The Grouchy Gaijin's Thoughts on Music and Such

I usually don't review singles because there just isn't that much to go on when you hear one song, but I found this guy's e-mail just so annoying I thought I'd give him a listen.

Hi there,

I wanted to personally introduce you to my brand new single and give you the opportunity to listen and download this track!

I'm very interested in your opinion on it as well so please leave me a comment on my ReverbNation website: http://www.reverbnation.om/spyderg

The Brand New HOTTT single by SPYDER G is available for listening and download (msg me with email address for secure link). MAKE NO MISTAKE THIS TRACK is BLISTERINGLY HOTTTT!!!!! its huge on Swedish and Norwegian Radio stations right now and making its way to the West! get on it now!  MSG ME with your email address and I'll send you the Secure Link to download the .WAV (MP3 also available) to start playing this HOTTT track now!

Let's start with the e-mail.  I'm happy he personally wanted to introduce himself.  Is it really personal when it's a form letter?  Its been my experience that the more a band or in this case a Spyder tells you how great and blisteringly hot (I guess adding multiple Ts makes it even hotter.) the music is, chances are that it sucks in a direct correlation to the hype.  This is no exception.

On to the music.  I'll give him this, the song is well produced.  Having said that I prefer music that involves people playing instruments instead of yelling over something done on a computer in a studio. (His drum machine was on beat though.) What this amounts to is an extended version of cheesy pick-up lines while computer generated sounds play in a loop in the background. We got any sexy ladies who like to role play?

I would have liked it so much better if there were a real bass laying down the bottom and perhaps some horns or a killer guitar jam.  (I remember being blown away by Prince, because the man CAN play - even when all my buddies were down on him because it wasn't "Rock and Roll" I remember saying "Dudes, that little poon-hound can rip it up.")  Unfortunately where as Prince when he hit a long time ago made me smile and say "Boom - there it is! This guy has soul!"  Spyder makes me simply say "Wow the song is still going on."

Grouch Rating 1 scowl for the level of production - it is produced well.  Bummer that the music doesn't match the production level.

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