This review covers the rock track Bush – The People That We Love.
This track was released in 2001. It also made an appearance in the game Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit 2.
The track starts with some guitars hitting largely two notes. Other guitars briefly join the track, drop out, then rejoin the track. The two notes gradually fades away. The vocals then join the track for a first verse. A number of the guitars drops out. This is capped off with an instrumental section.
From there, the vocals rejoin the track to continue the verse. The guitars do drop out. The missing guitars rejoin the track as the vocals carry the track into the main chorus. Those guitars then drop out briefly as the vocals take the track into a bridge.
Everything drops out for a moment as some filtered synth elements take over for a moment. After that, an instrumental section takes over. The guitars then drop out as the vocals take the track into the next verse. Those guitars rejoin the track as the vocals take the track into the next round in the main chorus. A brief instrumental section makes an appearance.
The vocals then rejoin the track for another verse. Those guitars are full again after a bit. An instrumental section then takes over with an emphasis in the drum kit. The vocals then rejoin the track to extend the main chorus. The guitars then fade away and the two note guitars make a brief instrumental appearance.
From there, the instrumental section then continues with a guitar solo. The vocals then return for another round in the main chorus, repeating one of the lines in particular. The track then breaks down quickly and the guitars lead the track out.
One thing that is pronounced in this track is the fact that the sections are very short. There is a lot of flipping between instrumental, verse, chorus, instrumental, and a shuffle of everything in between. For me, 95% of the time, this makes it much harder for a track to enjoy. This is because the sections that I do like wind up being a bit fleeting. In this case, it helps that some of the sections are much more similar, so it isn’t as big of a problem, but it still hampers things a bit.
What I will say, though, is that there are some interesting concepts and themes embedded in the lyrics. It’s probably little wonder why it made an appearance in a racing game given that some of them involve, well, racing.
Another positive is that the overall theme does come together quite nicely. So, listening from beginning to end does offer a satisfactory feeling after. So, while it may not be an amazing track, it’s not exactly bad either.
So, overall, the shorter sections does make it a bit more challenging to enjoy the track. Still, it does come together in the end nicely thanks in part to the fact that some of those sections actually sound fairly similar to one another. Interesting themes sprinkled in certainly doesn’t hurt anything either. So, a decent track all around.
Score
7/10
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