TV HAS BEEN GOOD TO ME

THE VIEW - HATS OFF TO THE BUSKERS

So the other day, much like most days, me and the boy were watching TV and we saw THE VIEW. No not that piece of crap chic show, but a video for the band THE VIEW. That's right a video, we subscribed to a new satellite service and it has this channel called International Music Feed (IMF) which I had never heard of. It basically plays videos all day from all over the world, most are crap, but every so often they play some good ones. This day they happened to be playing the video by THE VIEW for "Same Jeans", and it wasn't half bad. So I decided to check out the whole album.

After a couple of listens, HATS OF TO THE BUSKERS is a pretty good album. With a lot of the Brit Band albums every song sounds like the next one, but THE VIEW mix it up all over this record. They kick off the album with a pretty hard rockin' song 'Comin' Down" filled with slammin' guitar licks and pounding drums. It draws you in and keeps you waiting for what comes next. The songs on this record range from rock, "Comin' Down", pop "Superstar Tradesman", Beatlesque, "Same Jeans", Brit pop, "Wasted Little DJ's" I could go on.

Each track stands on it's own, and when they are all smacked together it is an album that can be played over and over. This is another record that gets the boy's seal of approval. To quote him, "Ga...kit-tee...ba ba ba ba...uh-ohhhh...kur-kee...gra-pa...mama...da...ank-oo", well said son, well said. To translate, this record is chocked full of pure auditory goodness. Check it out.