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”Up too early, feels so bright/Didn’t get much sleep last night/Freight train rattled through my head/Whistle blowin’, love is dead...”
I thought this shit died in the late '90s? Sheryl Crow, Alanis Morissette and Bernard Fanning. That’s what they’ll say. Pilot, co-pilot and air steward on the voyage to music hell. An acoustic guitar, some two-bit rhymes and a sense of forced optimism is evidently all you need to wreck somebody’s day.
It seems apparent that the only reason he has a solo record deal is that his other band, Powderfinger, are quite the ‘rock stars’ in Australia. So, anyone looking to make a quick buck could do worse than starting an Incubus/The Black Crowes tribute band and emigrating to the land famed for its sun, surf and, on this showing, utterly appalling music.
Bernard Fanning
"Pilot, co-pilot and air steward on the voyage to music hell."
Best line I've read in a review in ages!
nooo!!!!
please dont tell me this is coming here now as well!!! iv just got back from new zealand having listened to this crappy single for 7-8months!!1 obviously not constantly but stilL! arghh!
I quite agree
I am from Australia, where Bernard Fanning and Powderfinger are revered. I have never quite understood why. Whenever one of his/their singles come out I always think, oh that's their old one. But no, it's the newie. After hearing this song ad infinitem for months it has been so nice to hear something other than glowing! This song is annoying and bland and the video annoys me too. He'll win scads of Arias as well. Bah!
Internationalist
by Powderfinger is an absolute masterpiece,
This does sound a bit closer to Daniel Powter maims the Beatles though
...i'll probably like it
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