P sure he meant "melodramatic."
Also, that reminds me of this scaruffi review of Blackstar:
"As usual with Bowie,
Blackstar(RCA, 2016), produced again by Tony Visconti, is mostly image and very little about the music.
The ten-minute
Blackstar, that was supposed to be the centerpiece, is little more than a funereal litany a` la
Doors with jazz horns that goes on five minutes too many.
Bowie crooning melodramatic in
Lazarus (from his Broadway musical about an alien who falls in love) or romantic in
Dollar Days is either delirious and pathetic, certainly not entertaining.
His tedious voice interferes with the driving jazz jam of
'Tis a Pity She Was a Whore and with the frenzied and tense
Sue (a 2014 single).
Even when the voice is not a distraction, the rest is hardly intriguing:
I Can't Give Everything Away boasts an awful distorted guitar against syncopated beats and layers of electronic drones: not exactly genius.
This is trivial "music" that any amateur could make, except that most amateurs would be ashamed to release it.
4/10."