Alan Corr (RTE Journalist) has a listen to the latest offering from The
Script
In Hollywood everybody has the same smile. Top orthodontists
make a fortune turning gnashers into box office gold for movie A-listers and
it's hard not to feel the same way about modern pop's drift into homogenised,
one-tune-fits-all production.
Former LA studio rats The Script know that better than most
and while it's easy to admire their pop chops and business savvy, their new
single, Hall of Fame, sounds uncannily like a cynical mesh up of Coldplay's
recent big, airy stadium pop sound and Ryan Tedder at his most syrupy and overwrought.
The track begins with The Script's signature piano balladry,
before Danny O'Donoghue enters with a cross between a rap and his trademark
earnest vocal. will.i.am joins him and gives another fine example of his
non-singing style and the pair trade inspirational lines that somehow equate
becoming a doctor, a teacher, a preacher or a student with entering the hall of
fame. This is obviously something will and Danny and will learnt from their
recent experiences on The Voice UK.
It is The Script's most pronounced venture into the hip hop
and r `n' b yet. However, O'Donoghue may be letting his legendary self
confidence get the better of him when he affects a kind of Jamaican toasting
style half way through the song just in case you doubt his sincerity and street
cred. Jah mon indeed.
Hall of Fame is a sound aimed squarely at American charts
and hearts and it's also a sound that continues to dilute the real rawness of
rap and the inventivness of hip hop with the insatiable demands of pop.
The Script will be smiling all the way to the bank with this
one.
Source: RTE
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