Sunday, June 29, 2014

"Scarecrow" by the Alex & Sierra

This is a good old-fashioned love song:  sickeningly sweet, ridiculously naive lyrics that are filled with cliches and that have vague references to an old iconic movie.  The song is terribly derivative (the video features muppets in a park) and is totally unoriginal, but it has some redeeming features also - if you can get over the sentimentalism and 'cute-ness'.

The beat is contagious and I really like the chorus:  "I just want to believe in you and me."

Give it a listen.


Monday, June 16, 2014

Song of the Day - Happy!

Happy.  By Pharrell Williams.  Recorded in 2013.

You KNOW it's good.  He performed it at the 2014 Oscars Ceremony.

And it IS happy!