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Preston: 'Dressed To Kill'
Released on Monday, Sep 7 2009
Published Monday, Aug 17 2009, 15:12 BST | By Alex Fletcher | 7 comments
Two years on from his last Ordinary Boys single (the wretched 'I Luv U'), he's finally found the courage to resurface, but this is a very different Preston to the ska-loving, Fred Perry-wearing cheeky chappy of old. Using a sizable Siouxsie And The Banshees sample and a cheap vampire-themed video, he's remodelled himself as an electropop star. It's all very 2009 and it'd be easy to say something sneering about bandwagon-jumping, but 'Dressed To Kill' has enough neat pop hooks and Gothic vocals to make us intrigued about his upcoming solo album.
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For an Ex - Ordinary Boy, This song is Great, I will be buying it on 7th September.
Love It !!!!!
I heard that song a while back and i loved it instanly. But that could be mainly down to how i like electro-pop music.
OMG how can you give esmee denters "Outta here" 2 stars which by the way is going to be a top 10 hit and give this 3 which wont even make the top 100 and is one of the worst song ive ever heard
This song is better than I thought it would be and is very catchy. I don't think he was that bad in the Ordinary Boys either. He will have a top 20 hit with this.
thank you! i too am getting fed up of people sneering from their high horse about bandwagon-jumping, songs sounding a bit like others, singers not being completely different to everyone else etc. instead of just enjoying music for what it is. i think this is a decent electropop song, it's quite dark compared to others, but sounds good.
I never thought I'd say I feel sorry for Preston, but the fact he admitted himself he has to "clear his name" shows that maybe he isn't that idiot I thought he was when he stormed off of Buzzcocks. Decent track too.