If they were singing about being 20 instead of fucking 14-year-olds, they could hit it big! Then again, they probably haven't been 20 for at least 60 years. Come to think of it, the Dwarves' subject matter might be the one thing that's been keeping them from having any kind of mainstream success. Come Clean uses the same old chord progressions you've heard on every other punk/pop album. If you strip away all the gimmick from the Dwarves, you're pretty much left with an average punk/pop band. Shit, the Dwarves themselves have been saying it for over 10 years, and even they've said it better. ![]() But at this point, it really doesn't have all that much impact. Over the course of Come Clean's 21 minutes, you'll hear tales of 14-year-olds who complain about not getting fucked properly, rape, and- everyone's favorite- tits! Maybe when the Dwarves started out in the mid-'80s, this was unique and shocking. If you so much as snickered at #6, you can probably imagine what Come Clean sounds like: trite, overused guitar progressions, incompetent pentatonic solos, and seriously fucked-up lyrics. ![]() Overproduced three-or-four-chord punk records ![]() New Elephant 6 groups dedicated to the sounds of dying rodents 5. "Comeback" albums by washed-up '70s rockers 4.
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