Music Review // Harley "Gold"
When this song first starts I am reminded artists who are on the radio in the rock genre but have this way of weaving in a pop sound as well. Bands like Cage the Elephant and The Strokes come to mind as this first hits, but as the song goes on it becomes more difficut to compare this with another artist because the chorus can feel like it is getting into this genre of pop punk even. "Gold" is upbeat and somewhat urgent though, which is nice because Harley seems to know the score. This song is about needing an answer and as a lot of songs tend to be about, this is a song about love. One of the first things Harley sings in here which features the title is a line which says: "Tell me that it's still gold". I think this as being a reference to love being gold and I think of things such as "Stay gold, Pony Boy". During the chorus of the song the line comes out which says: "Don't tell me you're coming if you're not". I th...