If rock music has a tendency to take itself too seriously from time to time, and pop often errs on the side of the frivolous, Cello strikes the perfect balance between the two. I’m not sure if this is pop music with its big boy pants on, or rock music that has popped a chill pill and embraced the groove. It doesn’t matter; what really matters is just how brilliantly “Like A Tiger” comes together.
Rock music bopping to a disco beat? Freaky funk meets commercial smarts? Post-punk pop? Synthy slickness meets foot-on-the-monitor attitudes? Alien dance vibes? Yes, yes, yes, yes, and hell yes. It has it all… it also has tigers… everyone wants to be a tiger, don’t they?
It’s a song of liberation, one that proposes that if we accept that you are an alien, an outsider, not like everyone else, then you can be whatever you want to be; turn to face the strange, the rules are gone, the fear diminishes. You can embrace whatever it is that you want to be…alien, tiger…something else of your own making!
A funky freedom song, a groove-mantra to personal independence, a tune that advocates casting off your chains, hitting the dancefloor and throwing some kooky shapes. Kookiness is, after all, next to godliness!
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