Thursday, July 29, 2010

The greatest song of all time, RIGHT NOW...

...is "Clap and Cough" by Discount and there can be little or no debate. An awesome picked out drop-D clean channel guitar at the outset, breaking into something that's perilously close to pop punk and then right back to the quieter part but this time with rim-shots and some pretty kick ass 90s emo style lyrics. "We wave sometimes to pretend that nothing is changing, but you gone on and I've gone off to get lost and devastated..." I guess this part is the chorus, and its a winning combo!!! ITS TEN SECONDS LONG. It happens three times in the song (four if you count the intro which is vocal-free). Normally I'm opposed to repeating choruses lots of times, but the part is so damn short that its hard to get sick of it. And the last time it happens starts out drums free and ends rocking. Basically this song is a clinic in how to write a pop song. It goes intro/verse/chorus/verse/chorus/verse/MOSH IT UP BRIDGE/chorus and is over in 1:05. The huge guitars don't hurt, either, nor do the superfluous pick slides before each verse.

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