When Love Takes Over :: David Guetta feat. Kelly Rowland

I first came across this song on Concrete Loop a few days ago, and immediately new that gay men will be tripping over their own fabulosity to dance to this song. The product of a trans-Atlantic collaboration between the U.S. not-quite-diva Kelly Rowland, and the creative genius of French DJ David Guetta, the song relies on the same tired beats, rhythms, and synth foundations that have made techno nearly indistinguishable from within the genre.



But the song is in ascendance. Any song that croons over the complications of love laid on a bed of danceable beats is a win for gay men, partly because this is the narrative of the western [ho]mo: that no love is greater than their own dance party. Well, that's true for me at least.

Watch out--this song will spread like wildfire. Enjoy!


Lyrics:
Its complicated, it always is

That’s just the way it goes
Feels like the way it is so long for this
I wonder if it shows
And under water now i can breath
It never felt so good
Cause i can feel it coming over me
I wouldn’t stop it if i could

Chorus
When love takes over yeaaah
You know you can’t deny
When love takes over yeaaah
‘Cause something’s here tonight

Give me a reason I gotta know
Do you feel it too?
Cant you see me here on overload
And this time I blame you
Hmm looking out for you to hold my hand
It feels like I could fall
Now love me right, like I know you can
We could lose it all

Chorus
When love takes over yeaaah
You know you can’t deny
When love takes over yeaaah
Cause something’s here tonight

(tonight, tonight, tonight, tonight ....)

I'll be loving all the time, it's true
Cause I want to make it right with you

When love takes over, when love takes over
When love takes over, when love takes over ...
Over, over, over ....

Chorus
When love takes over yeaaah
You know you can’t deny
When love takes over yeaaah
‘Cause something’s here tonight

Raining Again :: Moby

It might seem weird to post a song called "Raining Again" on such a beautiful, sunny day, but sometimes a song pops up on your shuffle and it strikes you as apropos.

Sometimes I think about my own life and my shortcomings, i.e. the things that keep me from living a completely fruitful and fulfilling life. One thing is what I sometimes refer to as my "emotional retardation." For one reason or another, I didn't really have any feelings until I was well into adulthood. Or more likely, I had feelings but didn't know it. So now I experience things more, but it is completely crippling. I feel these waves come over me, and now I'm like, yes, you have to feel it.

To me, this song is about emotional difficulties. The intro is really long; but there are vocals (later). I'd say, just put it on and dance around a bit.

I hope the video works; I'm at a public computer and couldn't screen it.

A&E :: Goldfrapp

Guest Blogger::Krista

I've liked Goldfrapp in the past for incredibly sultry dance music, especially Ooh La La and Ride a White Horse. It seems like no one can talk about the new Goldfrapp without contrasting it to the old Goldfrapp and making a big deal of "how different" Seventh Tree is, but I say it's not that big of a departure. Sure, it's not the same pulsing electro-pop that I crank before I go dancing and makes me wish I wasn't too scared to take Ecstasy, but the synth stuff is still there.

Let's talk about the video for a minute here. It's almost like the band is even acknowledging the new direction they've taken with a video motif that's less industrial or electronic than they've used in the past. Here we have Alison singing by herself in the middle of the woods in a flowy white tunic on a gorgeous fall day--the more natural and organic elements seem to be a visual recognition of the new toned-down and organic sound. Again, I would say there's more of a mixing of old and new here. It's not the kind of video we're used to seeing from them, but there's still that Goldfrapp quirkiness that we love so much. Alison doesn't come riding in a horse made from a mirrored disco ball like she does in Ooh La La, but she is being worshipped in the woods by a horde of leaf-people, for Chrissake.

What gets me about A & E is that it really gives Alison Goldfrapp a chance to show off her pretty impressive range. This is different from the band's earlier stuff, but I would say it's a welcome change. The classic Goldfrapp kind of kept her voice in one end of the scale for an entire song, probably because that kind of repetition lends itself well to decent dance pop. In A&E, she sings these warm low tones in the verses but still gets into the high-energy falsetto in the chorus and builds into a pretty powerful bridge and ending. The electronic junk even makes a good play at this point; but instead of pounding into your skull and forcing you to dance your ass off, it makes you lean forward and just listen a little harder.



