Tim: Sometimes, I would love it if I didn’t hate ukuleles as much as I do. Take this, for example.
Tim: Because, dammit, that’s really quite a lovely track, with the chorus going on about pirates (no idea why) and a lovely string following section.
Tom: Now, that’s where we disagree. Because the ukulele perked me up, but after that it all just sort of descended into a bit of a background mush.
Tim: It seems we do disagree, yes, because the intro with the solo strumming? God, it kills me, and makes me want to skip the entire track. They’re just SUCH POINTLESS INSTRUMENTS.
Tom: There’s someone who’s never listened to Me First and the Gimme Gimmes doing I Believe I Can Fly.
Tim: Oh, fine, yes, they have their uses. But here? No. Coming back to the second verse it’s not so bad, because there are other bits there that I can pay attention to, and like I said everything about the chorus and what follows it is lovely. When it gets going, I love it. I just really, really hate that intro.