Paloma Faith is without doubt an interesting person, and clearly talented. However, there is one major flaw in her approach to making music, especially more recently. The unnecessary repetition.
I maintain that whilst a good record can tolerate some repetition, and some repetition is arguably necessary to give real identity to a song and provide a 'hook', there is a fucking limit.
Can't Rely On You was quite simply as annoying as fuck, with an abrasive tone accompanying the 23 deliveries of these words. Paloma says it, and the backing singers mimic her like an echo, so that by the end of the 'song', we are all traumatised. Absolutely pathetic.
Her current single is being touted on radio stations and television channels as I type. Only Love Can Hurt Like This is actually completely misleading, as I am very well aware that repetitive songs can hurt rather more. The six-word chant is drawn out and wailed 16 times, and there cannot be a cunt in the country who doesn't get the message after the fourth announcement of this fact by PF. Whilst she didn't write this one herself, that's no excuse because she decided to sing it.
Still, I don't see anyone getting close to Rebecca Ferguson, whose song I Hope manages to include those two words a staggering 64 times!
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