A&E::Goldfrapp

It's a blue, bright blue Saturday, ay, ay
And the pain has started to slip away, ay, ay

I'm in a backless dress on a pastel ward, the shining.
Think I want you still
But it may be pills at work

Do you really wanna know how I was dancing on the floor?
I was trying to fool you when I'm crawling up the door
And theres a tune at things you say that you don't do
Why don't you ring?

I was feeling lonely, feeling low
Feeling like I needed you
Like I'm waking up surrounded by me
A&E

It's a blue, bright blue Saturday, ay, ay
And the pain has started to slip away, ay, ay

I'm in a backless dress on a pastel ward, the shining
Think I want you still
But it may be pills at work

How did I get to accident, emergency?
All I wanted was you to take me out high
I was feeling lonely, feeling low
Feeling like I needed you
Like I hoped you'd call and hoped you'd see me
A&E

Music is My Hot Hot Sex :: Cansei De Ser Sexy

sorry for the late in the evening post y'all, but i had a super busy weekend, a canceled flight, and a class that i barely made it to this evening...'nough said.

getting back to business...many of you may know this song from the ipod commercials this past fall.

i like this song best because it is a bunch of women singing about how music is the best thing ever and i have to concur. i first remember hearign this song at chaos (in dc) a while back...and at the end of the performance, she whipped out the box to this:


ohmibod

...which makes me feel like, if i had one of these things, it would totally change the way i heard music...forever... :P

but anyway, i feel that the message of this song is completely appropriate to the mission of this blog.

and with that, i'll let y'all enjoy it for yourselves :)



Music is My Hot Hot Sex::Cansei De Ser Sexy

From all the drugs the one I like more is music
From all the junks the one I need more is music
From all the boys the one I take home is music
From all the ladies the one I kiss is music (muah!)

Music is my boyfriend
Music is my girlfriend
Music is my dead end
Music is my imaginary friend
Music is my brother
Music is my great-grand-daughter
Music is my sister
Music is my favorite mistress

From all the shit the one I gotta buy is music
From all the jobs the one I choose is music
From all the drinks, I get drunk off music
From all the bitches the one I wanna be is music

Music is my beach house
Music is my hometown
Music is my king-size bed
Music's where I make my friends
Music is my hot hot bath
Music is my hot hot sex
Music is my back rub
My music is where I'd like you to touch

Claro-que-sim
Fui escoteira-mirim
Direto da escola, não
Não ia cheirar cola
Nem basquete, pebolim
O que eu gosto não é de graça
O que gosto não é farsa
Tem guitarra, bateria, computador saindo som
Alguns dizem que mais alto que um furacão (rhéum)
Perto dele eu podia sentir
Saía de seu olho e chegava em mim
Sentada do seu lado
Eu queria encostar
Faria o tigela até o sol raiar
Debaixo do lençol
Ele gemia em ré bemol
Fiquei tensa
Mas tava tudo bem
Ele é fodão, mas eu sei que eu sou também

One Word (Chris Cox Club Edit) :: Kelly Osbourne

Maybe this has happened to you before- you're sitting in your car, listening to the radio, when a really catchy, fun song comes on. You start bopping your head, getting really into it... and then you realize that is an anti-smoking PSA. Or an ad for Diet Mountain Dew. Or it is a song by someone that you never really thought of as a legitimate artist, like Kelly Osbourne. But you like the song a lot.

That's what happened when I went to Chicago last summer with some friends. My friend put in his clubbin' techno mix, and this song was on it. I really, really rocked out to it, and was SHOCKED to learn in was Kelly Osbourne. I especially like when she sings: "It's not the way that I want it... It's just the way that I NEED it day after day..." I sing those lines to myself sometimes, just to reinforce some stuff that needs to happen in my head.

This is the Chris Cox edit of the song, which makes a huge difference. Cox is pretty kickin'. I would recommend turning the volume up loud and just dancing to this song.



One word breaks the code of silence,
Silence tells me all I need to know.
One Word,
One Word, tells me everything I need to know.

One word driven in to madness,
Madness driven by the depths below.
One Word,
One Word, tells me everything I need to know

[chorus]
It's not the way that I want it,
It's just the way that I need it.
Day after day
It's not the way that I want it,
It's just the way that I need it.
Day after day

One lie tells a thousand stories,
The greatest stories that were ever told.
One Lie,
One Lie, tells the greatest stories ever told.

One man can predict the future,
a future journey in to outer space.
One Man,
One Man, a future journey in to outer space.

[chorus 2x]

[French talking]

[chorus 2x]