Vu's Top Songs for 2008
)Like Lara's previous Top List, here is my lame list. Yes, I know most of these are of the dance-variety, and yes, I know they are mostly (hot) women. That's a given.
1. Ladyhawke - "Dusk Til Dawn"
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Named after an 80s movie of the same name, Ladyhawke is Pip Brown, a young woman from New Zealand. This song is pretty catchy, the repeating lyrics "bang bang bang on the wall, from dusk til dawn. doo doo doo doo" made it easy to remember.
What made this song awesome is the totally cool music video that paid homage to 80s horror flicks like Jason from the Friday the 13th movies and Freddy from Nightmare on Elm Street.
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Certainly lanky tall-man Jeremy Jay has a hit on his hand with "Alpharhythm".
At first, I wasn't sure why I had liked this song so much. The more I started listening to just the bassline, I realized that this song is essentially a "cha cha cha" song. No, really, that's why you want to do the cha cha cha when you hear this song.
If you know how to read music, here is a break down of the cha-cha-cha notes.
lykkeli.com ♥ myspace.com
Lykke Li (that's her first name!) made it on various people's top 10 list for 2008, and it's not really a surprise really. The reason why I like her is that there's something in her voice. It's child-like and it doesn't exactly sound English, if you know what I mean?
In my favorite song, "I'm Good. I'm Gone" there is a basic clank clank rhythm that makes you want to jerk along to the music. Plus, the lyrics talks to me:
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And if you say I'm not okay
Then that's the goal
If you say there ain't no way that I could know
If you say I aim too high from down below
Well, say it know 'cause when I'm gone...
You'll be callin' but I won't be at the phone
theasteroidsgalaxytour.com ♥ myspace.com
I think this Denmark band will be huge in 2009, but in the meantime, check out "The Sun Ain't Shining No More". What I love about this song is is that it sounds so very 60s pop. The song tells about meeting someone on the dancefloor and then suddenly turned into a one-night stand. The song is as brief as the encounter, and contains the brilliant line: "It didn't last very long, a week or maybe two. When he called me on the phone, saying 'baby, I don't love ya'".
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Speaking of 60s, Sharon Jones and The Dapkings are one of the bands bringing back Motown/Soul music in 2008. They are one of the more popular bands, if you like this, you'll definitely need to check out Lady Dottie.
Although the lyrics are kind of simple (you get it: it takes 100 days and 100 nights to know if a man is good for you), the soulful vocals of Jones and the horns and keys of her backup band made this modern song a classic. Listen to the whole song to get the punchline, by the way.
Links:
www.weheartmusic.com
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| jaklumen wrote on Ladyhawke - Dusk Till Dawn (Pascal Gabriel Radio Mix) in reply to devonrex’s comment: Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 7:48 AM |
I'd be very interested to hear why you think so.
Various descriptions I've seen of New Wave range from the genre being an evolution of punk (particularly post-punk) to a rather frosty, indifferent bourgeois response to the harshness of punk. The latter might be fitting considering the synth sound being a very stark departure from guitars, and the look being very against hippie fashion.
I really liked the folk rock of the mid to late '70s (being heavily exposed to it as the college music of my parents) but by the time MTV hit my neighborhood music was awash in very cheesy hair bands, and the next trend of garage rock with the grunge fashion really wasn't to my taste. Depeche Mode started hitting the apex of their popularity, and I started combing back to see what was all the fuss about the "New Wave" that started MTV.
Being painfully shy in much of grade school, synth resonated with me more. It's the main reason why I've been doing a lot of electronica reviews.
| niggytardust wrote on Jeremy Jay - Alpharhythm: Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 7:52 AM |
[c’est top] That's cool it sounds a little like Tom Verlaine or Gang of Four! I didn't know it. Thanks for the discover. I've made my own 2008 list too, if you're interested it's here.
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i really like that asteroids galaxy tour song, i'll have to check out their album. and that ladyhawke video is awesome, it's like reliving my childhood. and by childhood i mean present because i still watch 80s horror movies and they still scare the crap out of me.