Bang Bang...Your Dead

I picked up the new Sean Lennon CD, Friendly Fire last night and gave it a run through in the car…I like it. It’s no Into The Sun (great, great album)…for this one, Mr. Lennon Jr. takes inspiration from a past break up that resulted when his long time girlfriend decided to cheat on him with one of his best friends…so that ‘I hate your guts you stupid bitch’ vibe permeates the entire album, but in typical Lennon fashion, he’s turned it on its head a bit.

The first song, Dead Meat, is a great example of this. Light, airy…soft piano…singing ‘Don’t you know you’re dead meat…you’ll get what you deserve’. It does get old on 1 or 2 of the songs…but Sean mixes things up enough that it doesn’t feel like one long break up letter. Dead Meat, Friendly Fire, On Again Off Again and Headlights are my early favourites.

Glad I picked this up…and if you’re a fan of Sean Lennon’s, you probably will be too…even if he is a bit of a yuppie, celebrity-friend-name-dropping art boy elitists...but that’s probably just the jealousy talking.

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* Just to add...the CD comes with a seperate DVD that includes a video for each song (more like mini-films). The 4 that I've seen are all quite good, and from what I can tell they are all linked in some way, so it really brings home the whole 'concept album' feel of the record...plus its great to get something like that extra for your $19.99.