Sunday, December 12, 2010
2010 ADAMMY SONG OF THE YEAR- CEE-LO- "FUCK YOU"
Bitter, yet beautiful.
This is the best crossover song in years.
It's an instantly lovable classic slice of pop/soul, with an unusually blunt chorus.
The song takes a giant leap to immortality when the bridge kicks in: Cee Lo hilariously sob/sings this entire part. Asking "WHY????" before the double shot of the background singers making the famed Prince "Owwaahhh!" noise followed by an I-just-stubbed-my-toe "OWWWW!". A little slice of genius.
When the song kicks back into the chorus, if you aren't loving life, you are fucking dead and not worthy of ever listening to music. Don't fear the f-word. The "Forget You" radio version loses the impact overall, but it's still better than anything else that you'll hear on modern top 40 radio, so take what you can get.
This is an absolute masterpiece, and it may be the best 3 and a half minutes we have received from the musical gods in YEARS.
Yes, this song is so great that it brings tears to my eyes. That is the ultimate test.
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2 comments:
totally with you. it's like a ray of musical sunshine.
Olivia and I were bouncing and dancing in our chair - is it wrong to expose her to such language? Not when it's this much fun...
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