Tokyo Trawler Catch of the Day: Lloyd, Australia
Artist: Major Lazer
Tune: Pon de Floor
Record: Guns Don’t Kill People… Lazers Do
Lloyd’s Essential Rating: 5/5
Lloyd’s Message to the people: “You should download this song, because it will make you shake everything, and make you just go insane”
The Interview:The Tokyo Trawler’s Essential Review:
Category: It’s lucky for you there’s no dancefloor
An utterly strange offering from this relatively new Jamaican outfit lives up to* Lloyd’s billing as a shake-inducer*. Unashamedly* electronic in its production, Pon de Floor is sprinkled with oddities*, including the military-inspired drum line and numerous lilty Jamaican outbursts*; and whereas in some cases this apparent mismatch could alienate* the listener, it is an inexplicable* success on this song. Simple but not hollow*, infectious but not irritating, the song has few lyrics, and actually becomes both more catchy and more interesting with each listen. Despite a rather abrupt* ending, it’s definite contender* for the last song you play at home before hittin’ de club.
The Tokyo Trawler's message to the people: If you think the song is weird, Youtube the video… IT’S MENTAL!!
To download or not to download?? 3/5 (IT’S GOTTA BE DONE)
iTunes available: Yes
勉強のキーワード: to live up to, to induce, unashamedly, oddity, outburst, alienate, inexplicable, hollow, contender, abrupt
Sorry, Lloyd, about the spelling mistake in the video!
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