My Drive Thru

June 10th, 2008

Converse brought together Strokes front man Julian Casablancas, Santogold, and Pharrell to record a song called “My Drive Thru.” Let that sink in a little. Go on. I’ll wait. All finished? Yeah? Give it a little more. I have time. OK great. Now let’s talk. If you’re like me, you’re initial reaction was “Wow, that’s kind of cool.” Then after the novelty was gone, you realize that there’s no way this could ever ever ever work, and it doesn’t. While a good concept, it’s difficult to imagine anything about this track not being phoned in. You’ve got Pharrel going all Michael Jackson, the Strokes dude sounding awful without that effect on his voice, and Santo doing her thing (can’t say anything bad about her) in a practically unmemorable track. While a good hook could have spiced things up (and they had Pharrel. what happened there?), I’ve listened to this song twice already and don’t really remember it. It was made available today over at Converse. I guess you should listen for yourself.

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