Thursday, August 10, 2006

Don't Want to Miss a Thing by Aerosmith

Armageddon was a stinker of a film for reasons too innumerable to go into here, but its wretchedness was only enhanced further by this abhorent theme song. We already have singer Steven Tyler to 'thank' for the presence of the film's lead actress, Liv (who always looks as though she's just about to cry), and then he goes and inflicts this soft-rock nasty on us. 'Don't Want to Miss a Thing' is the kind of song a stadium band plays 'for the ladies' in the audience, and it certainly worked its evil spell on one of my friends at university - she loved this song (mind you, she also liked that terrible 'Sweet Like Chocolate' song, 'Flying Without Wings' by Westlife and 'Perfect Moment' by Martine McCutcheon!) My first complaint is that it goes on for soooo long - just when you think it's winding up, they come back with another chorus. The lyrics are also embarrassingly twee for a so-called hard-rock band; but the worst bit is when rubber-mouth Tyler screams "Even when I draaaaeeeeammm of yoooooouu!!!!" - he sounds as though someone has shoved a microphone stand in a particularly unwelcome place.

Crap lyrics: "I could stay awake just to hear you breathing" - a man with too much time on his hands.

Verdict: Probably only fitting that a turkey of a film should have a theme song sung by an old turkey.

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