A little review of Desecration Smile
As the new RHCP single for the market outside of USA and Canada is out on 12th February and the song is breathtakingly beautiful (better live than on the album, though;)), I thought I’d post this beautiful review from Digital Spy, by Miriam Zendle.
What a cheerful name for a song! The new single from the Chili Peppers combines melancholy verse with slightly more bouncy, sped-up harmonies and ponderings, before the verse heralds a return to the sharp twanging guitars and lead singer Anthony Kiedis and co’s decision to put the vocals slightly too high to allow for strength or not.
‘Desecration Smile’ has a great strength in John Frusciante’s ever wonderful musicianship, but Anthony Kiedis’ vocal grates the minute you hear it on this track – it’s pitched higher than his normal vocal, and it simply doesn’t work that well.
There’s a great guitar solo as the end approaches, and whilst the instrumental is fabulous, the song isn’t quite perfect – it could do with some work. It’s still a good Chili Peppers song, but it lacks something, and it certainly sounds a bit more Boney M than Bon…meh, the metaphor isn’t coming, but you know what I mean.
You can read the review on its original page, right here.
