David Jordan - 'Move On'
If I had my way, this is the kind of stuff Justin Timberlake would be spending his time coming up with, rather than mucking about with Madonna and failing to say her name right. It might not boast a cutting-edge R&B production, it might have (gasp!) fuzzy guitars on it, and it might be all bluster and shouting, not unlike the latter days of *NSYNC, but at least it has some LIFE to it.
Not that this is either a plea for a return to the kind of over-steroided pop that Justin's former band used to specialise in, or a slam-down of his recent work...or, while I'm at it, a profound confusion between Justin and David as musical performers. I'm just saying, this has the hallmark of proper chest-beating muscular pop music, and that's a good thing.
What's great about a song like this is that it veers wildly between sonic extremes, and these have very different effects on the listener. On the one hand, there's the martial backbeat and gut-punch production, and David delivering his brilliantly grumpy lyrics like a recently woken grizzly bear. On the other, ghosty backing vocals swirl around your head, while those guitars flay inches off your face, one scratch at a time.
Which makes this the perfect soundtrack for a midnight march through a haunted graveyard (with zombies in), and therefore a natural successor to Michael Jackson's 'Thriller' (although, let's be clear, not really in the same league).
Download: Out now
CD Released: May 5th
(Fraser McAlpine)
Comment number 1.
At 30th Apr 2008, -PBG_26- wrote:The strange thing is I sort of...well...almost like David Jordan *gasp*
Even though his music gets on my mates nerves :D
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