![]() ![]() ”We’re going one step forward, two steps back,” Senior leads the chorus on rousing album closer ”Happy Rap.” That’s not quite the case - Junior Senior haven’t ended up one full step behind where they were four years ago. in a sunny, passionate chorus: ”Keep on working on something better.”īut this album isn’t better than D-D-D-Don’t Stop the Beat. On the album’s best track, ”I Like Music (W.O.S.B.),” the boys sing that ”music’s not just sounds.” And then they sing their M.O. Junior senior hey hey my my yo yo how to#The boys know how to write a good song with enduring appeal. Mid-Atlantic Leather Weekend: What to expect if you’re planning to go Track titles should clue you in to what I mean: ”We R the Handclaps,” ”Can I Get Get Get,” ”Dance, Chance, Romance,” and so on. But after a while only the baby isn’t annoyed. Just like a baby’s first utterances and sounds, the frequently stuttered lyrics and the prominent use of handclaps are enjoyable enough the first few times around. Speaking of too cute, the boys are beginning to overdo that, as well. ”I got an itch, an itch I can’t scratch/It’s way d-d-down, d-down to back/I’m itching and scratching all night and day/got to find-find a way, to make it go away.” The boys may be content to keep returning to the metaphor barrel until it runs dry of vaguely sexual expressions - and mixing them together with simplistic rhymes, about nothing serious - but it’s getting a bit too cute.ĭame Shirley Bassey: Get This Party Started On ”Itch U Can’t Scratch,” Johanna Fateman of Le Tigre guests to trade raps with the boys. Still, sometimes the music and often the lyrics are too bright and hyper-cheerful: the duo’s shiny, happy vibe is a gimmick that’s starting to grate. Other guests include the B-52’s’ Cindy Wilson and Kate Pierson and the women of Le Tigre.Ĭatholic Church tried to argue that altar boy derived ‘pleasure’ from priest’s abuse At various points the boys are marvelously serenaded on backing vocals by former Motown girl group the Velvelettes. The newer album is especially inspired by the playful dawning days of rap, and by the deep textures of ’60s-era rock and soul. The novelty of the first album - zany, fun, self-referential and explicitly gay as well as straight - hasn’t disappeared here.īut while the boys are in some spots even, well, stupider on the latest, the album is actually more noteworthy because of the music, which is warmer and richer, as well as smarter and more engaging. The duo, in fact, may very well have a long and lustrous career making novelty songs. ![]() The new album - and especially the New Wave-y EP Say Hello, Wave Goodbye released in conjunction as part of a limited-edition set - proves that the duo wasn’t just a novelty act, one that makes a couple songs and then vanishes. Hey Hey My My Yo Yo ( )was actually produced two years ago - two years after the daffy Danish duo’s major-label debut, D-D-D-Don’t Stop the Beat, had created a stir with a festive, old-school party-pop vibe and a few fun songs, most notably the shouted Michael Jackson-esque chorus of ”Move Your Feet.” Atlantic Records passed on releasing the comeback, so it remained in limbo until smaller Warner Music label Rykodisc signed on to release it a week ago. It’s a comeback nearly four years in the making. We’re back on track for the big comeback.” ![]() After two measures of handclaps, the gay Jeppe ”Senior” Laursen and the straight Jesper ”Junior” Mortensen invite you into their goofy world. It’s a corny enough album title, but you’ll certainly be laughing within seconds as Hey Hey My My Yo Yo opens. ![]()
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