Snow Patrol ft. Martha Wainwright - 'Set The Fire To The Third Bar'
This should not work at all. Snow Patrol are a band whose main songwriting skill seems to be taking tiny fragments of musical ideas and repeating them, puffing them up with air each time around until the whole song resembles a gerbil who has swallowed a balloon.
Martha Wainwright is a woman with a very expressive voice who has troubled the world of pop not once with any of her songs to date. So, bring the two together and you get, what, a really repetitive song which has nice vocal wobbles on it, but which is a bit too full of itself?
Well, yes. And yet it's the kind of song which creates a little bubble of sadness around itself, which you can pop your head in whenever the mood takes you. How'd they manage that?
Released: November 13th
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(Fraser McAlpine)
Comments
Ewwww. Gary Lightbody.
Fantastic song.
Notice the same guy wrote this as wrote the review of Man I Hate Your Band...once again I don't think it's a good review at all...why shouldn't it work?
A bit too full of itself?
"puffing them up with air each time around until the whole song resembles a gerbil who has swallowed a balloon."?
Methinks Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ need to rethink who writes their reviews...
I love this song, it's amazing. The two vocals make it so haunting.
I normally enjoy the reviews here, and quite agree with what the reviewers have to say. However, on this occasion I think you guys are very very wrong. This song is one of the best songs I have ever heard. The double vocals are "haunting" in a good way, as a previous poster said, and the lyrics are meaningful too, something rare for a pop song. In addition, it has a great buildup, and though the actually tune may be somewhat simplistic, it just works perfectly.
I have no idea how you can give this song 3 stars, and give something like Justice vs. Simian 5 stars. This song has all the elements of a perfect song. I really think you guys got it wrong on this one.
I'd advise everyone who reads the review to have a listen for themselves and decide, because this song is definitely worth it.