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Rating:
Only for true lovers of brit!!!
But nooo, I don’t want to put "limitations" on this review for those who love other musical genres. But I want to warn you that this album will probably only appeal to true lovers of brit, but you fans of other genres are free to read, get struck by the Kooks, and buy (or download) the album and let it spin in your player for a while. Oh yes! It really seems that the "Motherland" Britain has thrown another group at us which, thank God, hasn’t exploded (for now) as the Next big thing... or hasn’t exploded as a commercial phenomenon thanks to "daddy internet" (any reference to Arctic Monkeys is purely coincidental). In short, this group hasn't exploded at all, so I expect that few of you will know them. Nothing new on the western front then... the motherland gives us another "highly" BRIT group that reshuffles the lessons imparted from the '90s up to now by other BRIT groups.
The beauty of the Kooks is, however, knowing how to reshuffle these lessons so well, how to organize them well, bringing out a debut album so colorful and varied that it won't be a masterpiece but will be (at least) forty minutes in fourteen tracks of highly enjoyable music. To satisfy your curiosity, brit lovers and not, it has become an obligation for me. I cannot avoid explaining some of these 14 sprightly songs. It starts as the first track "Seaside" and here we have the acoustic Coldplay of Parachutes, just one acoustic guitar accompanying the voice. (I advise readers to note the names of the groups I will mention so that you get an idea) The rock explosion is around the corner and the Kooks can also offer us the fresh tunes of the "YOUNG" Supergrass, those of I Should Coco, with "See the World" and "Sofa Song". But in the Kooks' songs, there are not only the dated groups but also the newborns: Coral ("If Only") and Kaiser Chiefs ("Eddie's Gun," "I Want You Back"). A revival, a nice revival. Ahhhhhhh, but I don’t want to forget the Blur who... well... are a bit everywhere in this album. But beware!!! The Kooks have also gone a little further back in time by reviewing some songs from the Police and letting themselves be "slightly" inspired, they wrote "Match Box" and "Time Awaits" taking up the reggae themes of Reggatta de blanc (Police album from 1979, ed).
Well, and now what will you do? Will you get the album, you who did not know the Kooks, or will you remain bored by all this copying and pasting of these years declaring that this is just another copy album of many? Well, everything I had to say I’ve said, I gave my rating based on the feeling they gave me, which would be: a varied and fun copy-cat. The Kooks are not to be discarded, maybe in the next album, they will mature (let's remember that Radiohead weren’t exactly the portrait of originality in their early days but then...) and will reserve a nice surprise for us. Mhhh... Yes, keep an eye on them but not too much because, in my opinion, they will surprise us in a few years.
Tracklist Lyrics Samples and Videos
01 Seaside (01:39)
Do you want to go to the seaside?
I'm not trying to say that everybody wants to go
I fell in love at the seaside
I handled my charm with time and slight of hand
Do you want to go to the seaside?
I'm not trying to say that everybody wants to go
I fell in love at the seaside
She handled her charm with time and slight of hand, and oh
But I'm just trying to love you
In any kind of way
But I find it hard to love you girl
When you're far away
Away
Do you want to go to the seaside?
I'm not trying to say that everybody wants to go
But I fell in love on the seaside
On the seaside
In the seaside
02 See the World (02:38)
Do you want to see the world?
Do you want to see the world?
Do you want to see the world?
In a different way, yeah
Do you want to see the world?
Do you want to see the world?
Do you want to see the world?
In a different way
I remember how we used to sing
Writing poems in your bed sit
Finding time to be the passenger
But there you are you never saw me leave
But there you go you're sailing away
And you know
You never come away
Yeah but you should
You never lie to me
Yeah but I will
Never come away
Yeah but you should
But do you really want to see
Oh do you really want to see
Oh do you really want see
On your television screen
I remember how we used to be
Without the world upon our TV
Well let it lie or you can take it back
Wrap your life around evil's trap
But there you are you're sailing away
And you know
You never come away
Yeah but you should
You never lie to me
Yeah but I will
Never come away
Yeah but you should
Well do you want to see the world what what
Do you want to see the world what what
Well do you want to see the what what what
Well do you want to see the world what what what
Well do you want to see the world (I know I do) what what what
Do you want to see the world (I know I do) what what what
Well do you really want to what what (I know I do)
Well do you really want to what what (I know I do)
Well do you really want to see (I know I do... I know I do... I know I do)
03 Sofa Song (02:13)
The city freeze for
I just realised I don't like you
Me and my girl
Are going out for some air
And I will do my best
Just to get under her dress
And catch you out if I can
On the other side of my sofa
Won't you come on over
At the side of my sofa
Oh won't you come on over
The city heated up it
It got blurry cause I'd had enough
And he tried to take your soul
But didn't realise you keep it in a different hole
Won't you come on over
At the side of my sofa
Oh won't you come on over
So here he comes, a man with
A loaded gun, I don't know if he
Wants my soul or my
Cash flow, I s'pose I don't know
So here he comes, a man with a
A loaded gun I don't know if he
Wants my girl's heart or her pearls
I s'pose I don't know
I s'pose I don't know
I s'pose I don't know
I s'pose I don't know
I s'pose I don't know
04 Eddie's Gun (02:13)
Did you see the way she looked at me?
