...one letter, actually. Or, to be more precise, one e-mail. But there's no song I'm aware of yet that goes, "E-mail, we get e-mail," which is no surprise, given how awkwardly that lyric would fall from the tongue. But I digress.
John of Wayne, NJ, writes:
"I'm enjoying the Daly Blog I must say. I request commentary on the insanely catchy new Pink single, 'Trouble,' cowritten by Tim Armstrong from Rancid. That's no shit."
Okay, so I went to my favorite illicit music-downloading portal and attempted to acquire the song. First, I must warn that there is a really, really crappy MP3 of the tune being circulated. Can it be chalked up to ineptitude or
dia-bo-LIC-al sab-o-TAY-gee? I have Oliver Stone checking it out.
So then I went to
launch.yahoo.com so I could check out the song and the video simultaneously. The verdict: Both are undeniably yummy, but I must say that there are other flavors in the musical-confection section of my grocer's freezer that I would choose over Pink's "Trouble."
These past couple o' weeks, the flavor I can't get enough of is Outkast's "Hey Ya."
This is what I call
insanely catchy, in that I can't get it out of my head, and there seems to be no logical basis for it ever having gotten in there in the first place. It sounds like a cross between War's "Why Can't We Be Friends" and Toni Basil's "Mickey." It's upbeat and catchy and it's got all kinds of cool noodly sound effects, but it still exudes the unmistakable aroma of
da funk. I, mean, come on..."Shake it, sh-shake it, shake it like a Polaroid
pick-cha?"
Etrange, mais merveilleux!And so, John, while I indeed like "Trouble," "Hey Ya" has nailed down the honors as my jammy of the moment. (P.S. The retro-style video clip is also the shiznit.)
