Girls Aloud - Biology

I think they should have stuck with the vampy piano thing, in a Nancy and Lee style.

The joins are way less seamless than on "The Show", which may hinder radio prospects. But it is charmingly clunky and very delirious in parts. And "Love Machine" sounded like an unhit, at first.

mine seems to be only of medium to low quality. does anyone have a higher or better quality version of this song, cause i feel that if it gets super clear i would fall into an orgasm pit....perhaps.

This will either be a massive hit or completely flop. Anyway, IMO it is the most original thing the Girls have done, so kudos for that.

it would be nice if someone had a real ear and could understand them. if not i'll have to wait for the single

http://s54.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2JOWW9SHTFXQE2UOMFA5IBQPMZ

(iTunes can do the conversion, FYI.)

also brittle, i have to agree. girls aloud's producers need to learn that slow style ballads are so 1992-1996. and if they do i'll stand by you it up we should petition them to re-record it proper.

I don’t want [Alabama] return
That will take me far away from you
Cause when you take me in your arms I turn to slave
I can’t be saved
So I got my cappuccino to go
And I’m heading for the hills again
Cause if we party anymore we’ll [stall] the fire of pure desire
Closer your mind’s flying blind
With your head and your face getting red and your heart beats closer
You fall on your knees and [you can’t] get your feet
Says you need and the beat gets closer
And you died for the thrill and the kill and your heart’s had its will
But it still creeps closer and you want it to freeze
But you’re weak and diseased and the beat and the beat gets closer…….

We give it up and then they take it away
A girl’s got to zip it up and get her head in the shade
Baby we give it up its just a matter of time
Before all the heavy stuff
Comes back to bite your behind

You can’t mistake my biology
The way that we talk the way that we walk its there in our thoughts
The magic numbers in front of me
The way that we talk the way we that we walk so easy to [coax]
You can’t mistake my biology
The way that we talk the way that we walk its there in our thoughts
We’re gonna [prophesize prophesy]
The way that we talk the way we that we walk so easy to [coax]

Why don't you hold me squeeze me say you need without wicked games
Come on and hold me hug me say you love me and not my dirty brain
Why don't you hold me squeeze me say you need without wicked games
Come on and hold me hug me say you love me and not my dirty brain
Why don't you hold me squeeze me say you need without wicked games
Come on and hold me hug me say you love me and not my dirty brain

You can’t mistake my biology
The way that we talk the way that we walk its there in our thoughts
The magic numbers in front of me
The way that we talk the way we that we walk so easy to [coax]
You can’t mistake my biology
The way that we talk the way that we walk its there in our thoughts
We’re gonna [prophesize prophesy]
The way that we talk the way we that we walk So easy to [coax]

To

And you died for the thrill and the kill and your heart’s had its will
But it still creeps closer and you want it to freeze
But you’re weak and diseased and the beat and the beat gets closer…….

We give it up and then they take it away

The über-song of death (and despair) is back. Right up there with SOTU, NGA and The Show (Love Machine and LHS are kinda different beast)

I got one alabama return
that don't take me far away from you
cause when you take me in your arms, I turn to slave, I can't be saved

so I got my cappuccino to go
and I'm heading for the hills again
cause if we party anymore we’ll start the fire of pure desire

closer, your mind's flying blind
with your head and your face
getting red and your heart beats closer

you fall on your knees
and the geek at your feet
says you're neat and the beat gets closer

and you died for the thrill
and the kill and your heart's had its will
but he still creeps closer

you want it to freeze
but you're weak and too deep
and the beat and the beat gets closer

(closer, closer, closer, closer, closer, closer, closer)

we give it up
and then they take it away
a girl's got to zip it up
and get her head in the shade

baby, we give it up
it's just a matter of time
before all the heavy stuff
comes back to bite your behind

you can't mistake my biology
(the way that we talk, the way that we walk, it's there in our thoughts)
the magic number's in front of me
(the way that we talk, the way we that we walk, so easily caught)
you can't mistake my biology
(the way that we talk, the way that we walk, it's there in our thoughts)
we're gonna cause a controversy
(the way that we talk, the way we that we walk, so easily caught)

why don't you pull me, feed me, say you need, without wicked games?
come on and hold me, help me, say you love me and not my dirty brain
why don't you pull me, feed me, say you need, without wicked games?
come on and hold me, help me, say you love me and not my dirty brain
why don't you pull me, feed me, say you need, without wicked games?
come on and hold me, help me, say you love me and not my dirty brain

you can't mistake my biology
(the way that we talk, the way that we walk, it's there in our thoughts)
the magic number's in front of me
(the way that we talk, the way we that we walk, so easily caught)
you can't mistake my biology
(the way that we talk, the way that we walk, it's there in our thoughts)
we're gonna cause a controversy
(the way that we talk, the way we that we walk, so easily caught)

(/showing my age)

I agree that the above chorus is poptastic, but it takes its time getting to the good bits. Don't really understand who thought the first 30 seconds or so of pounding piano was a good intro to the song.

my lyrics are much better, save a couple of mistakes, I think

Why ? Because it breaks a few rules ..... it's true that it sounds a bit like 3 diff songs spliced together but that it part of the genius of the song. I think you will find that a lot of people, like myself, that have never really been hooked on the girls and their music in the past will be hooked with this track.

The chorus, whether tou loveit or hate it, is as catchy as hell and one you cant get out of your head after you have heard it.

Only disappointment is the video. GREAT concept, girls look fantastic, love the whole idea, etc, etc ..... BUT .... the syncronisation is appauling, and sone of the editing is just not quite on the money !!! Whoever edited it needs shooting coz the look of video is brilliant and goes well with the song, as do the dance routines, etc, but one or two of them, who will remain nameless, need to loosen up and not appear so stiff or like they are getting instructions from the floor manager just out of line of sight on the sets.

Apart from that, this will be Top 3 and possibly even a Number one.

Watch this space !!!

Has there ever been a better pop lyric than "I know you like to wear my dressing gown / when I'm not there / I guess you like it in my shoes / just 'cause you drive a Maserati / and the ladies stare / don't mean you'll go as fast as I do"

I don't think so.

Seconded!!!

I'll go further and say I have previously found them unfailingly inane & actively, deeply boring. Seriously, they are only usually beaten at this 'making regular pop music hateful' by the goddess of meh - Ms. Stevens.

But this one has... a memorable tune! some restraint! is not embarrasingly oh-so-clever or cringeworthy on some other musical level. They actually sound like a proper 'girl group'* on this, and not something created in some dr. frankenstein's labratory of really-bad-meta-pop.

Yes, kudos to whoever's behind this one! They (GA) hardly have a great strike rate so far, but I cannot deny this one's goodness.

*Please don't read some wacked out ideas about what I sexistly think a 'girl group' is 'supposed' to be, or absurd limits I'm putting on the form. I'm just saying it's 5 girls, singing harmonies - about anything you like ok? As flexible as you want it to be, they've just *never* worked for me before.

and obviously pwn3d completely by Robyn.

That's most of their videos.

The dance routine looks loads better with some male backing dancers thrown in!!

http://s43.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=115A5U6ON4VDR39MA4A6Q07VYO

The song itself, now that I've heard it a few times... Okay, it's actually really f*cking annoying how it wanks about working it's way through, like, three separate song sections. I realise this is usual for them, but ffs! Is it supposed to be an insurance policy to stop fans crossing over to Rachel Stevens? Talk about covering all bases...

But enough. When they do stop faffing and get to the point, it's still - damn! I never expected them to thrill me even a little at this late stage, esp. as I've previously found them really cack-handed and/or just cack.

Where they've been lumpy, flat & very, very contrived before, this feels completely free. The hook/vocal/melody just breezes in from nowhere & gets it SO right it sounds like the easiest thing ever.

#6

:(

'the show' = three choruses welded together
'biology' = three bridges sellotaped together

also, irritating guitar jangle which is far too busy and far too fast

also, sounds a bit like franz ferdinand :(

Diametric opposition between Alex and I re: GA may explain why he doesn't like this ;-).

I just listened to this properly on headphones for the first time today, and that was my first reaction too!

It takes bloody ages to kick in, which makes it kinda tricky for the dancefloor, but I like it anyway, and its st(r)oppy-startyness is fun and disorientating.

haha you mean "the way that we talk! the way that we walk!" - that is the only bit of it i unreservedly love!

but then why isn't it a #1? (see also Rachel)

-- The Lex (alex.macpherso...), November 16th, 2005.

My point reinforced.

also, irritating guitar jangle which is far too busy and far too fast

also, sounds a bit like franz ferdinand :(

-- The Lex (alex.macpherso...), November 16th, 2005.
it sounds more like gaffer tape than sellotape.

have you heard it thru cans? it sounds a bit flat on tv, but there's a lot more going on with the production than that.

it's not exactly 'mr tambourine man'.

the mp3, i admit, does not appear to be the best possible quality. but it is the same one which was posted at the start of the thread!

That, and the more I think about it, the more I suspect Brian read Andy Shortwave Set's interview with Jerry T' Nipper and read it's major points very closely indeed. This is all in relation to the suprising fact that I like this, of course.

This is John Wayne all over again, isn't it.

http://www.geocities.com/TelevisionCity/Set/8115/thumbnail/LesChives.jpg

and where may i read this doubtless fascinating piece of work?

-- CharlieNo4 (starsandheroe...)

Trying the Shortwavies' own ILX thread would be a good start!

Anyone else tried listening to this and Sugababes' 'Ace Reject' back to back?

No, why?

Incidentally, if I'm comparing 'Biology' to any Japanese pop song, it should definitely be Kahimi Karie's 'Le Roi Soleil' (produced by Cornelius and written by Momus, obv.), which it is actually very similar to in execution and basic elements (blues piano excepted).

i listened to this again and the sound which irritated me wasn't a jangly guitar, it was the really awful drums which go at a completely different tempo to the rest of the song which i just heard as acoustic guitars because the mp3 is so shoddy.

there is still nothing about the arrangement which is right, apart from the piano which is buried anyway.

it sounds like a chaz church demo.

barima, do you like 'bruised'? that is my favourite new sugababes song (you are right about the greatness of 'red dress' though)

It's very good ("In the war with you!"), but you know how much I heart Mutya and the other two anyway (watched 'em on Frank Skinner last night and decided I could also be persuaded to switch to the Keisha side some day). I revived the Taller thread just to reiterate how much I love the album - I've given every song the highest rating on iTunes, just as I have for One Touch.

My 'Biology' mp3 isn't hi-quality either, but I feel it's nice to give a damn about GA once in a while - I have enough stress on without venting it at pop singers. I think, Alex et al, that you should find that Kahimi Karie song, not least 'cause I think it's yet another example of Higgins' secret Cornelius fandom we're seeing here.

i think the only misstep on the sugababes album is the cover of 'obsession', oh and i can't remember anything about 'better'.

I think the one misstep on Taller is actually "It Ain't Easy," which I find rather annoying.

(Thread derailment alert!)

"it ain't easy being my own personal jesus" => sugababes as ego-driven monsters of highest order (esp mutya) => awesome.

Yes, but I don't especially like "Personal Jesus" either -- the tune is really very monotonous when you get down to it.

But he doesn't even sing on it. You'd probably like his less indie-based mid 90s pop more than what you've heard - actually, what have you heard?

Their arrangements are always a right mess! How does this usually go unmentioned? Meh. I do know better than to post on these threads really, I suppose I just want to make it clear that when the backlash finally comes, I always thought they were mostly rubbish.

Hopefully Nadine's solo career (will it ever arrive?) will make the dreary Rachbot Stevens redundant though.

yeah, some of their arrangements have been messy before; it's when they're sleek and shiny that they're best ('the show', 'graffiti my soul') because it magnifies the girls' brash karaoke piss-up voices.

Perhaps this is the repressed FHM male in me but I'd just really like to see a genuinely flaming HOT pop star coming from the UK for a change. Sure Nadine airbrushes well, but she's also got something ballsy about her? Is that just me? She doesn't come across icky-feminine-wiles-user (Britney, Jessica, the list is endless) nor is she happily cold & cruel seeming (Rachel... I'm sure there are more examples). Gah. Maybe I should write her a song :)

the girls' brash karaoke piss-up voices Truly they are the heirs to the Spice crown! Aww... I'm such a sour piss about this aren't I? Okay, maybe I just don't get it/enjoy it/not my thing :( I'll stop whining if I can. I just find them so bafflingly hard to really like.

I maybe haven't paid close enough attention to her voice, if it's even possible (can't think now if I've seen them not miming or not...) well, she gives off the illusion of being the best anyway. I must have got this idea from somewhere.

Yes. Well spotted.

Rachel's voice is a tool, or a component to be utilised for gain or even just to have its own limitations sidestepped within her songs.. Nadine's is more like a weapon - it's alternatively bludgeoning and sharp and does absolutely nothing for me.

There won't be any backlash, only more appreciation.

I love Cornelius, I need to hear this.

nicola (the ginger one) is the second most amazing girl aloud after cheryl.

re: 'biology', i listened to it AGAIN and realised i quite like the bluesy bit because that's the only bit that fucking annoying drum sound stops.

Anyway, straight outta 1996, it's Kahimi Karie - 'Le Roi Soleil'. Enjoy yourselves.

-- Alex in Doncaster (alex_fac...), October 7th, 2005. (2 trackbacks)

Top four-er, actually.

Daavid, did you get the mp3 up above?

Unless of course this is a British thing and that's actually how they pronounce the word over there in which case forget everything I just said and then some.

I didn't really mean to imply it should, but both are electro-inflected Sparksian dreampop-rock numbers that are practically in the same tempo. They don't sound very alike, but you can swap lyrics over and call 'em remixes (in my head anyway).

I'm not even going for comparisons, they've just both become intertwined in my mind.

http://www.girlsaloud.co.uk

This is precisely why Biology is my favorite GA video. It is also not as raunchy as most of their videos.

um, the Biology video is deliberately kitschy/naff - with housewife-style voguing.
Girls Aloud are terrific dancers...

From those I've seen (The Show, Long Hot Summer, Biology) [I]all[/I] of their videos are deliberately kitschy/naff.

This song = still fucking amazing.

So much fuss has been made over the years about the Spice Girls and their various reunions. They had some great songs, but Girls Aloud were so much better.

Xenomania > Stock Aitken Waterman

by far