this is a really good song.

[polkablues]

We can go ahead and tear down all the churches, because that college acapella group has officially disproved the existence of soul.

[Jeremy Blackman]

I was going to post the original version of the song, but they were all low res. 

I once played "Hide and Seek" for someone who had only heard the Jason Derulo version. I didn't tell him what it was, so his eyes popped out of his head when that section arrived.

[polkablues]

It's for sure one of the great songs of all time, even if it has had a longer life as a meme than as a real song. I didn't even know about the Jason Derulo song; that's horrifying.

Ariana Grande, of all people, does a really good cover of it, using wired gloves that Imogen Heap helped invent to control the vocoder harmonies. Not a great video here, but it gives you the idea:

[Jeremy Blackman]

Nice.

But why does she let the audience distract her so much?

[Jeremy Blackman]

I looked up those gloves. This is great:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6btFObRRD9k&t=14m8s

[Jeremy Blackman]

Just to make this a triple post, I should also mention, this was the main reason the song is resonating with me right now.

Post-election feelings, anyone?

https://play.google.com/music/preview/Tdgjboruu6swqgw6ofczi76nogq?lyrics=1


Me on Nov 8

Where are we?
What the hell is going on?
The dust has only just begun to form
Crop circles in the carpet
Sinking, feeling
Spin me round again
And rub my eyes
This can't be happening


A white house staffer moves out of their office

Oily marks appear on walls
Where pleasure moments hung before
The takeover
The sweeping insensitivity of this
Still life


Talking to a defensive Trump voter

Mm, what'd you say?
Mm, that you only meant well
Well of course you did
Mm, what'd you say?
Mm, that it's all for the best
Of course it is
Mm, what'd you say?
Mm, that it's just what we need
You decided this

[Jeremy Blackman]

Here's another lyric / song moment that's been in my head:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13j4LOBj_D0&t=1m9s

An existential wail of sorts, then mournful acknowledgment:

Darrel, my son
The bastards won

[Jeremy Blackman]

Three contemporary lullabies. Play them for your children.

[Jeremy Blackman]

Many people could never get past the lyrics. But I believe "Shiny Happy People" is a masterpiece. It still sounds fresh, more than 25 years later. Remains one of my favorite songs.

[polkablues]

It is a bit of a testament to REM's talent that they couldn't even take the piss out of vapid pop music without accidentally making a great song out of it.

I feel the same way about The Cardigans' "Lovefool".

[Jeremy Blackman]

That reminds me, I forgot to post this here. It's worth seeking out a HQ version.

[jenkins]

[polkablues]

I like the juxtaposition of this fully-tattooed dude in a hockey jersey singing a super earnest pop song about being in love.

A similarish artist (at least in terms of that contradiction) I really like is Fences:

[N]

Challenge anyone to find a better gospel album.



Another great one.



http://lightintheattic.net/artists/279-pastor-t-l-barrett-and-the-youth-for-christ-choir
Article about him.