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Tuesday, September 25, 2007
I always had this theory that McFly were a cheeky little indie band dressed up in boyband sensibilities to ensure a healthy launch to their career. And it certainly worked. They knocked out tunes similar enough to Busted that they quickly worked their way into gays and girls hearts, but underneath all that beat the hearts of talented musicians and increasingly gifted songwriters. If my theory is correct, it’s tragically backfired because they are now finding it difficult to break out of their initial fanbase. Examine their choice of cover versions and it shows a break from Busted’s choices (Build Me Up Buttercup, Lola ~ both with McFly) and a toe dipping exercise into indie singer songwriter waters. Perky energetic acoustic covers of I Predict A Riot and Mr Brightside don’t deviate too much from the originals, yet have an energetic youthful charm to them that somehow stands out. Bombastic 70s rock-opera choices that clearly inspired Translyvania pop up in the form of two excellent Queen covers (the finger clicking Crazy Little Thing Called Love and the pounding Don’t Stop Me Now) and an earthy home recording of Pinball Wizard. Eclectic 90s college rock also works its way into their repertoire with On My Own and Baby’s Coming Back. A slight worrying “clearly in it for the money” choice popped up on a homoerotic cover of Grease You’re The One That I Want and lately for that much lauded Radio One album, they did a rather aces version of Town Called Malice. Now if compiling those as a bonus cd with the greatest hits package isn’t a great idea, then I don’t know what is. Oh yes I do ~ releasing a limited edition Christmas edition Greatest Hits with their four seasonal tunes tacked on ~ Rockin Robin, Happy Xmas, Santa Claus Is Coming To Town and Deck The Halls. Seriously, you can’t go wrong!
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