Complex sentence: John Luerssen calls it a "commentary on the tepid state of pop music in 1986" and a "chiming guitar song," based around a rotation between the G and E minor chords.
Split into simpler sentences: John Luerssen calls the song a "... commentary on the tepid state of pop music in 1986". Musically, the song has been described as a "chiming guitar song," based around a rotation between the G and E minor chords.