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Bowen's "Maria"

What happens when a bunch of starry-eyed boys begin writing songs in the midst of their hormone-ragin' puberty? A weepy dedication to the girl of the moment.



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Band: Bowen
Song: Maria

Whispy girl-centered ballad (that, of course begins with a simple acoustic picking pattern coupled with a smooth wandering bass line that makes me want to sing, "Every Rose has it's Thorn") reminiscent of hair-band follies that lament, "oh, my life just would not be complete without such-and-such girl by whom every other girl pales by comparison (at least until next week). If I can't have her I swear I'm-a-gonna cut my hair, whine to my friends when I'm drunk, or (groan) write yet another weepy rock ballad that nobody can understand like I can."
The lack of dynamics in this selection are NOT improved by the tempo change near the end in which neither verse nor melody are improved. Even if the dramatic tempo change were coupled with a key modulation, a church choir and a digeree-doo I don't think I could quite understand the attraction to Maria.
On the up side, I bet there's a least one girl out there whose heart beats a little faster every time she hears this song; and that's as it should be. Every one of us have written at least one of these if not volumes. The sweet-sixteen vocal harmonies and the "Made for T.V." drama of this swishy ballad could make the teeny-dreamy fan-mag set write puppy lovin', joy-teared entries in their private diaries.
Oh, to be young and in love again...

Mitch

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