do get it.
Electric Feel
The song although most sane of the three, sounds hazy. A meaningless disclaimer: the intro played for a good 30 seconds with my alarmed dad wondering "what that sound is". The tenor vocals just play along for most bits. It sounds like a mockery on all love songs, and yet cool enough to be one. Spread the love, feel the feels.
Oh girl, you shock me like an electric eel.
What?
MGMT is brilliant! They would be the imagined future of music for Bob Dylan, I always think. They're weird hipsters and they embody it through their trippy videos, eccentric instruments and intros. But their music is catchy and their messages are strong. Sometimes we are all plagued by everyday 21st-century-tragedies. MGMT recognizes this, tells our story and tells us it's okay. I wouldn't go so far as recommending all of their songs, because it may have you feeling like a hangover is around the corner. So take a note of their popular three and watch their videos for a bonus.
Kids
Have you played with one of those synthesizers as a kid with airplane and bullet sounds? And then wondered who (aside from Friends's Ross) would use them to make what they call music? MGMT gave us an example and a splendid one at that!
The song starts off with what sounds like a space-launch announcement on a melodramatic background, that abruptly fades into happiness on a playground. The confusion brings rhythm with a catchy lead and sparing lyrics. The vocals are purposefully coarse and I wonder what the song intends to convey - what have we grown up with? Will we and should we grow up with what we are told? Should we grow up at all? Meh, let's just play synth.
Time to Pretend
The start of this song sounds like a slimy monster is having a bath in really hot water and then plays the music of his kin. Unconventional is one word to describe it, but catchy synth no-less. A continued clapping keeps track of bars of rhythmic drumming and harmonizing vocals. This song is the broken dream of a glorified life we lose to morning commute, while dreaming about models for wives and OD. It's the best worst-nightmare of what we call life, everyone wishes for it and we as a race will be damned if we do get it.
Electric Feel
The song although most sane of the three, sounds hazy. A meaningless disclaimer: the intro played for a good 30 seconds with my alarmed dad wondering "what that sound is". The tenor vocals just play along for most bits. It sounds like a mockery on all love songs, and yet cool enough to be one. Spread the love, feel the feels.
Oh girl, you shock me like an electric eel.
What?
 |
| Voodoo Festival 2010 Wikimedia : By Nicholastbroussard - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, |
Comments
Post a Comment