Invincible Song

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“Invincible” opens with that classic rock recording trope that sounds like a rehearsal caught on tape, drumsticks clicking, guitar being plugged into amp creating slight feedback before lead singer Damian Kulash kicks off the righteous power pop rock that continues throughout Oh No. “Do What You Want” continues the thrash-y, stomping rock fest albeit with a few too many “come ons!” shouted throughout the breakdown two-thirds of the way through, you could still potentially add this to your replay list. The guitar riff is chunky, recalling a bit of Franz Ferdinand, but rock is supposed to be clumsy and dirty, so it works. “Here It Goes Again” brings visions of treadmills swirling into your head. Despite the hilarious and clever music video, …show more content…

Complete with tambourine and horns, and the right number of “Come ons,” this time around, this song makes you bob your head like the good punk rocker you are. Like most good punk rock songs, it will leave you in a better mood than you started out in. “Oh Lately It’s So Quiet” is a softer, falsetto-driven shuffle of a ballad in which Kulash allows himself to come across as vulnerable. Definitely not a tear-jerker, the hand claps and rhythm guitar keep the tune upbeat and positive despite the sad topic. Lyrics like “Whose house are you haunting tonight?” don’t bring good things to mind, but the song by no means kills the album’s cheerful …show more content…

As the album’s first single, this track is packed with dancey pop hooks presented in OK Go’s post-dance-punk style. “No Sign of Life” is the token bluesy track nearly every contemporary rock album strives to include. True to blues, the lyrics tell more of a story: “Kate broke down on Division Street / Air so wet you can hear your heart beat, and beat and beat and beat and beat / Oh, I swear I gave it my best shot, what else could I do? / No sign of life.” More interesting than some other tracks whose lyrics repeat a single phrase throughout. “Let It Rain” starts with acoustic guitar rhythm before the electric lead brings Kulash’s soft, feathery vocals in. The lyrics flow in a kind of Dylan-esque way that doesn’t quite meld with the theme on the rest of Oh No. “Crash the Party” returns to the Supergrass type of Brit rock party sound. A fun, playfully enticing track, it will get you amped before, during, and after any party. “Television, Television” is a pop-punk political statement on the disappointing aspects of much of Western culture. “Television, television / give me tits and politicians / give me death and demolition / give me glamour and sedition / television!” Kulash screams over a heavily distorted guitar

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