6 August 2012 - Owl City (feat. Carly Rae Jepsen) - Good Time

Timing is everything.

This single was released on 20 June 2012.  Funny how this hit Number One the same week. A last-minute single that was originally released on Soundhound, this song (which, at least on our local top 40 station, is being billed as Carly Rae Jepsen feat. Owl City, and not the other way around) has ridden the coattails of Call Me Maybe to be a hit.

Which I would be upset about if I didn't find the song so damned infectious.  Owl City has put together a song that benefits from Carly's presence, but doesn't require it.  A perfect featured performance.



Update: 23 August: Owl City was on the Today Show and performed this song in Rockefeller Plaza.  Would you like to see that?  Of course you would!  Here is the clip.

2 August 2012 - Oingo Boingo - Dead Man's Party

It's 80s Thursday!!!!

There's really no much to add here except...OINGO BOINGO. OINGO. BOINGO. BOINGO! OINGO! OINGO, BOINGO? OINGO BOINGO!!!! OINGO BOINGO. OINGO. BOINGO. BOINGO! OINGO! OINGO, BOINGO? OINGO BOINGO!!!!OINGO BOINGO. OINGO. BOINGO. BOINGO! OINGO! OINGO, BOINGO? OINGO BOINGO!!!!OINGO BOINGO. OINGO. BOINGO. BOINGO! OINGO! OINGO, BOINGO? OINGO BOINGO!!!! Kind of loses all meaning after a while...

1 August 2012 - One Direction - What Makes You Beautiful

I am just all over the boy bands this week.  On Monday, we made the Rushers happy.  Today, it's a little One Direction Infection. I love the harmonies in this song - it's reminiscent of what NKOTB did several years ago.  It's also a nice, sweet, positive song. And don't we need more of that nowadays?

Enjoy, or just share this post with your tweenage daughter and let her enjoy!

31 July 2012 - Demi Lovato - Skyscraper

OK, Tony posted a Nickelodeon boy band video yesterday, so I'm going to one-up the cheese factor and post a video by a former Barney & Friends actress and newest X Factor judge (not sure which one of those two gigs is cheesier). All kidding aside, I actually found this song to be quite striking the first time I heard it, and I still do (the rest of the album...yeah, not so much). Give it a shot, she's got a great voice and the video's pretty cool in that tortured I'm walking through the desert way that seems to be popular these days.

30 July 2012 - Big Time Rush - Windows Down

One of the current crop of boy bands, Big Time Rush have their own show on Nickelodeon.  And, with a nod and a wink to Blur, here is their latest tune. It's fun, it's exciting, and it features a lot of young men in water and in convertibles they are probably too young to drive which getting really close to the camera.

Oh, and for all of you with the One Direction Infection, and not the Big Time Rush Rash, we'll have you covered later this week.

 

27 July 2012 - P!nk - Get The Party Started

We continue Hall of Fame Week by showcasing P!nk's first major hit, off her 2nd album.  Her first album had a decidedly pop/R&B sound, but starting with this song, the R&B was replaced by a rockier, harder-edged sound.  This song is an ultimate party song - high energy, lots of fun, the word "party" in the title - but still keeps a uniqueness about itself.

The video is a little bit on the obnoxious side, but at least there's still a little pink in P!nk's hair....

26 July 2012 - P!nk - So What

I know you're all bummed that you don't get your weekly dose of 80s Thursdays (or whateverthehell I'm calling it these days), but we're celebrating our latest Hall of Fame inductee P!nk this week. Deal.

Here's another one of my favorite P!nk videos. I mean, c'mon, how can you not like the sight of her driving down a busy street drinking beers on a riding lawnmower, beating up a guitar store salesman (hey, who hasn't wanted to do that?), wielding a chainsaw, throwing beer cans at an ex's car, stripping for paparazzi, accidentally setting her hair on fire with a lighter and hairspray, handing out piss beers, and getting in a big group pillow fight? For all of those reasons, I salute you Alecia! You and fellow WGP Hall of Famer Katy Perry can hang out and drink with me any time.