Chemical Brothers
Hey Boy, Hey Girl EP
[Astralwerks]
Rating: 4.8
Dear Professor Pitchfork,
I'm sorry I missed class today, but I was passing a kidney stone and
then my dog was sick, too. Here's my five paragraph essay assignment.
I know we were supposed to write about a book that we really like, but
I couldn't think of one so I wrote about my favorite CD. I hope that's
OK.
Thanks,
Toby
Why I Like the Chemical Brothers
by Toby H.
One CD that I really like a lot is by the Chemical Brothers. The name
of the CD is called Hey Boy Hey Girl and it is really only a single
from their most latest album. The reasons that it is such a good CD are
that it has a lot of phat beats and sweet noises, but it also has a lot
of symbolism. There are three songs on the CD.
The first song is called "Hey Boy Hey Girl" which is also the name of
the CD. This song starts out kind of plain, with just a guy talking over
some sorta siren-y noises. The guy says "Hey boy, hey girl... something
something... DJs, here we go!" He says that over and over, like about
more than 10 times, and you'd think that you would get tired of it but
you don't, because it sounds so cool. Then after he says "Here we go!"
the last time, that's when the beat kicks in. I think that's really
deep, because he says "Here we go!" and then the song starts to go.
But my favorite part of the song is when in the middle, the beat kinda
goes away and there's a soft part of the song. During that part there's
just the high music parts and it sounds like it's getting farther away and
then getting close again. I think the symbolism of the song is that boys
and girls seem like they're different but then maybe they're not as different
as you thought.
The second song is called "Flashback." This song sounds different from
the first song, because the first song is a party jam type song.
"Flashback" is a fast song too, like a party song, but it's more
serious. It's a little bit scary sounding, and it's about how drugs
can make things scary, I think. The only words are of a chick who's
saying "flashback" over and over, just like in the name of the song.
Only she's kind of whispering it so it sounds creepy. The music is
really weird and trippy sounding and there is symbolism of somebody
who is having a flashback from drugs.
The third and last song is my favorite song on the CD. It is called
"Scale." There are no words in the song, but it is cool because the
music is of somebody playing a scale, which is what the title means.
This song does not have the same kinds of big beats that the other two
songs have, but it has lots of different parts. It sounds like there
are two or three different scales that get played. All of the scales
go up and not down, which I think means something. This song is really
experimental, and it reminds me of my other favorite band, the Alan
Parsons Project.
In conclusion, Hey Boy Hey Girl is a good CD because it is good to
dance to, or just to hang out to while drinking some brews with my house
brothers, or even to study to, but it is mostly good because of its
many meanings and symbolism.
-Zach Hooker