Panic! At The Disco Scribbles a Pretty Love Letter To LA

Billy Crystal's Saturday Night Live character Fernando once said "It's better to look good than to feel good. Panic! At The Disco passed that test with flying colors by virtue of "LA Devotee". All the glamour you'd expect from such a breathtaking city comes on full display. Brendon Urie, who has entrusted himself with the entire gamut of instruments since Spencer Smith has fallen out of the picture demonstrates how the added responsibilities are not spiking his blood pressure. Solid drumming right up front only leads to greater smile moments from then. Energy and vibrancy in short bursts add up to a single you'd want to listen to with the top rolled down and the night breezes whipping your hair around. We already figured the video budget for the band had to impressive or else the epic dramas they've shown us would not have come to pass. "LA Devotee" exudes excitement. The photos shot around town only add to the now legendary mystique. No lack of imagery reminding you that LA invented beautiful people. Verse 1 succeeds in mixing black eyes, a black car and a zodiac sign, in this case Pisces into the froth In fact black takes its place as the dominant color on the color wheel as we're visited by it again via the black magic leading off stanza 2 and the black tar lurking in stanza three. Aries joins Pisces as a zodiac element. The imagination was meant to expand and Panic! At The Disco never forgets. "The Emperor's New Clothes" proved my point. It's not an easy video to watch but the song itself goes beyond the call of regular rock entertainment. Whether motoring along innocuously or blazing at top speed, no matter how many members are sitting in to jam, Panic! throws itself into the creative process. If there's any sign that they'e not fully immersed in the sick head games they transfer to art I confess I haven't seen them yet. Looking at the video makes me envious for those who call LA home. One long roller coaster ride of spectacular highs, either land produced or chemically enhanced. That's what a little white wine at the fringed will do for you. Brendon alternates between laser sharp belting out of lyrics and fooling around with the chorus. LA's bustles explodes all over "LA Devotee" The revered landmarks alone pay tribute to a city for which hard livings comes to be a birthright. The cinematographer surely deserved some extra ducats for his avant garde camera angles. "LA Devotee" can tamp down boredom spasms in its own special way. Voyeurism has its privileges. "LA Devotee" has me seeing stars both astral and screen legend variety. That's how you unload wallop in three and a half minutes or less.