Why do I find this so fasinating….

dindude

I’m sure it’s not designed for a 46 year old, but it is a complete ear-worm. Lari Basilio on guitar too.

https://youtu.be/2dTMIH5gCHg

EricTheWeary

If the cast of The Walking Dead did a Steeleye Span tribute. Apart from Lari I don’t know who those people are but it’s quite sweet and quite middle of the road. I don’t know if it’s aimed at 13 year olds or 81 year olds. 

viz

They sing well. Reminds me of that brightside song people talk about. 

RobDavies

Well, I don’t hate it…..quite like the vocal harmonies, and I’d be overjoyed if one of my lads was going out with Willow Smith.  

merlin

Vocal fry, millennial whoop, empty melody, terrible mix. Generic, bland, insincere, no risk, no passion. Not for me. 

The dumbing down of music. Well done. 

axisus

Just looking at the still .... I really don't want to click on that. 

EricTheWeary

axisus said:

Just looking at the still .... I really don't want to click on that. 

You’d probably like Lari Basilio’s solo work, she’s a technical modern rock guitarist. Although all you’d learn from this is what she looks like ( a sort of sexy elf) and what her signature Ibanez looks like ( it’s very purple). 
I must have played this at least 5 times now and it remains really quite bland. Also quite short, like one of those edited versions of a song they use on Strictly. 

boogieman

Zzzzzzz. 

thecolourbox

I quite like the female singer's voice, the song isn't something that would move me but it has a nice movement to it.

What's puzzled me though - Where are the extra backing vocals coming from?

I feel like with a decent song/lyric writer that singer would be infinitely more interesting

BillDL

I could listen to that on the radio without feeling an urge to immediately switch to another channel. I watched the vevo video all the way through without going "Grrrr" or "Yukk".  Yes, it is a little bit bland and very generic, but it has a reasonably pleasant and dreamy vibe that doesn't jangle my nerves and the vocal harmonies work well.  My hope here is that all the young people with ripped jeans, body studs, etc will hear a bit more melody than beat in a song and realise that music can be melodic and harmonious rather than just comprising a beat and a repetative beat-driven vocal motif.  The thing about the video is that I am still seeing a bit of crotch grabbing, hands with stiffened fingers moving in the same spasmodic way as many other young singers of today, and other body movements and vocal inflections that I find clichéed and annoying to watch.

thecolourbox

In fairness there's plenty of clichéd body language and vocal inflections from old music that us millennials also find quite annoying, I think that's just the nature of things really. 

hywelg

Harmonies are nice but the song illustrates all that is wrong with modern music culture. It has nothing to say, musically. 

dindude

hywelg said:

Harmonies are nice but the song illustrates all that is wrong with modern music culture. It has nothing to say, musically. 

I think you might be over complicating it, it’s a pop song in the same way as Kylie's I should be so lucky was. And for that purpose I think it’s great.