My Albums of '07, reviewed by a normal person
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Album:[Cross]
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Track:Phantom Pt II
!http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1433/875732726_af03e757a6.jpg?v=0!_Special guest reviewer and all-round normal person, The Girlfriend_The great thing about MOG is that we're all music freaks. However, to everybody else, we're probably just freaks. So, in the spirit of fairness and balance, I wanted a non-freak to review the music I've enjoyed most in '07. For this solemn duty I turned to The Girlfriend, a self-proclaimed normal person.As such, The Girlfriend loves music but is not an obsessive, "I like stuff that I can dance to and sing along with. But there's some things I can't do anything to. And you have a lot of that." My albums of '07 were chosen after hours of painful deliberation. Therefore it was with trembling fingers that I pushed play on songs from each cherished album for The Girlfriend to deliver her vodka-fuelled, off the cuff, and in most cases, quite damning verdict...Oh dear God, what did I let myself in for?1. _Person Pitch_ by Panda Bear"An orchestra without a conductor with the Beach Boys thrown on top of it."2. _From Here We Go To Sublime_ by The Field"Good for the gym. Although subliminally he's trying to get you to take E and go dancing."3. _Favourite Worst Nightmare_ by Arctic Monkeys"You know what I think of these. The best band of the century lyrically, and guitar-ily, drum-ily, and bass-ily...yes, bass-ily."4. _Copia_ by Eluvium"When does this fucking song start?"5. _Overpowered_ by Roisin Murphy"Good for an Irish woman."6. _Untrue_ by Burial"Death warmed up."7. _We Can Create_ by Maps"Fucking Oasis with a church organ over it."8. _†_ by Justice"They need locking up for this stuff, it's so powerful. I love it. Brilliant! They're geniuses!"9. _The Good, The Bad, and The Queen_ by The Good, The Bad, and The Queen"Oh, here's morbid hole Albarn. But you know what? He works hard for a living. He's a trier. God loves a trier."10. _Weekend In The City_ by Bloc Party"Reminds me of a teenager explaining himself after being caught doing something wrong....very melodramatic...and very fast, confusing. I can't understand what he's on about!"11. _In Rainbows_ by Radiohead"Is that Thom Yorke?... He's cheered up a bit, hasn't he?"12. _Hey Venus!_ by Super Furry Animals"Theme songs for comedy shows."13. _Graduation_ by Kanye West"Celebrity fake shit, completely removed from reality. Very dancey, but too many guests. He does a cameo on his own album." 14. _Kala_ by MIA"The kind of music you'd hear in an Egyptian nightclub."15. _Because Of These Times_ by Kings Of Leon"Updated version of Guns and Roses, with better-looking fellas."16. _Finding Forever_ by Common"Beautiful. Telling proper stories, I believe him. Probably the only rapper I believe. And he has a lovely singing voice. I wish I could take the music away so I could listen to him properly."17. _Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga_ by Spoon " Fantastic! [Gets up and dances]"18. _Alive 2007_ by Daft Punk"Out of this world. Puts you right in the middle of a festival. I want to get one of their robot helmets to wear on my bike. [Does a robot dance in the sofa]"19. _I Wish I Could Have Loved You More_ by Candie Payne"I feel like I'm in a 60s movie. But it could just be Austin Powers, with Liz Hurley lip-synching."20. _Blackout_ by Britney Spears"Hate it. Don't care if the production's supposed to be good. It's self-indulgent shite! But then, I'm just a normal person and youse are the feckin' experts..."
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