Listen: I know I'm probably not the demographic Dublin band The Script has in mind for their songs -- pretty much all of which appears to be targeted toward women who seek out media aimed at making them cry.
In other words: These guys are like the Nicholas Sparks of music. Which is bad news for everyone who isn't a girl looking to shed a tear or two.
More bad news: This whole aim leads to a bland, transient style for the adult-contemporary band. It's like The Script's superpower is the ability to disappear -- they pop up every few months with a single that's just like their last one, and then, boom, they're gone.
Maybe they should change their name to Evanescence. Oh, wait, that name's taken. Fine. How about Nightcrawler?
Either way, The
Script's most recent single, "For The First Time," is so ephemeral you
probably don't even remember when you heard it "for the first time." Or who
even performed it. It could have been John Legend or The Fray for all you
knew.
So imagine my surprise when I learned that this track has been out
since the fall of last year. Still, I don't think I'm that late
getting to this track, considering it took The Script three years from
the beginning of the recession to write, "Man, these times are hard."
Word, The Script. Word.
Anyway, this song follows a pretty standard light rock template,
kinda like the aforementioned band The Fray and Keane. This is the sort
of stuff you might hear in a primetime drama show.
What's weird is that a few lines
in each verse segue into a sorta rap-singing thing. Yeah, I saw that coming.
It's not the first time a few Dublin boys tried to sound like black
musicians.
But back to The Script: The chorus here details a couple kicking back "old, cheap
bottles of wine." Um, I'm sorry -- not much of a wine guy -- but aren't old wines and cheap wines mutually exclusive? Also, if you want to go cheap on wine, aren't there
boxes for that?
Don't think about it too long, though -- The Script ain't. Their chorus is followed by ooh-ing and an odd guitar
noise. Were words supposed to go there?
I don't know.
All I know is that this Script
lacks some character and excitement. If I were writing it, I'd think about including a
talking quesadilla. Y'know, just to liven things up.