Honey bee got two lies and she's got me
I tried to love her back
And then I shrunk back into my wrap
And in the barrel of my gun
I hope I'm not the only one
Yes I see the way she looked at me
Oh shes got an eye for an awkward guy like me
I tried to love her back (she's just a girl)
And then I shrunk back into my wrap (she's just a girl)
And in the barrel of my gun
I hope I'm not the only one
And in the barrel of my gun
I hope I'm not the only one
Yeah
Do do do do do do
I tried to love her back (she's just a girl)
And then I shrunk back into my wrap (she's just a girl)
And in the barrel of my gun
I hope I'm not the only one
And in the barrel of my gun
I hope I'm not the only one
Yeah yeah
Yeah yeah yeah
I tried to love her back
And then I shrunk back into my wrap
And then I tried to love, I tried to love her back
05 Ooh La (03:28)
In their eyes is the place that you finally discovered
That you love it here, you've got to stay
On the bottom of the rock, an island
On which you find you love it when you twitch
You feel that itch in you petticoat
Your pretty pretty petticoat
Then you smiled, he got wild
You didn't understand that there's money to be made
Beauty is a card that must get played
By organisation
And ooh la, she was such a good girl to me
And ooh la, the world just chewed her up, and spat her out
And ooh la, she was such a good girl to me
And ooh la, the world just chewed her up, and spat her out
The world can be a very big place
So be yourself don't get out of place
Love your man and love him twice
Go to Hollywood and pay the price
Oh go to Hollywood
And don't be a star, it's such a drag
Take care of yourself, don't begin to lag
It's a hard life to live, so live it well
I'll be your friend and not in pretend
I know you girl
In all situations
And ooh la, she was such a good girl to me
And ooh la, the world just chewed her up, and spat her out
And ooh la, she was such a good girl to me
And ooh la, the world just chewed her up, and spat her out
Pretty pretty pretty pretty pretty pretty pretty pretty pretty
Pretty pretty pretty pretty pretty pretty pretty petticoat
Pretty pretty pretty pretty pretty pretty pretty pretty pretty
Pretty pretty pretty pretty pretty pretty pretty petticoat
In all situations
And ooh la, she was such a good girl to me
And ooh la, the world just chewed her up, and spat her out
And ooh la, she was such a good girl to me
And ooh la, the world just chewed her up, and spat her out
06 You Don't Love Me (02:35)
Oh you don't love me the way that I love you
Cause if you did girl you would not do those things you do
You kill my heart just to see if I will rise
Above your anger and above your lies
And all I see of you
Is when you're not so busy
Oh you're not so busy
And you don't love me the way that I love you
Cause if you did girl you would not do the things you do
You turned my life around and for that I am glad, oh
However much I love you, this love is getting bad
And oh my darling you could chose
The words that only you could use
But you know you'll always be my girl, oh girl
I'd take you out just for a bite
And show you all the city sights
But you know you'll always be my girl, girl
But you don't love me the way that I love you, oh
Cause if you did boy you would not do those things you do
You kill my heart just to see if I will rise, oh
Above your anger and above your lies
But all I see of you
Is when you're not so busy
Oh you're not so busy, yeah
Yeah yeah
Do do do
If you don't love me you don't care
You don't love me you don't care
Cause you don't love me you don't care
You don't love me you don't care
07 She Moves in Her Own Way (02:49)
So at my show on Monday
I was told that someday
You'd be on your way to better things
It's not about your make-up
Or how you try to shape up
To these tiresome paper dreams
Paper dreams honey
So now you pour your heart out
You're telling me you're far out
You're all about to lie down for your cause
But you don't pull my strings
Cause I'm a better man
Moving on to better things
But uh oh, I love her because
She moves in her own way
But uh oh, she came to my show
Just to hear about my day
And at the show on Tuesday
She was in her mindset
Tempered firs and spangled boots
Looks are deceiving
Making me believe it
And these tiresome paper dreams
Paper dreams honey, yeah
So won't you go far
Tell me you're a keeper
You're all about to lie down for your cause
But you don't pull my strings because
Cause I'm a better man
Moving on to better things
But uh oh, I love her because
She moves in her own way
But uh oh, she came to my show
Just to hear about my day
Yes our wish's that we never made it
Through all the summers
We kept them up instead of
Kicking us back down to the suburbs
Yes our wish's that we never made it
Through all the summers
We kept them up instead of
Kicking us back down to the suburbs
But uh oh, I love her because
She moves in her own way
But uh oh, she came to my show
Just to hear about my day
But uh oh, I love her because
She moves in her own way
But uh oh, she came to my show
Just to hear about my day
08 Matchbox (03:09)
Viciously, she sleeps
Walks alone her lonely beat
She trips, falls into it all
And I wish I bite my lip and
Call her away from you my little one
Oh from you my little one
Don't come too close
You don't wanna see my ghost
Your turn but I'm betrayed
By you my sweetheart
Don't you think that you went too far
Do you want to see my heart bleed?
