Tim: Somehow, despite seemingly being around for ever, Adam Lambert’s only on his third album; here’s the second cut from it, with strong language on occasion and, somehow, some more cows – are they in fashion right now?
Tom: Oh my word. That’s an incredible song. That’s the best new song I’ve heard this month.
Tim: Good, isn’t it? Message from the video: don’t be a stripper. Or, combined with the music, don’t be a stripper if you’ve just split up with someone and can’t let go. Alternatively you could form a troupe, Magic Mike style – that could be fun. But I digress.
Tom: It’s a heck of a video, that. Sometimes we get emotional videos like this and I complain they’re too trite, too over-the-top, but no: this gets its point across well, and highlights Adam Lambert as well. It helps that it’s a gorgeously shot slice of Americana too; that’ll always sell me on it.
Tim: Nice music too, and weird as they may be, the farm animals do provide a nice “pay attention, here comes the chorus” in case you’re not paying attention, because that chorus is quite something.
Tom: It’s an odd choice, that distorted “yeah” — I can see why it’s there, but I’m not convinced it’s a positive. But the chorus that follows is so good that I can’t really complain: and Adam Lambert’s got the voice to pull something like that off.
Tim: Certainly a departure from the verses, yet both are worth listening to (though I wouldn’t mind the piano in the verses hitting the volume of that in the middle eight), and all in all we’ve got a catchy tune that I’ve no problems listening to. Super.