Why did they make the title such a mouthful?
Judging by the song it could easily have just been called “Hey mister DJ!” But no, Cobra Starship had to pin a load of pop-rock buzzwords to the tail of it instead. I can imagine the other song titles – “Dancing at my mate’s house (we partied all night)”, “I went to the chippy (to get a doner kebab)” and the best of them all “We tried to write a good song (but failed miserably).”
Needlessly long title aside, the song itself is generally uncreative. To their credit they do have a very polished and professional sound. They do what they do very well, and that is to write pop songs in a very shaky rock guise. They have great chart-topper writing potential because of their direction, but only because they sacrificed artistic integrity for popularity like so many that came before them.
This is definitely not one of those songs that’ll really stretch the boundaries of what you believe to be music. This is diet-rock, pure and simple - missing all the calories and carbohydrates of its regular counterpart and nowhere near as fulfilling to listen to. It’s just not the same without all the anger and passion that makes a real rock band.
