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| Weddings have never been my thing. Sitting for hours in an itchy collar and tie; the tedium of a multitude of speeches; having to confess to distant relatives that you’ve achieved nothing in the past two years, and bland, inoffensive food all never agreed with my constitution. |
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Annie's 'Wedding' is not too different.
Just like the ramblings of best man and father of the bride, despite rare moments of promise it doesn’t seem to go anywhere, culminating in an inevitably unsatisfying punch-line.
Annie herself is the bridesmaid that got away. Everything begins promisingly. She whispers suggestively over the sweeping static and a (nowadays regulation) asymmetrical electronica beat, telling me that "she knows she turns me", and even lets slide that "we can get it on". But ultimately we get nowhere - after continuing along the same lines for some time she abruptly leaves, leaving me feeling unsatisfied, slightly sordid and sorely disappointed at the final outcome.
However, the Lindstrom and Prins Thomas remix is akin to the arrival of the wedding DJ. It takes the track and runs with it, supplying much-needed purpose and direction. The introduction of a squelchy synth melody (a cheeky nod to The Knack’s My Sharona) lends a previously undiscovered appeal and turns it into a potential floor-filler - though even this only just drags it above the average. This would be the part of Annie’s wedding where I get tanked up on free wine and body pop to Daft Punk with someone’s great aunt.
So, weddings. I can see why some people, such as Henry VIII and Liza Minelli may enjoy them, but this one invariably leaves me unfulfilled, wishing that something interesting had actually happened. |
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| James Haddrill - 4/10 |
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Name:
Rik
| Date:
26/11/05 | Reply
Nice review
But I'm confused. You seem to suggest that body popping with someone's Great Aunt is a bad thing?
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JamesH
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27/11/05 | Reply
Body popping with someone's aunt is an actual experience i had at a wedding. It happened shortly after spilt my beer over a small child. I think she was both confused and scared by the body popping and i was quietly asked to leave a short a while later.
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Name:
Rik
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27/11/05 | Reply
There's just no pleasing some Aunts
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