5. YAYO
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OwEjRPB6a0o This song is a slow burner but repeated listens reveal why it makes the top five. It's the story of a young prostitute (I think) who will do anything for acceptance, love and that golden ticket out of Nowheresville. And if it proves one thing to the doubters it's this she's a great singer, get over it. The band sound like something you'd hear in a lounge bar in Vegas, slow, controlled and unbelievably tight but the vocal and the lyric lift it to an entirely heroic space this isn't misery, it's aspiration and features one of the greatest lines ever written in 'Hello Heaven, you are a tunnel lined with yellow lights, on a dark night'. Such hope, such belief that love will lift her out of a tight corner. This is the 'There is a light that never goes out' of 2013. Seriously, it's that good. Now have a listen,
Ed Nash
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What makes music fantastic? Star quality, amazing music, breathtaking lyrics and the ability to bring something new to the table, even if that means a new take on the classics. That's what I love to listen to and write about.
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