summer song 2010

oh phil, timeless.

i got a feeling

that this is like an anti-party anthem.



party jams by definition are cheesy, infectious and rousing. in recent memory, has there been a song that tried harder to party yet failed so resoundingly? everything about this song is so forced--the excessive autotune, a video teeming with party cliches (red plastic cup, hot girls kissing, overflowing alcohol, couch jumping) that manages to be incredibly dull, and these near-desperate party lyrics, which they neither sing nor rap, but semi-shout:

Tonight’s the night night
Let’s live it up
I got my money
Let’s spend it up

Go out and smash it
like Oh My God
Jump off that sofa
Let’s get get OFF

Fill up my cup
Mazal tov
Look at her dancing
just take it off

it's just too literal.

doin' it all for my baby

from stereogum: is it christmas in july? i think so.

i loved that huey lewis & the news behind the music. the dude went to like andover or something (is there something in the rarefied waters over there? bc apparently an andover degree also helps you play some mean hoops) and after graduating from high school his dad gave him a thousand bucks and told him to go to europe instead of going to college. what?! these parents surely were not korean.

anyway, huey and the news are wholesome, healthy and hip to be square. not to mention they are prominently featured in one of the greatest 80s movies of all time starring one of the greatest canadians of all time. oh, and they also made one of the best videos. ever.

fore!

[Ed note: c4ts and sugarpockets are, um, preoccupied for the next few days. please pray for them and this blog.]