Alice in Videoland - She’s a Machine

On ‘Weird Desire’ on the contrary, all those things have no use, put into a minimal sonic costume, where the bass takes on a leading role, the song even features some dirty talk “Let’s have sex on a table in the middle of a bar”, yeah, tell me more ;-) ehm, ok, next one, or should I say last one, yep folks we already reached the end with ‘Tomorrow’, starting out as minimal as the fellow before but escalating to a straight, rocking anthem. Really like the drum programming by the way, sounds fantastic. Ok, ok, maybe this wasn’t the end yet. There’s another CD called ‘A Different Perspective’ added to the normal album, containing different versions of the album tracks. If there was any organic element in one of the songs, it has been stripped out completely, to rework the songs in a purely electronic way. Just look at the new version of ‘She’s a Machine’ which has now become a neat track for the electronic dance floors of the republic. To hear the other side of ‘Weird Desire’ was a surprise. A bit of a bonfire feeling comes up when listening to a song dominated by an acoustic guitar and tiny melancholic melodies. With ‘Open your Eyes’ there’s also a genuine cover, included on the CD. I haven’t heard that song; the original is from the German rock band GUANO APES and was a huge hit back in 1997, for quite a while. The new version here is the exact opposite; it doesn’t rock, but you can dance to it, equipped with a ponderous beat and the matchless vocal style of Toril, this is a guaranteed hit.