Friday, July 3, 2009

Obscure music pick: the click five



In 2004, when I first saw the video for the song "Just the girl" on NOG/N when I had satellite TV, I didn't know whether to be appalled or thrilled. The song itself was catchy and poppy in all the ways that I love pop rock; the video was cheezy to the point of cancelling my satellite service. Ok, so cancelling the satellite can't be blamed on the band. They were snappy dressers and the song was great, however, I didn't give them a chance. Fast forward to '07. I got a slot opening for the Click Five in Dallas. The concert was ok, there was a enthusiastic crowd of almost all females, and they were enthusiastic as well. However, they had a new singer as the original singer had quit. They also had a new CD, "Modern minds and pasttimes". Not long after that show, I'd heard they broke up. I stopped by the used CD store and picked up a copy of their new CD and old CD. The new CD was NOTHING like the first one. I didn't like it at all, save for one song "Jenny". Their first CD, "Greetings from Imrie house" absolutely blew my socks off. Not only was every song simply amazing, the production and performance was top-notch and amazing as well! Ok, the only song I didn't like was a cover song- "Lies", but who cares about that? It was a cover. The other 10 songs were simply some of the best pop rock-n-roll songs I'd ever heard in my life, and they were so good, I've listened to them almost every single day since I heard them, and that is no lie. Each of the ten songs combines wonderful rock guitars that even a guitar nerd like me would adore, poppy but unusual song arrangements, top-notch production and musicianship, and the original singer and the band harmonizes thru the beautiful melodies and lyrics like no other. Get "Greetings from Imrie house", delete the cover song "lies" and replace it with "Jenny" from the 2nd CD and then you have 11 of what will soon be your favourite songs in the world in your ipod. They are definately mine. In order of how I like them:
1. "Angel to you (Devil to me)"
2. "Just the girl"
3. "Resign"
4. "Pop princess"
5. "Friday night"
6. "Time machine"
7. "Catch your wave"
8. "say goodnight"
9. "I'll take my chances"
10. "good day"
Find copies of this great CD on Amazon!

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