Overanalyzing Pop Songs #2:

Song: Bad Romance
Artist: Lady Gaga

This strange, cryptic song which seems like a multitude of unconnected ideas is actually a cohesive statement. Let me elaborate:

Rah, rah: An Indie Rock Band from Saskatchewan, Canada.

Ah, ah, ah: The laugh belonging to Count Von Count, a well known Transylvanian.

Roma, Ra Mama: Roma, obviously Italy, Ra Mama is a reference to the mother of the famous

Egyptian god, Ra.

Gaga, ooh la la: When French people go gaga for something, they often say ooh la la.

Want your bad romance: This part is irrelevant.

Now, let us think. What do Canada, Romania, Italy, Egypt, and France have in common?
They all have A's in them....  

Except for Egypt.

This is infallible proof that the world will end in 2012.

Album Review: Come of Age by The Vaccines

Come of Age by the Vaccines:
The second album from the Vaccines is just as exciting as the first, which is great. The songs are bouncy and full of life, and the lyrics convey that same old lovable apathy as their debut "What did you expect from the Vaccines?" The songs are all interesting and invoke a multitude of artists from The Smiths to The Libertines to The Arctic Monkeys. One highlight is "Teenage Icon", which effectively sums up not only the theme of the album but the sound of the Vaccines overall. In a nutshell, this album is very enjoyable and happy and a must buy if you're a fan of the Vaccines. And if you haven't heard the Vaccines yet, I strongly suggest listening to them. And if you dislike the Vaccines, I don't know why you're reading their album review.
4/5

Album Review: ¡Uno! by Green Day

¡Uno! by Green Day:
It's finally here! After three long years of waiting, Green Day fans get three whole new albums, fittingly  title Uno, Dos, and Tre. The first of these came out very recently and I thought it deserved a review. It starts off with a Dookie-resembling "Nuclear Family" that's pretty exciting and progresses very quickly from there. Most of the songs fit into two categories. The first: angry, fast, punk songs which attack an unknown antagonist with lots of cussing and general hatred. The second: cute little love songs. The album itself mainly sounds like a mix between Cheap Trick's power pop and The Offspring's pop punk. While the highlighted single of the album is probably going to be "Kill the DJ", a profanity-ridden parody of the rave partier's lifestyle that makes Gordon Ramsey look like Mr. Roger's Neighborhood, my personal favorite is the popier love song "Stay the Night." Either way, you have to say that this is an incredibly catchy and well made album. My only minor complaint is that the lyrical content is a little less interesting than it has been in the past, but this might just be their "White Album" after the very complex "Sgt. Pepper" that was American Idiot and 21st Century Breakdown.

4.5/5