The first and definitely one of the best tracks off
The Hasselhoff Experiment's
hard rocking second album -
Always Outnumbered Always Outgunned. This song sets the tone of the album, and is a perfect example of what The
Hasselhoff Experiment are all about;
stripped down dirty garagey
rock 'n' roll.
The song
kicks off with a heavily distorted
guitar riff by
Andrew Trolley, then two bars later
Brendan Moran's drums hits you. No basic
eight beat here, but different combinations of
kick,
snare and
cymbals, peppered with a few short, fast rolls keep the
tempo up for the whole song. By far the most surprising and one of the most enjoyable parts to the song is
Dave Coventry's absolutely manic
harmonica that appears on occasion throughout the song, usually just before each verse starts. Although it sounds a little
unorthodox, it suits the song perfectly and really sets it apart from the other tunes on the album (not to say they haven't their charms though). Trolley's voice is quite deep and
raspy, and he comes off as a cross between
ZZ Top and
Lemmy from
Motorhead. Definitely a good thing.
The
lyrics in this song seem, to me at least, a little
gimicky (but still rather cool), but the focus of the 'Experiment's stuff is definitely not the lyrics, but the
arse-kicking rock-ness of the music. The content seems to be about the nature of
war (implying a certain extent the nature of
guns as well), and the mindset of being able to kill someone but Trolley does not seem like he is trying to hammer a point home, or even make a point. The vocals really only serve as another instrument in the song, the last verse being sung through some sort of
filter. The words are bloody hard to
decipher over the heavy guitar, and what's written here is probably wrong, but for no want of trying - I listened to the song a large number of times. If you've got better hearing or some fancy
computer program or something to sharpen the
vocals tell me.
SHIFTING SANDS
Shifting
sands
Shifting sides
Always a
muzzle
That ended life
All the
blood runs cold
All the
blood ran warm
All the
fate of lives
Lives laid as
pawns
Hurted hurted
Heed it all
Can't buy this vision
I must fall
It ain't enough
To
plead your case
When lines of
guilt
Are written on your face
Maybe once
You didn't feel
dissuade
What passes
hell
Anger in stained
Frustration
I can't stand no more
Let ?*
Drive it's car
Shifting sands
Shifting sides
Always a muzzle
That ended life
All the blood runs cold
All the blood ran warm
All the fate of lives
Lives laid as pawns
* Try as I might, I just couldn't catch this at all.
Stuff in this must be wrong, so please
/msg me about it if you think you know.