A catchy dance song about guys who thinks they're too beautiful to be true.
Of course, it a parody yet you don't often find good french dance songs so I thought they needed a little bit of credit. All proportion, they're probably the french LMFAO but with better songs (not that it's a difficult thing to do) and without the smash success.
Memorable lyrics : "J'ai trop d'sex appeal , quand j'me r'garde parfois je jouis !" =
"I've got so much sex appeal that sometimes I *** when I'm looking in the mirror"
9/Clinton Sparks- Sucks To Be You
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Or the smash that never was. The lyrics are cool in a "I'm better off without you and I'm gonna rant about it everyxhere" kinda way. It could have also brought back interest to JoJo's dead career because her verse is the one I anticipate the most when listening to the track.
Just really a tighly produced, quality club song ! Actually I'm kinda glad it went nowwhere because I would have been disgusted with it if it had been overplayed and overhyped by everyone.
Memorable lyrics : "You're really creeping me out
When will you leave it alone
Dont be suprised if i just go ahead and cut off the phone
And you're so stuck in the past
You need to just let it go , go , go "
8/Swimming Dolphins - Sleep To Dream
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Listening to this song feels like being in a aquatic resort. Mindless fun and aural pleasure.
Music these days tendS to be edgy/ gritty so it's a relief to have light songs to listen to sometimes.Just an ounce of innocence, for once, in that perverted world !
Memorable lyrics : "Packin up with tears in our eyes,
It's a pastime I'm used to
Gettin good at saying goodbye,
Since it's all I ever seem to do "
7/Lisa D'Amato - Faded Fluorescent
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I found this one on a music blog last year. Apparently, this lady was a trashy candidate in a trashy reality show. Well, it doesn't matter because she created an oddly experimental pop gem.
The nice guitar solo at the end while simplistic, confirms that what we just listened to was a pop song but with a rock attitude. Perfect when you want to walk with confidence !
Memorable lyrics : "Unusual, it's beautiful, magical, unbearable, but best of all nothing's impossible"
6/Cocknbull Kid - Asthma Attack
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Really cute and endearing feel good pop creation.
The structure of the song gives you the impression to be on a merry go round
Moreover, the lead singer needs recognition for her gorgeous vocals since they're the reason the song works in the first place without being too cheesy or monotone.
Memorable lyrics : "London I love you but you're bringing me down
In that special way that only you know how
So I'll come and I'll go
I'll to and I'll fro
And pledge allegiance
Pledge allegiance to another town "
5/She Want Revenge - Take The World
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As hauntingly beautiful and onirical as one of Madonna's best single "Erotica" but without the moans of pleasure !
The whole thing is dark, moody and touching at the same time. Listen to it and you'll see for yourself because, as Stephen King would say "Words reduce thoughts that seemed limitless". Don't wanna do that...
Memorable lyrics : "His hand against her cheek
Her tongue against his neck
She says "you're awfully sweet, I feel like we connect"
Maybe it's love. How would she know?
And did she tell? "
This gorgeous woman is probably the new feamle indie artist I listened to the most this year.
The reason ? Florrie has a grace that is often missing in electronic music.
Her voice is always on point and in a perfect alchemy with the production.
begging Me is a great feel good masterpieceand it just doesn't get old (it's been on my I-Pod since April, a personal record!).
Memorable lyrics : "My heart's beating
Is it serious ?"
2/Gotye - Somebody That I Used To Know
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The crescendo effect we have here is extraordinary !
The song starts kind of slowly and the more the beautiful lyrics go by, the louder the complaint of Gotye become. Also, the instrumental and the melody are to die for (just to come back to life afterward,of course).
Memorable lyrics : "But you didn't have to cut me off
Make out like it never happened and that we were nothing
And I don't even need your love
But you treat me like a stranger and that feels so rough "
1/Long Lost Sun - Who Am I
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Who I Am is an enchanting song by indie Band Long Lost Sun.
There's a mysteriousness to it as if you were lost in a forest and progressively found your way back when the lead singer let her magical melismas out !
The best indie song of the year and given the quality of their first album, the best band too.
Memorable lyrics : "When I am here in the dark this is who I am
There may be fear in this heart but this is who I am
So I don't need you to be the one that saves me
When all you do is push and break me "