Monday , November 16, 2009
Heavy Rotation: The Fly Girlz, Spencer Davis Group, Matthew Friedberger, and more!
The Fly Girlz, "Born 2 B Fly"
I wrote about their record earlier, so anything semi-smart that I could come up to say is all there. But I seriously think these girls have pretty much the most sassy attitude ever. It doesn't matter how arty-farty the producer wants to make them sound -- their whole posi-cool attitude shines through even the most paranoid, effed-up keyboard part ever. It's the most perfect combination of innocence, street smarts and effervescence, which is something I think we can all get behind, right? (Kat)
Lady Gaga, "Paparazzi"
I don't really have a handle on Lady Gaga as a pop culture figure. I don't know if whether or not Lady Gaga is kind of lame, kind of cool, a Gwen Stefani ripoff, or whatever. I can't tell if she's 21 or 30, and I can't figure out why she can't ever seem to wear pants. (I also can't understand who put out a memo saying it's okay to wear just a leotard in public, but perhaps I'm revealing my old-fashioned nature here.) Whenever this song pops up on my headphones, though, it makes me incredibly happy and I just want to skip down the sidewalk. It has a kind of Blondie cotton-candy feel with a perfectly dreamy chorus straight out of the girl group handbook, and I love how the track's able to take the most cynical, celeb-centric institution of our current time and turn it a symbol of devotion in this gloriously dippy love song. (Kat)
Juliana Hatfield, "Swan Song"
What I'm not looking for in life is a dude who tries to work some kinda half-assed Spencer Pratt Mind Tricks on you, grossly oblivious to the fact that you are not Heidi Montag, you're totally Justin Bobby! Plus this is one of the most perfect hate songs ever written, and not just because it faux-plagiarizes Nirvana's "Scentless Apprentice." It's probably about the record industry and not about boys, but I can't say I actually care. (Liz)
Spencer Davis Group, "I'm a Man"
What I am looking for in life is a dude who gets this song so completely, he doesn't even know there's anything to "get." Those exist. (Liz)
Matthew Friedberger, "Ruth vs. Rachel"
I have not been doing a good enough job of promoting Matthew "The Hugest Genius of All Time" Friedberger on this blog lately, and I feel absolutely terrible about it. Limiting out-of-context Matthew Friedberger references to once every couple of weeks is simply unacceptable unbehavior on my end. I should be posting about Matthew Friedberger on a daily, if not twice-daily, basis; such is my lot in life. Today, I am rectifying my recent failures by providing y'all with a double dose of hot Friedberger action. "Ruth vs. Rachel" is one of the sweetest songs on all Winter Women. It seriously makes no sense to me why I am the only person in the world smart enough to understand that Winter Women is the greatest non-Beatles album of all-time. It's fucking brilliant. I like it way better than Holy Ghost Language School. (LJ)
Matthew Friedberger, "Do You Like Blondes?"
What rollicking good fun "Do You Like Blondes?" by Matthew Friedberger is! It sure is one head-nodder of a toe-tapper of a pop song. For the most part, I can't differentiate between all the tracks on Holy Ghost Language School by Matthew Friedberger. This is because I so deeply respect Matthew Friedberger's artistic vision, and, ergo, listen to HGLS exclusively as a cohesive whole. "Do You Like Blondes?" always stands out, however, because Matthew Friedberger's song-character responds to the question "Do You Like Blondes?" with the lyric "No/Could be," thus validating the deepest depths of my self-identification as Ultimate Brunette to a degree I never thought possible before Friedberger entered the equation. Holy Ghost Language School is amazing. I like it way better than Winter Women. (LJ)
Tags: airing my dirty laundry in public, dudes named Spencer, failure to adequately promote Matthew Friedberger, Lady Gaga, Liz Barker is the Justin Bobby of nogoodforme.com, Matthew Friedberger, paparazzi as a contagion of sickness and cynicism, The Fly Girlz, ultimate brunette-dom
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this is our weirdest HR ever, maybe.
By Liz
on April 16, 2009 6:23 PM
This blog has gone crazy! Personally, I'm loving every single second of it.
By Laura
on April 16, 2009 6:41 PM
p.s. i love the fly girlz!!!
By Liz
on April 16, 2009 8:49 PM
i agree, this is defo a weird HR. yet i have great affection for it! xo k.
By Kat
on April 17, 2009 2:05 AM