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| The German Art Students Name-Droppers Autobahn Music 2005 By Christopher Duda (SugarBuzz Toronto) SugarBuzz Magazine |
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| “Dick Clark is not human. He is a robot created by the industry to constantly shove robotic plastic crap down the unsuspecting victims throat”-unknown source The more I listen to The German Art Students the more they begin to grow on me like some fungal tropical disease. That doesn’t sound too complimentary but I mean it in the nicest of ways! Hell, for openers their choice of topics for songs are not your typical boy meets girl, boy falls in love, girl breaks up relationship, boy blows his head off standard fare. A German Art Students take on that common theme would be to analyze one facet of the boy’s personality or life and write a song about it. Possibly something like the oral hygiene methods the boy used before he blew his head off! Okay, I might be stretching it a bit there but who knows I might of just given them an idea for their next lyrical excursion. The fact that the band can write a clever, catchy song about Bjorn Borg and him bringing back the wooden tennis racket should get top honours in originality. Clever word play, plenty of harmony all filtered through a new wave blender and sprinkled with classic power pop. Taking the new wave induced kitsch of the Revillos/B52’s as well as the song writing capability and unique subject choices of The Pixies; all the while giving it a hard firm kick with their own brand of German made boot makes for a totally infectious final product. P.S. : they aren’t from Germany! |
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| http://www.thegermanartstudents.com/ |
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