I'm saying "No no no no no"
Bruno Mars
Marry You
Marriage Porn
#98 (Low)
Dec 16, 2010
Bruno Mars
Plilip Lawrence
Ari Levine
The Smeezingtons
Marry You
Marriage Porn
#98 (Low)
Dec 16, 2010
Bruno Mars
Plilip Lawrence
Ari Levine
The Smeezingtons
It just gets worse
and worse! If this song had balls, it would be receiving quick,
repeated kicks until it crawled, whimpering, back into whatever kind
of hole spews this annoying junk forth. I know I usually wait until
discussing the song a little bit before digging into lyrics, but when
the refrain is “Don't say no no no no no, just say yeah yeah yeah
yeah yeah, and we'll go go go go go, if you're ready,” you don't
want to bury the lead: that's precisely how stupid this song is.
I'm sure proposals
scored by this thing are conducted by people who would look down
their nose at Rascal Flats, but “Marry You” is even more
frustrating because it's so smug and cutesy. It's no less Marriage Porn for it, either, complete with churchbells (which I think are
playing the bell melody from They Might Be Giants' “The Bells Are
Ringing” in the chorus, and “I Melt with You” in the intro) in
the arrangement.
It's a beautiful night
We're looking for something dumb to do
Hey baby, I think I wanna marry you
Is it the look in your eyes
or is it this dancing juice?
Who cares, baby
I think I wanna marry you
We're looking for something dumb to do
Hey baby, I think I wanna marry you
Is it the look in your eyes
or is it this dancing juice?
Who cares, baby
I think I wanna marry you
Since it contains
the title, I'm going to assume the “Hey baby, I think I wanna marry
you” part is the chorus, though the “just say yeah yeah yeah yeah
yeah” stuff is repeated about as often (and was probably the hook
that sold the single). Regardless, it sounds awfully condescending--
getting married is his idea of something dumb to do, just to pass the
time, and he's not even certain if this whim is inspired by the girl
or the drink.
Quick answer: if
you're not sure if it's the booze or not, you're too drunk to be
making a decision like this. Do us all a favor and sleep on it.
Also, for a song called “Marry You,” I don't think there's a single mention of love. It is vocally in support of letting the choir bells sing "like ooooh," (which, by the way, is not the sound bells make), but it doesn't have anything to say about love.
Also, for a song called “Marry You,” I don't think there's a single mention of love. It is vocally in support of letting the choir bells sing "like ooooh," (which, by the way, is not the sound bells make), but it doesn't have anything to say about love.
The repetition of
the two parts I've already quoted make up most of the running time of
the song, but one of the few other lines is “Who cares if we're
trash, got a pocket full of cash we can blow.” I'm sure it's meant
to be quirky, but it's probably also an honest reflection of what the
writers think of their audience.
I haven't mentioned
it in a while because I don't want to repeat myself by continually
harping on Autotune, but this is an example of the other way
it can be misapplied... like Billy Joel singing the national anthem
(okay, maybe it's not that bad), no one's trying for a stylish
effect here; the voice is just being jerked into key every time he
drifts a bit. He's probably not a bad singer, but forcing this vocal
part into computer perfection sounds painfully imperfect.
On the other hand,
we should be thankful when we hear the autotune engage on that
howling, hound dog summoning “Just say 'I dooooooooooo.'” I'm
betting autotune is the lesser of two evils in that case.
Stay with the song, walk away, or run like hell:
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