Anyway, I saw this today and it made me think of how glad I am that I've quit my chapstick addiction before my kids had to suffer through this kind of torment:
I've been making my way through the Top 1000 Pop Hits of the 1980's. This post explains a bit about this 4.3 GB collection of music. Every so often I'm going to pick one out and feature one of the best and unexpected songs and post it on my blog so you don't have to dig through it.
This song is not something that I've discovered as much as "re-discovered." I have extremely vivid memories of this video growing up. Not the future predicting specifics of the video, like the rainbow shooting across the Brooklyn Bridge (which I guess metaphorically predicted the faggot migration to Brooklyn) or the Jackson's spreading "magic" powders on to young boys.
No, I remember the Jacksons as the freaky Roman-esque gods. This instilled in my subconscious that these guys were really really important. And this video was fucking cool as hell. It was so ahead of it's time! I forgot how crazy-happy us New Yorkers are about their presence, though I don't really know any time other the gay pride people are okay with glitter anthrax-like stuff falling from the sky in New York. Anyway, this song is pretty good. The video is the best encapsulation of 80's stereotypes, like using Star Wars sound effects and heavy handily trying to integrate some sort of "message."
Readiohead did a remix contest for their song Nude. This is the great stuff that happens when people let their creations be open to the public (really starts about a minute in):
I've been making my way through the Top 1000 Pop Hits of the 1980's. This post explains a bit about this 4.3 GB collection of music. Every so often I'm going to pick one out and feature one of the best and unexpected songs and post it on my blog so you don't have to dig through it.
This song has kind of changed my life. Not only is it kind of racist but the beat is so danceable! I wish 80's dance nights would cool it on the 'Rio' and pick up on some 'Japanese Boy' by Aneka! Wikipedia tells us she is a Scottish one hit wonder. Really, pay attention to how she pretends to have an asian accent. AMAZING!
Finally! Wolf Parade has announced when their new album will come out and Pitchfork has the tracklist. I'm so excited! Their first album is one of the best I've heard in years and all of the off shoot products of the band (Sunset Rubswon, Frog Eyes, Handsome Furs). I highly recommend the first album and will be obsessively reloading mininova till I find this new one.
I've been making my way through the Top 1000 Pop Hits of the 1980's. I've been tackling it at about 100 songs a week and I'm almost done. The weird thing about this collection is that it is definitely not from America. I have no idea where it's from really, but my European friend recognizes all of the pop songs which leads me to believe whoever compiled this list is from Europe (and I think they are dutch). Also, the person who compiled this has an extremely loose understanding of the term "80's." I'd say two-thirds of songs are from the 80's and one third are from the 90's and 70's.
There are a few amazing classic gems in this collection. I mean, a vast majority of it is horrible 80's crap. Like bad, no name teeny-bop syth pop songs or mid-tempo adult cotemp ballads. But when I stumble onto something new and unexpected, it's totally worth it. Here is one of the first songs I want to pick out from this collection. It's "Hey You" by the group Rock Stead Crew. From Wikipedia "Rock Steady Crew is a breakdancing crew and hip hop group that was established in the Bronx borough of New York City in 1977. The New York Times calls the Rock Steady Crew 'the foremost breakdancing group in the world today'" This song is amazing and I just stumbled across the video today:
