24. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Heads Will Roll
Released: June 29, 2009.
From the Album : It's Blitz! 2008:Madonna Feat. Justin Timberlake - 4 Minutes 2007:Feist - 1234 2006:Rihanna - S.O.S. (Rescue Me)
This song kicks ass. Period. Heads Will Roll is one of those lively and dance-y tracks that just crept into every playlist known to man in 2009. The track is a classic Yeah Yeah Yeahs as Karen O's vocal heavily dominating the music. There's something about Karen O that just attracts me to the Yeah Yeah Yeahs so much. I think it's her style that just sets her apart from the other acts. Moreover, the music video for Heads Will Roll is another factor that makes me love this song so much. In the clip, the suit-and-tie-clad wolf-like monster does his best Michael Jackson impression and may seem like an innocent harmless fun up until the psycho apeshit occurs. I love the video especially at the end when Karen O gets chopped up into pieces playing the victim of this disco-tune murderer. Heads Will Roll on the floor indeed as everyone dances and requests the Yeah Yeah Yeahs to play continuously until the energy dies, which I highly doubt it.
23. Calvin Harris - Ready for the Weekend
Released: August 10, 2009.
From the Album : Ready for the Weekend 2008:Coldplay - Viva La Vida 2007:Joss Stone Feat. Common - Tell Me What We're Gonna Do Now 2006:John Legend - Save Room
Dance music is seriously dominating my life in 2009. Calvin Harris is another name that I have to mention when it comes to dance/electropop music. Ready for the Weekend is my weekend anthem and I declared the track as my go-to song. When I stepped out of the house, turned on my iPhone, Ready for the Weekend would usually be one of the first songs I always play to start my day right. The track just screams catchy feel-good-time and that's what I love about Calvin Harris' music. You can have the worst day, but once Ready for the Weekend comes on, your day might just get a little better. The happy lyrics in this track serve as sharp contracts to the upbeat tone of the music. If you like his past singles, this track is not to be missed. The track actually reached number 3 in the top UK single chart giving Calvin Harris a hit of his own. The video for Ready for the Weekend is also visually creative (same director who did The Ting Ting's Shut Up and Let Me Go). So I suggest we put on our shoes, and be Ready for the Weekend!
"Ready for the Weekend" was in HEAVY rotation for me over this summer - heh, I was on Calvin's **** cuz I wanted to make those glasses like him, but I digress - HOO! AHPUTONMAHSHOESANDI'MREADYFUTHEWEEKEN-EN-EN-EN-EN-EN!
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And as for "Heads Will Roll," the graphic is sick, as is the video, as is the **** it exudes. Oh, Athens!
And FTR, those chicks in the "Ready" graphic look like they'd laugh a lot and make pretend they like you, then turn around and talk **** about you in their native tongue.