Tag: will.i.am

will.i.am – FIYAH

“Nope. No idea why.”

Tom: Normally, we wouldn’t cover a will.i.am track. It’s not our genre. But then, he doesn’t normally film a video on Coronation Street.

Tim: What?

Tim: Oh, right. Any idea…

Tom: Nope. No idea why. But then, that could apply to a lot of what will.i.am does.

Tim: Well, true. Bit of a shame he didn’t get any of the cast involved as well, really, but I guess you can’t have everything.

Tom: So first of all, let’s make it clear: he’s saying “so hot, need a fan in here”, not “so hot, need a fanny”. It’s the accent.

Tim: Ahhh, okay that makes a bit more sense.

Tom: There are bits of a good track in here.

Tim: You sure about that? I’m sure as hell not hearing them.

Tom: That introduction’s great. The chorus hook would be a decent base to build an actual chorus on. There’s not much else in here for me, at least, but I’ll admit we’re well outside what we normally cover.

Tim: Yes…yes we are. And I’m happy to keep it as an exception.

The Script feat. will.i.am – Hall of Fame

It’s Blatant Not-Quite-Olympic Cash-In Time!

Tom: It’s Blatant Not-Quite-Olympic Cash-In Time! Are you looking for a song that’ll work in the background of montages when you can’t license the official Olympic tracks? Well, has Danny O’Whatshisface—

Tim: O’Donaghue

Tom: —whatever. Has he got a track for you.

Tim: I LIKE THAT A LOT. Except for the video, which is a bit shit.

Tom: In my head, Danny O’Donnelly—

Tim: O’Donaghue

Tom: —whatever. In my head, he spent hours following will.i.am round during downtime on the set of the Voice, pestering him until he finally agreed to guest on a Script track. That’s almost certainly not what happened, though.

Tim: Probably not. But the actual song, I reckon’s pretty good. Sure, it doesn’t end up being as inspirational as it probably wants to be, but it’s decent enough nonetheless. The chorus is a bit of a belter, and the lyrics are the sort of ones that would get you going if you wanted it. When it comes back and the end, different bits all piled on top of each other, that’s just lovely.

Tom: Somehow it seems more like a pale imitation of inspiration, just going through the motions. That said, I started liking Muse’s Olympic single after a few listens, so what do I know?

Tim: Yeah, that was weird.

Tom: The thing is, the most insightful comment I have about this is to continue our occasional rant about how lyric videos – which are only cheap when you compare them to ‘proper’ music videos – still don’t get proofread properly. Apostrophe’s, people. Learn to use them.

Tim: Shame, because because I really like it. (And I see what you did there, with the whole apostrophe thing. It’s good.)

Tom: Thank’s. Other than that: I… I don’t know. I got nothin’. For a track that’s meant to be inspirational, it sure isn’t inspiring me.