This week I am going to write my paste C.D. song review on a song called Alphabutt by Kimya Dawson. You might have heard of Kimya Dawson before on the Juno soundtrack which her songs Tree Hugger, So Nice So Smart, Sleep, Loose Lips, Tire Swing, and My Rollercoaster were all featured. if you have heard at least one of these songs, or one of her other songs you will know that she is wacky, random, and fun in her songs. This song is no different, but you may have already realized that when you heard the song was called Alphabutt!
This song is an A,B,C’s type of song singing what the letters could stand for for example : A is for apple, B is for butt. And she even mentions her daughter in it! When she says P is for Panda pooping in her potty, and yes she is so eccentric she named her daughter Panda! This song makes me feel like singing it and it also makes me feel like laughing, the one thing I don’t like about this song is that is should be longer!
For my Paste C.D. review I am going to talk about the song We Got The Power (Love Letter From America) by the Born Again Floozies. The song is off of their newest C.D., Street Music (13 rebellions and a song of consolation) which came out September 9th of this year. I like this song because it is used with only 2 instruments, a tuba and a guitar. And then the song is also accompanied with two tap dancers in the background along with the singer. The singer also plays the guitar, but he does it in a very interesting way… He plays it like a piano! I think the way they decided to make their songs is really interesting and neat, it lets you hear all of the different parts to the song, instead of hearing just one big whirr of a noise you get to hear the tap dancers, the tuba, the singer, and the guitar. and all together it sounds really good, it almost sounds like a marching band might if it had way less people playing.
When I listen to the song it makes me feel like jumping up and down to the beat and listening to it over and over again. The singer doesn’t have a horrible unpleasant voice and all of the instruments are played very well. It is the sort of song that reminds you of a summer type song because it seems like a song that you would hear at an outdoor concert.
Like I said I like listening to this song over and over again but the lyrics are kind of heard to understand for some people and the tap dancing does get annoying after listening to it for a while. but overall it is a really good song and I look forward to seeing them in Paste magazine again.
