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Rating: The first time I caught a glimpse of the “Rock & Roll Queen” video, I thought: “damn, that fag Molko went blonde.” Long live myopia.
Here I am at the premiere. The Subways then. From England, debut album. An eye on the video that plays repeatedly on rocktv. Then two ears on the whole album. For those who haven’t already written them off, I’ll try to give them a chance. Let’s see the glass half full then: the album is interesting, maybe more than the single, which after about ten listens might already be tiring (or maybe not).
The Subways could easily be just another clone of a clone. The diet coke already with lemon in it, on the shelf of the contemporary media–musical bargain basement. I say no.
The ingredients: Nirvana-esque grunge, early Oasis guitar riffs, Rock’n'Roll attitude (The Vines, The Strokes). Billy Lunn’s vocals at times remind me of “The Music.” More often, we find him yelling, taking turns at the microphone with bassist Charlotte Cooper, like a good child of the R&R Revolution. As they say, the angry cousins of those thousand bands with “The” in front. Honest melodies, really charged, not even banal.
The trio skillfully places the occasional acoustic ballad here and there. What’s compelling is the energy and passion they convey. If the live effect is the same, then they rock. I believe if they find their path while maintaining their “teen spirit,” without abandoning normal evolution, they’ll have a lot to say (and us to listen). On the flip side, we’ll find ourselves with yet another band that’s already arrived before they even started, having used all the available tricks to attract MTV and the like.
This, if the glass is half empty. Yet, now that I’ve reached the end of the album, the glass really seems half full to me.
Tracklist Lyrics and Videos
01 I Want to Hear What You Have Got to Say (03:25)
Another day is here and I am still alive
I say these words aloud, they speak form the inside
And everytime I see you
You just walk away
Still the world is turning
I want to hear what you, what you've got to say
I want to hear what you, what you've got to say
I want to hear what you, what you've got to say
I want to hear what you, what you've got to say, ay, ay , ay ,uh
My mind is all made up, I'm doing all I can
I'm trying hard to think, but I can't understand
Why everytime I see you
You just walk away
And still the world is turning
I will not complain
My head is spinning round, I don't know what to do
If I'm so happy, I've got everything to lose
And everytime I see you
I can't stand to stay
And now it's always raining
You're the one to blame
Everytime I see you
You just walk away
Still the world is turning
I want to hear what you, what you've got to say
I want to hear what you, what you've got to say
I want to hear what you, what you've got to say
I want to hear what you, what you've got to...
Say hey hey hey
02 Holiday (01:52)
I think is time that I went on a holiday
I think it's time that my mind should take a break
I take the things that my friends say I should take
I think it's time that I went on a holiday
I know that you will be the one
Who leads me right into the sun
I run away, run away far from here
I run away, run away far from here
I think it's time that I went on a holiday
I listen to the people who try to fake
They all say that they need a holiday
I think it's time that we went on a holiday
I know that you will be the one
Who leads me right into the sun
I run away, run away far from here
I run away, run away far from here
03 Rock & Roll Queen (02:51)
You are the sun,
You are the only one,
My heart is blue,
My heart is blue for you
Be my, be my, be my little rock & roll queen
Be my, be my, be my little rock & roll queen
Be my, be my, be my little rock & roll queen
Be my, be my, be my little rock & roll queen
You are the sun,
You are the only one,
You are so cool,
You are so rock & roll
Be my, be my, be my little rock & roll queen
Be my, be my, be my little rock & roll queen
Be my, be my, be my little rock & roll queen
Be my, be my, BE MY LITTLE ROCK & ROLL QUEEN
