Noisettes “Never Forget You”
The Noisettes so nail the 60′s girl group/ Phil Spector sound on the divine “Never Forget You”, that more than once, one is forced to remind themselves that this isn’t some cover of some four decade old song. Hell, if it weren’t so crispily produced and given a modern zing by the occasional guitar-charged underlining, you could almost mistake it for actually being a recently-unearthed-from-the-vaults old vinyl gem.
Like previous single “Wild Young Hearts”, “Never Forget You” meshes the band’s well-educated grasping of yesteryear pop with a light dollop of Broadway glee, conjuring up a carefree effervescence that could put an instant halt to the most sourest of moods. Even better, it puts a different spin on the fluffy puppy love scenario these things typically produce lyrics-wise, instead of scripting one’s giddiness while immersed in the delightful throes of young romance, nicely using it as a past-tense point of reference during a long-broken-up couple’s reunion at the local pub.
“What you drinkin’/…Rum or whiskey?” singer Shingai Shinowa opens, armed with apologies based on her late arrival and inability to return her ex’ phone calls. And almost instantly, the duo realize that their at-once great chemistry hasn’t at all been lost in the passing of time, as shared giggles over her retained lack of promptness lead the way to fond recollections of their dating heyday (“We were mischievous/ You were always wearing black…”) and teary-eyed assurances (“We just got swallowed up/ You know I didn’t forget you”).
Bathed in an expert use of twinkling slow moments, dramatic orchestra swells, and backing vox chirps of “Always remember me” that seem to be birthed from the clouds-perched angels above, to not be left a bit verklempt by “Never Forget You”‘s fade-out would mean that you have no soul.
From the excellent album, Wild Young Hearts.
DL: “Never Forget You” (alt)
A lot attitude and swing! Just Super!