Okay, I admit—found this song from the Moonlight episode "Arrested Development," when Mick's getting beaten up by the 16 going-on-200 vampire. First Moonlight episode I saw, and I liked it enough to try another episode or two, which got me hooked on the rest.
This single from The Used's third studio album Lies for the Liars is evidently one of their cleaner ones. (Evidently the band doesn't mind using, for example, the f-word.)
The mysic and lyrics of "The Bird and the Worm" have been called a dark-toned edition of Panic! at the Disco. Maybe that's why it caught my ear. I'm personally also reminded of Three Days' Grace. Bret McCracken has similar vocals to those other two bands, too.
Most people aren't sure what the song means. Some suggestions for the meaning of "He crawls like a worm from a bird" have ranged from a regular person struggling with unavoidable events in life to an abused individual fleeing the abuser.
In any event, the end result is a kinda gritty-sounding song that meshes a few different sounds and tempos with the growling and such. I'm not quite sure how to describe it besides "darkly rough." It has something of a post-grunge feel to it, even if the band doesn't classify it that way.
Overall, it was a very good choice for where it was put in the Moonlight episode. Personally, I don't care for listening to it on its own, though others who like the genre will likely be quite fond of it.
And the music video is bewilderingly freaky. (Oh, and a bit gruesome.) As a bit of a warning.
Lyrics: 3/5
Music: 3/5
Vocal(s): 4/5
Overall: 7/10
No comments:
Post a Comment