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Track Review: Babyshambles "Delivery"
Though I've never actively sought any details out, I feel as if I've learned quite a bit about the life and times of Pete Doherty in the last few years. He's always getting his cat wasted or spraying blood on somebody or humping a trashcan or something. He persists as a somewhat beloved figure in British popular music, but I realize that I haven't heard a song the man's written since maybe 2003? So today, on the release of our man's new Shotter's Nation LP, I decided to block all of the tabloid exploits from my mind and give that album's lead single a fair go.
Boy, is it lazy.
Turns out Pete's still cribbing from the Kinks songbook (as he was back in his Libertine days), but he's gotten more brazen and less adept at it. "Delivery" is built from a barely altered version of the immortal riff from "All Day & All of the Night," which any classic rock radio listener could easily identify. His band adds a bit of acoustic balance, and Pete drunken crams in as many self loathing lyrics he can over the top. There are fleeting bits of appealing melody, and those Davies brothers sure knew what they were doing, but even at under three minutes it's a total bore. The whole thing is so half-assed and devoid of sincere song-writing effort that I'll probably never knowingly lend ol' Pistol Pete my time and patience again.
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i can see where you're coming from with the lazy statement but i didn't think it was that bad
Dave Park
Just a straight rip from one of the most recognizable Kinks songs ever. I think it's as bad as that Jet song that just sounded like the band covering Iggy Pop. Neither sound bad exactly, they just don't have anything new brought to the better work they cannibalized.
Jeff Klingman
as long as he fucks models, he's alright in my book.
joydivided
I understand that there are only so many rock riffs, but this is a bit much. hey, wasn't he the one who very publicly said Take Me Out was exactly like that Ringo song, citing that Wildean "geniuses steal" quote? maybe that's what he was going for..
K