Oh. My. God. Becky. Have you heard what's been playing on the radio these days? America, wtf! Enrique Iglesias' song I Like It - you know, the theme to the Jersey Shore where Enrique dazzles us with his penchant for it - is number three on the charts! Well sir, I'd like it if I could make it to work without having to pull over and stuff my ears with cotton to stop the Hot 99.5-induced bleeding.
Despite the radio's best efforts - baby got back! I found a real gem of a song - Feels Like Saving The World by Outlandish.
So far today - just on this computer - I've listened to it 23 times, which does not include this morning, when I put the video on repeat and danced stupidly around my room. I'm 100% obsessed. Only 160 more plays until we dethrone Miss Taylor Swift's Love Story (a black mark in my iTunes history - stupid crushes).
Hmm … how to describe this song … well, for starters the beat sounds eerily similar to Nelly Furtado’s Say It Right and there’s a little bit of rap … none of that back.seat.windows.up ... more “I could listen to this in front of my boss and not blush” rap. About 30 seconds in, things start to get interesting … I don’t want to ruin all the twists and turns … however don’t take their use of mercy and rise as a sign that Feels Like Saving the World is Jars of Clay dressed up in a Timbaland mask. And before you get started, know it’s not all hip-hoppy; I could completely see one of our hot little acappella groups breaking it down and hopefully directing this line my way:
Sugar, sugar I was dreaming last night about you
Oh new song, I was dreaming about you too! But where do we place this little ditty? It’s as if Spanish hip-hop, all dolled up in a leopard-print dress and last season’s Snooki hair, walked up to The Fray and said “You tryin’ to smoosh right now?”. Turns out Outlandish is an award-winning Danish rap group who have been around since 1997. Ugh I totally missed out on this boat! And good thing they don’t live in America or else these Moroccan-Pakistani-Cuban-Hondurans would have had a tough time filling out the ethnicity question on their Census form.
Ok stop reading and start listening. Let's make America a little musically cultured. Oh and don't listen to this song once. Listen to it twice ... or 159 times. You can borrow my computer.
