Thursday, January 12, 2023

James Dean - The Wrecks

James Dean - The Wrecks
3:19
Panic Vertigo, 2018
Written by Anderson, Emery, Irvin, Schmidt

Not the Eagles cover we all so desperately need (despite also having a band member named Schmidt).  Instead, a slinking, yowling song about being a dope-smoking loser who is no James Dean ("Not cool suits me / Girls won't date me / Guys all hate me"), busted by his momma while blasting Nirvana.  It doesn't have much to say; there's no turning point in the song, no character arc or moral.  Decent if generic radio-friendly hard pop-rock alternative, catchy, not bad.  This is the kind of music that always makes me imagine the front man grinding and posing like Jagger.

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