Diana Vickers: 'My Wicked Heart'
Published Oct 7 2010, 11:26 BST | By Mayer Nissim
Where her first album quietly impressed with its smart-but-not-too-clever pop-literate slink 'n' bounce, this is just absolutely bloody mental by comparison. It would have been easy to wimp out with a floaty ballad and cross everything for an X Factor performance slot. Instead, Vickers and her collaborators tease with stop-start verses and heart murmur drums before smashing our ears right through in a kitchen-sink volley of brass, deranged whoops and a blatant-but-brilliant steal from the Red Hot Chili Peppers' 'Under The Bridge'. After a welcome second helping, they take it right back down for a breakdown whose berserk "Whoops-a-daisy" refrain will make the existing Marmite split over her voice look like a happy coalition - all in less than three poptastic minutes.
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5 STARS? WTF. This is utter crud, nothing orginal in it and by the most whale like voice i've ever came across.
November 22nd 2010 at 6:06pm
This song is awful just as bad as the other 2 oh and her other song "The Boy Who Murdered Love"
SHOULD BE CALLED "THE GIRL WHO MURDERED MUSIC"
November 6th 2010 at 6:05pm
It's hypocritical to criticise the quality of the review then just give one star, surely to make a valid point a more measured analysis from all you detractors is called for. Very few people can seem to provide a measured viewpoint. Most songs wont be classed as absolutely awful or a work of art, there exists a middle ground where the majority of pop music rests. I'm not a massive fan of Diana Vickers but I can see that this songs has a spark which is lacking in many pop acts at the minute. A little more time and practice and Diana could really flourish. Hence my rating.
November 2nd 2010 at 9:34pm
I like Dianna Vickers, in fact I wanted her to win X-Factor the year she started and look she's in the music business anyway, (few their saves the politicial discussion). I do personally think that this new song isn't at all that amazing, in fact it is so silly and isn't serious that it is so silly, seriously idiotic. 'Once' wasn't a bad start of the project, but now things are becoming a bit of a joker I think!! The song isn't amazing and it is so unoriginal that I just think that Dianna could make a really good song if she made it more of what she's really got behind those vocals. I was impressed with her on X-Factor a lot more than I have been today and really where is her direction even going? Dianna is a nice girl an all and I don't think she deserves 'critical reception' exacly, but I don't understand this direction of style where she could do so much better than this worthless, cheap, tacky rubbish! The lyrics are poor and unoriginal. I'de love to see her do a song with a more inspiring hook like some sort of ballad maybe? Her performance on X-Factor was amazing, I remained quite the entire time and I swear I didn't blink once. She really pulled of a strong influential performance then and even made the song sound better than the original. I personally think (unfortunately) this hit is her first disappointment so far!
November 1st 2010 at 1:53pm
So awful. Really bad and it get's lodged in your head after you've heard it.
October 31st 2010 at 9:26pm