Today I continue my ongoing feature showcasing my personal picks for the best songs of the past decade, posting ten songs at a time.
260. The Teenagers – Homecoming
All of my guy friends find this song pretty hilarious, yet every girl I’ve ever played it for is repulsed by its lyrics. Think of “Summer Nights” on Grease, but with a techno beat and the word “cunt” in the chorus. You know what? I’ll just let the lyrics speak for themselves.
Chorus:
Guy: I fucked my American cunt
Girl: I loved my English romance
Guy: It was dirty, a dream came true, just like I like it, she’s got nice tits
Girl: It was perfect, a dream came true, just like a song by Blink 182
And like Grease, it’s a singalong. Hilarious, right? Maybe? Ladies?
Raw like sushi, indeed. Let us not forget the one-hit talent that was Neneh. Her lone hit “Buffalo Stance” peaked at #3 in the USA back in 1989, but she’s had more international success in recent years. And that song is still banging, even after twenty years. So don’t get fresh with her.
Watch the video to see where modern-day indie divas find their image. You’re welcome, MIA.
This weekend I visited my family in my hometown of Gruver, Texas, a small town with a Dairy Queen, a gas station, my high school alma mater, and many cows. So needless to say, I was bored out of my mind. Luckily my parents have satellite television. I stumbled onto VH1 Classic, always a treat while at home, and caught some old school videos, concerts, interviews, and one pretty awesome special on Steely Dan’s Aja album.
But the best thing on VH1 Classic, by far, is their two-hour 3AM homage to the old MTV staple 120 Minutes. In the block, they play old alt videos from (mostly) the 80’s, though an occasional 90’s video crept up in the playlist. After the jump is a sampling of pretty excellent retro videos I saw while suffering from sleep deprivation and waiting for the next Skinemax movie to come on.
Tonight I’m going with friends to a special private screening of MacGruber, the latest SNL-related film. As with most Saturday Night Live movies, I’m not expecting Oscar caliber material, but a good time and a few laughs. Lorne Michaels hasn’t commissioned a film based on the sketch comedy of the show in ten years, the last being 2000’s The Ladies Man. In light of my escapades tonight, I’m taking a look at my personal favorite SNL movies from the past. Some you will agree with, some will make you cringe, but all are funny movies that are, at least somewhat, dear to my SNL-loving heart.
I know at this point I’m not educating anyone about this group, but I’ve been rocking them too much lately for me not to post about them. Above is the cover art for Treats, the debut from Sleigh Bells, a Brooklyn duo consisting of a former hardcore rocker and a (supposedly former) elementary school teacher. Treats drops on May 11 on Mom+Pop and MIA’s N.E.E.T. Recordings.
If you’ve never heard Sleigh Bells, and you’re at work or in a public setting, turn your speakers down NOW. Shit is loud. Basically they record sweet-as-candy singalong pop and record it on in-the-red settings so it’s blaring at a sometimes-unbearable level….on second thought, crank that shit.
One of my favorite bands, the Sacramento-based Deftones, are preparing the release of their sixth full-length album, Diamond Eyes, on May 4. In light of this, I am going back, re-listening to, and analyzing their previous albums to gain a perspective of the band’s past while waiting in anticipation of the band’s future.
