Apologies in advance. I had to work all day today, so I don't have a lot of energy to write this post tonight. ...The Motels are not a band I generally regard all that highly, but Suddenly Last Summer is very much in line with what I was talking about yesterday. No amount of plastic corporate sheen can take away from the emotion the song evokes. The production sound is full-on 80s computers 'n synth, very muffled and cold in some ways, but it works really well in this instance. I love the pulsating beat created by the sequencers and drum boxes, and the faint electronic bells that give the song its trance-like feel, perfect for driving on the Hollywood Freeway in the wee hours of the morning. There's also a subtle distorted electric guitar that drops in and out of the mix at just the right moments, which makes listening to the song feel like walking in an ambiguous dream, one where beautiful memories become painful as they get filtered through subsequent experiences of loss and the desire to recapture lost sweetness. You kind of want to wake up from the dream because the overriding sensation is one of disappointment and anguish, yet there's something pleasing about the whole thing at the same time, so you keep your eyes closed and hope for a different ending to something that's already happened...
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