For you, you and him
Him and you, you know my heart bleeds
All of us, we're going out tonight
We're gonna walk all over your cars
The Kooks are out in the streets
Oh were gonna steal your signs
All of us, we're going out tonight
We're gonna walk all over your cars
The Kooks are out in the streets
Oh we're gonna see your...
I'm sorry that I let you go
I let you down, I let you down my dear
I always seem to play these games with you my, dear
I always, I always...
All of us, we're going out tonight
We're gonna walk all over your cars
The Kooks are out in the streets
Oh were gonna steal your signs
All of us, we're going out tonight
We're gonna walk all over your cars
The Kooks are out in the streets
Oh we're gonna steal your signs
Oh my Juliet, I'll never betray you my love
Oh my Juliet, I'll never, I'll never betray you
Woah woaaaaaooooooaoaooo
Woah woaaaaaooooooaoaooo
Woah woaaaaaooooooaoaooo
Woah woaaaaaooooooaoaooo
Don't come too close
You don't wanna see my ghost
Your turn but I'm betrayed
By you my sweetheart
09 Naïve (03:23)
I'm not saying it was your fault
Although you could have done more
Oh you're so naive yet so
How could this be done
You're such a smiling sweetheart
Oh and your sweet and pretty face
In such an ugly way
Something so beautiful
That everytime I look inside
I know that she knows that I'm not fond of asking
True or false it may be
She's still out to get me
I know that she knows that I'm not fond of asking
True or false it may be
She's still out to get me
I may say it was your fault
Cause I know you could have done more
Oh you're so naive yet so
How could this be done
By such a smiling sweetheart
Oh and your sweet and pretty face
In such an ugly way something so beautiful
Everytime I look inside
I know that she knows that I'm not fond of asking
True or false it may be
She's still out to get me
I know that she knows that I'm not fond of asking
True or false it may be
She's still out to get me
How could this be done
By such a smiling sweetheart
Oh you're so naive yet so
Such an ugly thing
Someone so beautiful
And everytime you're on his side
I know she knows that I'm not fond of asking
True or false it may be she's still out to get me
And I know she knows that I'm not fond of asking
True or false it may be she's still out to get me
Just don't let me down
Just don't let me down
Hold on to your kite
Just don't let me down
Just don't let me down
Hold on to your kite
Just don't let me down
Just don't let me down
Hold on to this kite
Just don't let me down
12 Jackie Big Tits (02:32)
I'd like to say, that I was on your mind
So I phone you at ten past three, in the afternoon
It's evening for you, and another bare hotel room
So hard to believe, that you're dreaming of me too
But it's true
You only go around, round, round
You only go around, round, round
You only go around, round, round
You only go around, round, round
And Amsterdam, I never knew you so well
The stadium rings with laughter, at every turn
At flying piano's of all things, to set your scene
I'm such a nice man to you, but so obscene
And it's true girl
You only go around, round, round
You only go around, round, round
You only go around, round, round
You only go around, round, round
Jackie big tits, is hiding in the corner
Respect is the word she shouts, as I implore her
Speaks her mind not me, cause I was only speaking freely
Interupt me once more, I'll take you to the cleaners
You can't push me around, round, round
You can't push me around, round, round
You only go around, round, round
You only go around, round, round
Jackie big tits
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