Thursday, January 25, 2007

Felled by a hit single


We give equal time on the blog for the politics, and the pop. Everybody get some!
Due to a scheduling change on NPR radio, G was forced to the FM hit radio stations and low and behold the rockin' and poppin'.
There was leeriness if giving boy-band associated popsters a shot, regardless of the gossip obsession going on, but after hearing Justin Timberlake's "SexyBack" the realization was quite clear. This was a brilliant piece of pop fluff.
It's funny for those who like funny, it's sexy if your'e tuned into that, and it's incredibly dance-able. So danceable as I discovered, that you could do practically any move to it and look like you're dancing in a music video. Regardless of being in tempo, on the one (first beat of the measure) or a mirror image of the vocal line, you can get your freak on instantly.
And the singer, who is the ultimate twink, doesn't come off too whiny, greasy or fake-tuff. There are no significant samples, just a simple 2-beat and simple synth lines. No breaks in the fun.

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