NG's Top 30 Joints Of 2008....Presents : Number 28 & 27
28. Sam Sparro - Black and Gold
Released: April 14, 2008.
From the Album : Sam Sparro
2007: Jupiter Rising - Electropop
2006: Panic! At the Disco - I Write Sins Not Tragedies
2005: Missy Elliott Feat. Ciara & Fatman Scoop - Lose Control
2004: Lloyd Banks - On Fire
This year, some of the members from the mod staff and I have our own little listening parties on aim and one of us picked Sam Sparro's "Black and Gold." It didn't really hit me on the first listen until after awhile, I realized a fusion of blissful and melody trance had struck me HARD. I love the witty lyrics at the beginning of the song that goes,
If the fish swam out of the ocean and grew legs and they started walking and the apes climbed down from the trees and grew tall and they started talking. The song is certainly not just an average pop song, but rather a compelling electropop that has everyone moving on the floor.
Black and Gold is so great even artists like Adele and Katy Perry decide to cover the song in their concerts. It is clear that Sam Sparro makes sure
Black and Gold conveys a gentle message that would have all the girls swarm over him by the end of the song. Amazing.
27. Paramore - Decode
Released: October 20, 2008.
From the Album : Twilight: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
2007: Lupe Fiasco - Superstar
2006: Lupe Fiasco - I Gotcha
2005: 30 Seconds to Mars - Attack
2004: Keane - Somewhere Only We Know
I could care less about
Twilight since I never read the book nor anticipate for the film. However, when I heard "Decode" for the first time and knows that the track is from the soundtrack, the film definitely receives an immediate attention from me. I thought Paramore wouldn't come out with any new music after a so-so single, "That's What You Get", but I was dead wrong. "Decode" grows on me so fast that I was already on 30 plays the first three days I heard the track. The song is just ridiculously good. Yeah, it is a little different from what you would hear on
Riot!, but Haley manages to perform a dark yet luminous rock sound to fit it with the Twilight theme. Paramore invades the forest in this clip and I must say, forget Britney Spears.. I think Haley is the only artist who can totally rock the red hair.
I'm going to keep it rolling and post number 26 & 25 either tomorrow or Monday.