Tim: From New York, this song was on Radio 1 when my alarm woke me up at an antisocial hour on Saturday morning. And my, word, did it get me out of bed in a good way.
Tom: I’ll try and leave innuendo aside, shall I?
Tim: You could do, but you never have done before.
Tom: It starts a bit slowly, doesn’t it?
Tim: Well, yes, it does take a minute or two to get going properly, but when it does it’s absolutely brilliant.
Tom: I found myself quietly nodding my head along to it after that first minute, and when it finally kicked in – well, yes. I wasn’t expecting that.
Tim: A big dance tune, with some proper instruments over the top, and all sorts of strange somewhat blurry vocals. At forty seconds, the middle saxophony bit could be said to be a bit long, and it could probably be chopped in half and no-one would mind, but when my only complaint is that part of it is a bit too long, I think we can safely say this is a good tune.
Tom: Saxophone solos! They’re coming back, Tim, mark my words. And I don’t think it’s too long at all – the piano-chord build justifies it.
Tim: There is that, but I just think it could all be sped up a little. Anyway, you were saying?
Tom: I wouldn’t say it’s entirely a dance tune, though; it’s not got enough of a beat for that. It’s designed for listening, rather than dancing, I reckon.
Tim: There’s an element in the chorus – especially when it comes back for the big climax – of Take That’s The Flood, which is a bit strange, but it’s certainly not a problem. Mash-up, anyone?
(Oh, and the weird face thing in that video does have a reason for being there – it’s the single artwork. Just so you know.)