Pitbull - 'Hotel Room Service'
MAN that was a close call! Anyone heard the original version of this? The pre-Nicole version? It has a slightly different slant to the song we now know and...well we know it, don't we?
If you remember that Nightcrawlers song 'Push The Feeling On', you'll be familiar with the synth refrain that underpins the whole endeavour. And if you don't, well, it was what Dave Pearce would've called a Dance Anthem, and it had a man doing some weird mumbling on it - sounding a bit like a sleeping dad, if memory serves.
Both versions are blessed with this refrain, although there's been some mucking about with the rhythm it sits on. Nothing to cause any real concern though.
The real worry comes in the differences between the old lyric sheet and the new one.
(No video. Too traumatised)
In this version, it's all about a man and a lady agreeing to meet up for an illicit rendezvous in a hotel room. He wants her to leave her boyfriend, she thinks she probably will, and wants him to know she's bringing some mates along, in case he gets too frisky (or at least, I THINK that's why they're coming), and it's all very jolly.
The original is slightly more boysy. It's VERY boysy, actually. It sounds like what happens when a bunch of lads get together to brag about girls, to the point of being revolting (and making stuff up), just to try and make each other laugh. Thankfully the presence of an actual girl in the studio seems to have calmed everyone down.
What we're left with is the best bits of the original - that synth riff and the chorus, basically - and Nicole's whispery voice to distract the fellas from whatever vile thoughts were going through their heads.
Why it's almost wholesome - once you get past the whole boyfriend/orgy thing. It's probably not the effect they were aiming at, but it's a lot easier on the nerves.
Download: Out now
CD Released: November 9th
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