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Cornershop “Lessons Learned from Rocky I to Rocky III”

This is a song that makes bitterness seem fun. “Lessons Learned from Rocky I to Rocky III” is a glam rock sung from the perspective of some aggrieved music industry insider who’s spilling jaded wisdom that’s so esoteric and incoherent that you’re left wondering if he has any idea what he’s actually talking about. This is a guy who’s in love with his own bullshit and clings desperately to whatever sort of rock world privilege he can grasp onto. Cornershop lean into the ‘70s sleaze vibes here – the main guitar riff sounds like it fell off the back of a truck in 1972, and the soulful backup vocals are played so straight that Tjinder Singh’s vocal seems extra deadpan in contrast. When he sings about “the overgrown supershit” in the chorus, it’s hard to tell whether he’s dismissing other bands, or mocking himself, and that ambiguity is the spice that brings out the flavor in the song.

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