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March 07, 2006
YYY - "Cheated Hearts"
The big hit in waiting from Show Your Bones is now waiting to be listened to, courtesy of Stereogum.
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - "Cheated Hearts"
From the confines of the Bowery Ballroom, I made this snap judgment:
"A funny, tongue in cheek lyric in which Karen addresses fan fears of a Gwen-ish caterpillar to boring/glossy butterfly transformation head-on goes:
"I'm taking, taking, taking, taking, off/ Sometimes I think I'm bigger than the sound/ I think that I'm bigger than the sound."
It's then on goth axman Nick Zinner to rebut by making the biggest sound possible on the electric guitar. Check. It was everything good about the YYY's in miniature. Acccessible, but prickly enough to avoid feeling safe. Melodic and unhinged, alternately. Quiet, loud, rad."
I'm sticking to it.
Tags: Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Show Your Bones, Cheated Hearts,
Posted by Jeff Klingman at March 7, 2006 09:53 AM
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