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We Rule The World (T.H.E.H.I.V.E.S)

February 15, 2008 | 2 Comments
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A bit of a left turn for The Hives, who, after pulling off five or so albums of garage-rock so hungry and primitive it sounds like it hunts dinosaurs for food, have suddenly decided to get into bed with Pharrell Williams. The result is ‘We Rule The World…’, a big wobbly noir-disco song with one-chord guitars and someone chanting the band’s name, letter by letter, in a spooky monotone. But it’s curiously unsatisfying, like climbing a speaker stack for the world’s best stage-dive and finding the crowd have all gone to buy cocktails at the bar.

Louis Pattison

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airguitarsuperstar

Feb 18, 2008

"WELCOME" ...The beginning of this song makes you feel like you're walking into a hives gig. They are quite literally an awesome band who i'm lucky enough to be going to see, and i reckon they should come onto the stage playing this song first. One of the slower tunes on the album but it describes the band well as they do rule the world, and also gives you a spelling lesson in the process. Fantastic.

Mereco

Feb 20, 2008

Meh! The album and this song don't manage to pull through. I was hopeful and wishful that this would be a great colab. just proves Pharrell Williams can turn things to turds.