My Town My Guy And Me/Lesley Sings All About Love - Lesley Gore

Advantages: great music, something for everyone!
Disadvantages: Perfection...there is none!

...sings over and over “Come along Billy come to me”, her voice sounding even more desperate as she sings it, then the songs fades to finish. The video to the song is probably my fave one too, at the beginning she’s dressed up with tons of make up on and wearing this sexy outfit and she lifts her leg onto this guy’s lap and puts her hand up her leg…I won’t say any more ;). The video finishes great, which shows PJ sitting on ‘Billy’s lap and Billy is all tied up to the chair so he can’t escape – very well created! 10/10 ~Teclo~ Starts off with cow bells ringing, works really well in a song too! Followed by that is a slow guitar repeating the same pattern over and over. PJ's voice is ever so haunting, deep, delicious and at times spooky. While she sings the verse she always... Read review

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Advantages: Speaks to everyone, mix of different styles, great vocalists
Disadvantages: May not appeal to those who dislike blues rock

...in the background which accompanies the whole song. Although this song dwells on the memories of the past with mentions of old 45s and paperbacks, it never has that melancholy edge that is found in "Dignity". The tempo of the track sustains it and stops it becoming self-pitying. This tempo is perhaps best likened to a train running along the rails, away from the past and towards the future, and during the song's choruses Ross and McIntosh sing "Whoo Whoo" as in imitation of an express train. In this song, like in many others, Ross and McIntosh are duetting and this works particularly well in "Real Gone Kid" with their distinctive voices complementing and contrasting with one another; this technique is one of Deacon Blue's real strengths and for me greatly adds to my enjoyment of their music. Most uplifting of all is "Twist and Shout", released... Read review

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Advantages: Excellent music and songs, a truly great album
Disadvantages: none at all.

...extraordinarily broadly appealing album. It is a very fulsome song musically, the guitars fill every last inch on top of the already very filling bass. Dylan's delivery is fantastic, the way he empathises words and lines is always remarkable. He can give words and lines totally different meaning every time he sings them and I can't think of another singer who is capable of saying so much with their voice. It's a fantastic song, the words you can tell were indeed written during that nihilistic phase of art Dylan went through. Lyrical excellence includes lines like: "I was raised in the Country, I've been working in the town, I've been in trouble ever since I set my suitcase down." This to me is clearly self-referential about Dylan's move from the country all those years ago to New York, and from the moment he arrived he was a controversial figure... Read review

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