Fugitive – David Gray
Accompanied by a strong piano line and a new band, David Gray follows an upbeat run of acoustic strumming to bring us back the howling balladry that paved the way for contemporary British crooners like James Blunt. The song follows a style similar to The One I Love, with its simple chorus and lyrics on love-pained self-reflection. The chorus is simple enough to blend with anybody’s listening pleasure rather than intrude, and has an attractive energy in its beat-thumping pace to get the song noticed as being catchy.
The track breaks into an uplifting electric guitar solo from new guitarist, Nick McColls in the middle and overall is dubbed to be very David Gray. Lyrically the song has caused quite the buzz on fan sites, particularly given Gray’s unlikely muse in Saddam Hussein. On the meaning of the song, David told BBC Radio 2, "I've been a fugitive from life, I've been hiding in my bubble. And I had this image of Saddam Hussein being pulled out a hole in the ground. That's where the "mud streaked fugitive" line came from. It's about hiding from life, from yourself." The song is taken from Gray’s seventh studio album, titled Draw the Line, which is his first musical effort in 4 years since the singer’s last album, Life in Slow Motion.
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Funhouse – Pink
The kind of fun that Pink has is the kind that doesn’t let it all hang out…just the best boob would do apparently. With her controversial costume from the controversial (as usual) MTV Video Music Awards, Pink has a natural flair to pack in an entire house of cheers and stunts into the concept of having fun! Her theatrics and acrobatic stunts, including singing upside down, and spinning in the air while being hung by her feet, are all part of the entertainment that follows the promotion of the album from which this title track is taken.
The title track blasts more of that nefarious pop in your face with a rocky roar and literally burns down the house. The track is about Pink how her marital home used to be a ‘funhouse’ but after her ex left, has now become filled with ‘evil clowns’ and all the other demons of loneliness and emptiness. The song breaks mid-way into a blues-rock segment with Pink’s voice drawling in distorted style, before picking up with the dododododododo’s that should ordinarily follow a song about a fun house.
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