Tim: This is the fifth time we’ve featured The Fooo in the past three and a bit months; they do seem to be worth following, though, because here’s a Christmas track.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XPHXOOjJvKQ
Tim: Weird thing about this: I would love to feel Christmassy to it, but I just can’t. And I don’t really know why.
Tom: Neither do I — but I think I know why.
Tim: You think? Because it’s there in the lyrics with Christmas all over the place. It’s there in the music, with sleigh bells and all sorts. The pre-chorus in particular is very good. But somehow…somehow the rest leaves something to be desired. And that annoys me. I don’t know if it’s the excessive autotune, or something else entirely, but right now I don’t quite feel that this is what I want. And man, I wish it was. But it just isn’t.
Tom: It’s because the only parts of this that are Christmassy are the bells and a couple of lyrics. The rest of it? Not at all. Change a couple of words, change a bit of instrumentation, and this is another generic boy-band track.
Tim: Dammit, actually, that’s just it. Come on, Fooo, you have the potential to be great. So why can’t you make the effor?
Tom: I’m going to file it under “quick cash-in they didn’t have time to make properly”. Perhaps I’m being uncharitable.
Tim: Annoyingly, I don’t think you are.