SONG REVIEWED: "Selfish"
I HAVE BEEN A FAN OF LIFE OF AGONY EVER SINCE I SAW MY FIRST SHOW IN BOSTON IN '94, SO WHEN THEY CEASED TO EXIST LAST YEAR, I WAS A BIT SKEPTICAL TO HEAR WHAT THE INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS HAD TO OFFER. WELL, I FIRST HEAR THIS SONG A FEW MONTHS AGO AFTER A FRIEND PLAYED THE DISC FOR ME, AND I FELL IN LOVE WITH IT. KEITH CAPUTO HAS FOUND HIS CALLING.
"SELFISH" IS, PUT SIMPLY, A BEAUTIFUL SONG. IT'S THE SINGLE THAT EVERYONE OVERSEAS IS ENJOYING (THE DISC HAS BEEN RELEASED IN EUROPE AND JAPAN, AND IS AVAILABLE ON KEITH'S WEBSITE AND ON THE WEB FOR SALE), HOWEVER IT STILL HAS NOT SEEN THE LIGHT OF DAY ON U.S. SHORES. IT'S A SHAME TOO, BECAUSE IF MTV PICKED UP ON THIS TUNE, THEY'D HAVE ALL THE LITTLE GIRLS WATCHING PEEING THIER PANTS FOR THIS SONG.
THE MELODY IS ISNTANTLY MEMORABLE, AND KEITH DOESN'T PULL ANY PUNCHES WHATSOEVER WHEN HE WRITES HIS LYRICS. THE MOST POWERFUL WRITING COMES OUT OF EXTREME EMOTIONAL STATES, AND YOU CAN TELL FROM ONE LISTEN THAT HE MUST HAVE JUST HAD HIS HEART BROKEN WHEN HE WROTE THIS.
IF YOU DON'T MIND SPENDING THE FEW EXTRA DOLLARS TO BUY THE IMPORT, I WOULD HIGHLY RECCOMEND PICKING UP "DIED LAUGHING" IMMEDIATELY IF NOT SOONER. KEITH CAPUTO IS A SUPERSTAR WAITING IN THE WINGS, AND I HOPE THERE WILL BE MORE SONGS LIKE THIS IN HIS FUTURE.
