Bon Jovi Said

I am accidently listening to Teddy Thompson. He has a song entitled "Bon Jovi Said". Surely any song featuring references to the mulletted soft rock god should be light-hearted, amusing, enjoyable, no?? Alas, Teddy is such a miserable twit, that even this song makes you want to slit your wrists and/or fall into a coma.

CHEER THE FUCK UP.

Also Teddy has a penchant for writing songs about how shit his dad is. Fair enough. But, from my understanding, his dad left the family YEARS AGO. He didn't lose contact. Teddy is now thirty-something and still managing to ramble about it. His dad is also magnanimous enough to play guitar on a lot of the tracks in which Teddy rants about how shit he is. Which surely means he can't be that bad? Of course, I don't know the family situation, but I just want Teddy to shut up about it, and sing something nice for once.... and if you do have to write songs of rage against a unreliable parent, try and be eloquent about it, rather than just whingy. Teddy could look no further than his big gay friend Rufus Wainwright for some pointers.

That said, I do love "Brink of Love" by the Teddster. A truly lovely song.