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Tuesday, 19 March 2013

My Music Guilty Pleasures: #13

Another cover version. I suppose you could say that this brings new meaning to 'from cover to cover'...

A Static Lullaby - Toxic



I know nothing about this band other than this song, which is a level of knowledge I'm perfectly content to sit tightly on. It pains me to admit that I never actually disliked the crack whore's (Britney Spears, of course) original. I wouldn't go as far as saying I liked it per se, but it's a catchy and dirty pop tune that gathered much attention. Haven't you always wanted to hear a slightly (much) heavier version of it though? No...? Liar. That's pretty much what this is, and it's fucking ace. Oooh, I swore! Edgy. It's a bit punky, a bit screamo, a bit stupid, a bit shit, a bit awesome, and a bit more indulgent. It is Toxic. This is a classic guilty pleasure, and I love it. Even if I don't feel like listening to this song, I won't skip it because I know that there's a pretty strong likelihood of it making me laugh. A laugh a day keeps the doctor away, as they say...with 'they' being a non-existent race of people who frequently mistake laughter for tree-grown fruit.


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