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The Datsuns - Outta Sight/Outta Mind |
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06 August 2005 |
The Datsuns Outta Sight/Outta Mind - (V2) It ain't pretty, bub. Rock and roll, that is. It's supposed to be exciting but with more than a hint of danger, the ability to outrage parents, and it's supposed to be played by people that you wouldn't let go anywhere near your sister. That's The Datsuns. Thankfully, I don't have a sister or kids so I can damn well listen to The Datsuns anytime I damn well please, and even have them over for a few beers (after hiding all the breakables). All of this means that The Datsuns are largely about attitude and tribute to a largely bygone era often misunderstood by today's measurement of what classifies as retro charm. Take The Darkness for example. Point to whatever you care to about whatever similarities you can find to catsuit-wearing rock of days gone by, but the fact that remains is that they, uh, suck. Plain and simple. Well, The Datsuns don't suck. These New Zealand "wrong-side-of-the-track-ers" make the most out of their riff-heavy and shouting-and-screaming rhetoric, where the goal is to just get you bobbing your head with your fist in the air. Mission accomplished. It really doesn't end there, though. The Datsuns pay tribute in a rewarding way by handing production duties to none other than John Paul Jones, who also adds keyboard touches here and there. The Datsuns write (if you can really call it "writing") rock and roll anthems, and the big sound of songs like "Get Up (Don't Fight It)" and the stomping "You Can't Find Me" keep the action fast and furious here. Even better is the hooky "Don't Come Knocking" with it's chorus that gets close to, but doesn't touch, "nice" (whew!). While Outta Sight/Outta Mind runs the risk of making you think that you're basically listening to the same two songs over and over, another listen is pretty rewarding in appreciating the stops and starts of "Girls Best Friend" and spot-on timing of the raucous "Lucille". As far as the lyrics go, it's pretty standard "put some words in here that fit in the song stuff", but The Datsuns aren't really interested in making any sort of statement that can't be cranked through an amp...and "thanks" boys for the wah-wah madness of "I Got No Words". To satisfy your rawk fix, The Datsuns' Outta Sight/Outta Mind is time well spent. So call your buddies, get some beer in the fridge, and open the windows so that pot smell doesn't linger. Oh yeah, and throw on some Datsuns.
7.5
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