You are the sun,
You are the only one,
You are so cool,
You are SO ROCK & ROLL,
Be my, be my, be my little rock & roll queen
Be my, be my, be my little rock & roll queen
Be my, be my, be my little rock & roll queen
Be my, be my, be my LITTLE ROCK & ROLL QUEEN
04 Mary (02:59)
Mary is my lover
She makes me my tea
She let me stay around her place
When there's nowhere else to be
There's nothin in her bedroom
Just a bed and TV
and it's OK if i'm not in her way
I just sit and drink my tea
I'm so Lonely
I 'aint done much
Lately
When you come lookin'
You'll find me
Sleeping
Soundly
Mary
Mary keeps me smilin'
Even when I'm down
She lets me stay around her place
When there's no-one else around
There's nothing in her bedroom
Just a bed and TV
and it's OK if i'm in her way
I just sit and drink my tea
I'm so lonely
I 'aint done much
Lately
When you come lookin'
You'll find me
Sleeping
Soundly
She lets me stay up late
But i cant stay awake
Oh no
(guitar solo)
I'm so lonely
I 'aint done much
Lately
When you come lookin'
You'll find me
Sleeping
Soundly
Mary
05 Young for Eternity (02:08)
Thank God for dracula
He sucked the shit outta me
Now I can leave my work for nights
And leave my day for sleeping
Young for eternity
Young for eternity
Young for eternity
Young for eternity
Thank God for dracula
He sucked the shit outta me
Now I can leave my work for nights
And leave my day for sleeping
Young for eternity
Young for eternity
Young for eternity
Young for eternity
Young for eternity
Young for eternity
07 Oh Yeah (02:58)
Well everytime I feel you're comin' round you're going down,
You hit the ground with every force it makes no sense or sound
God bless you soul girl,
Now you got the whole world
I'm on my way now,
I'll get there somehow
Have you ever seen the light?
Don't you wonder where I hide
I will live, then I will die
I will keep you on my mind
It's your eyes that make me smile
(Oh Yeah, Oh Yeah)
Wasting time, hangin' out
(Oh Yeah, Oh Yeah)
These teenage years well they don't last
(Oh Yeah, Oh Yeah)
These teenage lips they speak too fast
(Oh Yeah, Oh Yeah)
I see the light that's shining from your eyes, blinding me
It's like I'm walking down your street again at seventeen
God bless you soul girl,
Now you got the whole world
I'm on my way now,
I'll get there somehow
Have you ever seen the light?
Don't you wonder where I hide
I will live, then I will die
I will keep you on my mind
It's your eyes that make me smile
(Oh Yeah, Oh Yeah)
Wasting time, hangin' out
(Oh Yeah, Oh Yeah)
These teenage years well they don't last
(Oh Yeah, Oh Yeah)
These teenage lips they speak too fast
(Oh Yeah, Oh Yeah)
08 City Pavement (02:44)
When I walk on the city pavement
It's like a trigger going off in my mind
These times are a lonely saviour
That's all I need to find
Sitting on a city pavement
Sitting on a city pavement
Sitting on a city pavement
Sitting on a city pavement
Like colors on a streetlight sidewalk
Dark fight going on in my mind
These times are a lonely saviour
That's all I need to find
Sitting on a pavement
Sitting on a pavement
Sitting on a pavement
Sitting on a city pavement
Sitting on a pavement
Sitting on a pavement
Sitting on a pavement
Sitting on a city pavement
09 No Goodbyes (03:31)
I can see the light behind your eyes
Even in the summer shade outside
When every single day
Will never feel the same
A single minute can't be wasted
I can see the colours of your mind
Time and time I get 'em left outside
When every single day
Will never feel the same
A single minute can't be wasted
Tell me, tell me there's no goodbyes
Tell me, tell me there's no goodbyes
Tell me, tell me there's no goodbyes
Tell me, tell me there's no goodbyes
Oh no
When every single day
Will never feel the same
A single minute can't be wasted
Tell me, tell me there's no goodbyes
Tell me, tell me there's no goodbyes
Tell me, tell me there's no goodbyes
Tell me, tell me there's no goodbyes
11 She Sun (03:21)
She sun
Does nothing
She won't
Tell nothing
She changed
She's strange
Don't think
Just feel it
Keep it
The feelings
She changed
She's strange
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