Several of my friends have been going on about this new track from the X-Factor singer and how it is questionable, so thought I'd check it out.
Now who remembers Huckleberry Hound? You know, the blue cartoon dog off kids TV from yonks ago? Well remember he sang a song called 'Oh My Darlin', Clementine'?
If you don't hear the Connie Francis version here.
OK... got that tune?
Well that's where the chorus is clearly nicked from so that's why that bit sounds interesting.
Mixed in with this slower chorus is the repeated request to 'get on the floor'. OK... only if you insist! The beat is certainly good and her delivery full of attitude but the music ends up sounding like a very angry wasp trapped in a glass that is only given a break when she's pretending to be a Hannah Barbera cartoon.
It's certainly not as bad as I thought it was going to be but, in the tradition of several songs recently, it sounds like two songs shoehorned together. In this case 'Oh My Darlin' Clementine' mashed up with a clubby version of Gwen Stefani's Hollaback Girl with the aforementioned irritated insect.
It's a pleasant nod to various songs; maybe she should try writing something original next time?
Sunday 3 July 2011
Why has Cher Lloyd stolen a song from Huckleberry Hound?
Posted on 23:48 by Unknown
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