Oh, ok. Er are we normally this pompous on these forums?
I am slightly amused by your suggestion that there is a correct opinion about such art. There is no point in me prefixing everything I say with "I think..." because I would have to prefix everything I say. To not prefix does not imply that I am stating a fact, merely that I am playing a language game (presumably artistic criticism in English) in which it is accepted that there is no such thing as fact.
Anyway, you didn't explain the ending of Nowhere Fast, what happened to 'God Speed'? And why did he have to change all the words? Were they changed by Steinman? And why is there no discernable melody except in the chorus?
And on the 'Surf's Up' front, I'm not keen on the louder intro with the 'thuds', the guitars during the bridge ("waves are pounding") bit, the solo over the second verse, or the backing vocals over the frst chorus. I just feel he gets too loud too quickly. On the Steinman/Dodd version it's much more gradual, much more melodic.
Fortunately, I think the quality of the progression and melody of 'Surf's Up' saves it, but 'Nowhere Fast' seems to cut the melody out, and those damn harmonies at the end are so mint.
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