I posted up a Spring Break playlist more than a week ago, and Spring Break is, to say the least, pretty much over. What a week, man. I'd rather not go into full detail as to what happened during the break, since I've totally given up talking about any type of personal history or issues on this blog.
I did go to Orlando, though, and throughout my trip and after, I was heavily into a lot of pop shit. Good pop shit, though. I mean I feel it's pretty good.
1. Lady Gaga - Bad Romance/Telephone
Throughout the past couple of months, I've been growing a huge admiration for Lady Gaga. I'm not quite sure why. Well maybe I do; I can probably pinpoint a couple of reasons. A) On her Monster Ball Tour, her preface/intro performance had some kinda performance video art type shit with her in like this raggedy white dress and some chick vomiting next to her. Meanwhile, Zomby's Tears in the Rain played in the background. It was totally rad and gave her a shit-ton of credibility in my book... because vomiting and Zomby aren't usually two factors to pinpoint on a mainstream pop star. B) Her style exhibits a complete abandon of independent/alternative mentality. She is on the polar opposite side of the culture spectrum. She is pop. But... there is definitely a sense of parody and over-the-top play to her performance. And it's just that: a performance. She's probably a genius. Somehow? and C) Her songs are undoubtedly catchy.
Bad Romance is pretty annoying at first listen and Telephone has criminally dumb lyrics (Just a second; it's my favorite song they're gonna play/and I cannot text you with a drink in my hand, eh? ) Ugh. But the fact that each songs' play count keeps increasing by the hour gives Lady Gaga an advantage over shit like Local Natives, a band I cannot get into.
2. Nelly Furtado - Promiscuous Girl
This song is definitely a throwback and spawned onto the scene after a major sonic transformation for Nelly Furtado, a Canadian songstress mostly known for her intimate, folky relationship with nature and those ridiculous parachute/bell-bottoms jeans. But here she's all unchaste and shit. Man, see all these songs contain amazing hooks. And y'know, sometimes it's good to take a break from Wolf Eyes and Boredoms to listen to something that has a melody. And this song has a great hook/chorus. Timbaland is goofy as always, constantly face acting every time he's in a music video. Nelly Furtado is just sexy, man. And after having this song rehash into your life while drinking a Landshark at Jimmy Buffett's Margaritaville, you kind of feel ashamed to even sing-a-long. But you forgot that I don't care.
3. Drake - Over
God, finally Drake is putting something out that's not on a mixtape or on anyone else's album. I'm a really big fan of Drake and his So Far Gone mixtape was one of my favorites last year. This one is just epic, with string arrangements and a beat that shreds. Along with some ridiculous lines (I can't complain/Everything is kosher/two thumbs up/Ebert and Roeper; Haha whatever, dude) and swagger to beat, Drake is coming into his own. It's about time.
4. Caribou - Odessa
I'm not sure how this isn't Erlend Oye, because Dan Snaith does not sound like this on Andorra or Up In Flames or any of his other albums. But this song is just awesome. It''s got a great hook with diverse arrangements, and it gives a lot of complexity to standard electro-pop beats. Just a good song.
5. Slim Dunkin - 80's Baby (feat. D-Bo, Dae Dae and Waka Flocka Flame)
I just really like this song a lot. I'm not quite sure why I do. It's catchy and the chorus stays in your head. I was born in the 80s. You also find out that most of these guys are pretty much my age. And Waka Flocka Flame continues to be one of the silliest people on So Icey, which says a lot when he shares house with someone like OJ Da Juiceman and Gucci Mane-- considered like a godfather of trap rap with the amount of reverence he gets throughout. It's just fun and Spring Break should always be about fun.
So there you go. My Spring Break comprised not one alternative/garage/nowave/chillwave/noiserock/punk/hardcore song.
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