‘Dedication’ is a seamless combination of two things I cannot stand. American teenybopper ‘punk rock’ with awful, winey American accents (think Blink 182), and Euro-pop/techno (think Scooter). When presented by said combination in the form of Iglu & Hartly’s abomination of a song – I found myself in a unique situation; this is a song that is so terrible that I actually found myself enjoying it. That’s right –it’s so bad it’s good (doesn’t mean it’ll be getting higher marks though). For a song to go beyond bad to a point where I actually begin enjoying it and singing along to the chorus is pretty impressive. ANYWAY – back in the real world – I can only imagine that this must be one for the kiddies. Picture this: angst-ridden 14-year-old emo (eyeliner, spiky black hair and studs in tow) bops/sings along to this whilst drunk for only the third time. If I was one of those kiddies I’d argue that the chorus is uplifting, anthemic and euphoric, however, I’m not, and what I want to do when I hear this, is melt the CD down into an ashtray to give it some use. May it never (dis)grace my iTunes again.
