Repetition

Today as I walked down Astor Pl. I saw a trailer embellished with the word "Caravan". That in itself doesn't sound odd, however, the fact that the word "Caravan" was small, and hundreds of them covered every inch of the trailer, was. Why would this be necessary? I am almost positive that if it were only written on the trailer once we would all get the picture. This got me thinking however, about music that uses repetition. When is enough, enough? Is there ever enough? Yes. I'm pretty sure there is.

Repetition fun?
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - Upon This Tidal Wave Of Young Blood
The Editors - Bullets (I originally hated the band because I thought this song was too repetitive. That changed fast.)
Hillary Duff - Beat of my Heart (Warning! Bad song alert!)



Oh, and as I was listening to Lamacq Live on Radio 1, Steve Lamacq recommended a new band that he found on his first run of Myspace. They were named WinterKids, and I liked them. The first thing that sprung into my head when I heard them was: "Bloc Party-ites", but after listening to them more, I realize that they are actually what would happen if Bloc Party were much more peppy and had multi-layered vocals (one of which being a woman). I've been listening to them so much that I think I'm walking the very thin line between barely tolerable and murder victim with my roommate. They've been stuck in my head for the past two days, so check them out. (I wish they had some downloadable songs though.)

WinterKids on Myspace
Bloc Party's Official Site