We Should All Be So Lucky to Find Something in This World That Makes Us This Catchy
You son of a bitch.
It’s been a long, hard fight, but I’m giving up. You win this time, Owl City. Your shittastic, Postal Service-ripoff top-10 single “Fireflies” has bored a hole through my skull and penetrated the deepest recesses of my cranium. The meaningless lyrics of the song will continue to worm their way through the soft gray mass there until I’m so numb to overpopularity that I’ll round up a group of friends to record a webcam tribute video to “I’m On A Boat” and put in on youtube under the username ***<3TEAMJACOB!OREDWARD!ICAN’TMAKEUPMYMIND,YA’LL!<3***
I’ve read enough Sophocles wikiquotes to know that it’s my sad fate to kick against the pricks for the remainder of my drudge-working mortal existence. Well, this time I’ve lost. Pricks: 1; Edward: 0. But I’m not raking out my eardrums yet.
Here’s the thing: I can’t make “Fireflies” cease to be catchy. It’s like telling NBC’s hit sitcom F-R-I-E-N-D-S (now in syndication on TBSveryfunny) to stop being so HILARIOUS. “Joey ordered two pizzas?? For himself??? I can hardly eat a pizza by myself!!! Even if my cats help!!!!!! THIS IS SO FUNNY.” In a lot of ways the show and song are very similar: they’re like the Olsen twins, especially because one noticed that her career was over and died (RIP MKO). I loved the Postal Service and Friends with equal passion in 2003, but then 2004 rolled around we were all like “Go Sox!” or whatever. But here’s the harsh light of day: we can’t all watch Joey for the rest of our prick-kicking lives. The seasons go round and round, and we wonder why that’s the only Joni Mitchell song our friends know.
So, this is what is: we’ll indulge for a little. Then we’ll pretend like this song never happened. I’ve provided a few transition songs, including my favorite mashup of fall 2009, “Cult Logic Forever,” and my favorite remix of the final days of August from this past summer. Enjoy. But consider yourselves warned. You’re entering into highly contagious musical territory.
Cult Logic Forever (Drake feat. Kanye West & Lil Wayne vs. Miike Snow) – The Hood Internet (YSI)
Waking Up In Vegas (Calvin Harris Extended Remix) – Katy Perry (YSI)
God fucking damn it…
I’m going to assume that’s in response to how good “Cult Logic Forever” is.
Yes. It’s that good, Marquis Meowmers.
haha yes. owl city is just a poppy electronic version of postal service. once you’re sick of fireflies there’s always meteor shower.
THAT’S RIGHT, BITCH. GIVE IN TO FIREFLIES. TOLD YOU YOU WOULD
It SOUNDS like Postal Service, but whoever-it-is is not of the clever sad-lyric-writing talents of Ben Gibbard.
This blog always makes me laugh.
You might want to link to the Postal Service song you’re speaking of (or give some more info). It might help us decide whether fireflies is a rip-off. It is a catchy tune though.
Yeah, I never did mention that it’s “Such Great Heights,” though I suppose I consider that the Postal Service song most likely to come to mind. Here it is, if you’ve forgotten:
I enjoyed this cover of Such Great Heights:
Hm it did not embed the video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4KI78874qbU
i guess the biggest difference is that owl city uses an autotune plug-in where postal service definitely didn’t
Who cares? Listen to this!
Studio – West Side (Klumpfisk remix)
http://drop.io/klumpfisk/asset/studio-west-side-klumpfisk-remix-mp3