Absurd Pop Song Romance.Absurd Pop Song Romance (Lookout) * Performed by Pansy Division It's not good enough to be just gay anymore. That's what Pansy Division--the world's gayest gay band--have realized as many homo musicians come out and simply get on with it. These San Francisco treats haven't stopped singing about boy-on-boy copulation copulation /cop·u·la·tion/ (kop?u-la´shun) sexual union; the transfer of the sperm from male to female; usually applied to the mating process in nonhuman animals. cop·u·la·tion n. 1. . Neither have they dropped the brand-name blue humor that has both endeared and limited them. They still write tragic love ballads with masculine pronouns, songs about homophobia and what to do about it, the occasional ode to a high school bully turned porn star. But for their latest long player, the pop-lovin' punks have created bitchin' bittersweet bittersweet, name for two unrelated plants, belonging to different families, both fall-fruiting woody vines sometimes cultivated for their decorative scarlet berries. tunes that belong on the radio sandwiched between Green Day and the latest giddy ska band. Plagued by ever-changing drummers exploding in the Spinal Tap spinal tap: see spinal puncture. tradition, the partnership of guitarist Jon Ginoli and bassist Chris Freeman has finally evolved into the four-piece that Pansy Division needs to be. With stable drum king Luis and the addition of lead guitarist Patrick Goodwin, their music has a thick percussive per·cus·sive adj. Of, relating to, or characterized by percussion. per·cus  sive·ly adv. power that anchors Ginoli's brainy brain·y adj. brain·i·er, brain·i·est Informal Intelligent; smart. brain i·ly adv. wordplay and adenoidal ad·e·noi·dal adj. 1. Of or relating to the adenoids. 2. Suggestive of the vocal sound caused by abnormally enlarged adenoids: a singer with an adenoidal voice. anguish. The group now sounds like a kickbutt rock band, not just fans of one. Part of the improvement has to do with employing big-name producer Steve Albini Albini or de Albini (of white) is a surname, and may refer to:
This page or section lists people with the surname Albini. , the Midwestern indie guru who's famous for helping the likes of Nirvana and PJ Harvey sound even edgier. The result is a harder Pansy--yet polished and poppier than ever on diverse tracks like the pogo-ready "February 17" and the sing-along deconstructionist romance "Luv Luv Luv." Vocal harmonies, keyboards, brass, and strings embellish tracks while skits and sound effects place the lyrical slices of gay life in a worldly context. Despite Albini's involvement, the immediacy of the songwriting and the depth of the performances prove that the achievement is primarily the Pansies'. A lavender Jonathan Richman backed by a pink Cheap Trick--that's the Pansy Division of Absurd Pop Song Romance. Walters is a pop-music critic for The Advocate. |
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