The Feeling: 'Turn It Up'

Anyone disappointed by The Feeling's anaemic last single 'Without You' - a track that would struggle to make it as a Take That B-side - should find this one a little more inspiring. Proudly wearing its Queen influence on its sleeve, 'Turn It Up' is one of the band's most vibrant singles. The standard "boring" criticism that haunts The Feeling can't be applied to this upbeat track.

That said, the escape from musical blandness can't hide the fact that 'Turn It Up' contains some absolutely dreadful lyrics. Dan Gillespie Sells rhymes "after" with "disaster", "papers" with "escalators" and, worst of all, "notice" with "office", suggesting he's a bit too fond of a fairly ropey rhyming dictionary. The nifty turn of phrase present in The Feeling's early singles (remember "You got my heart in a headlock / You stopped the blood, made my head soft" from 'Sewn'?) seems like a distant memory.


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