….and a special "welcome back" to our employees who enjoyed a long summer weekend in Canada!! ….yes, most parts of Canada celebrate a long weekend on the first Monday of August - a great idea that the US should consider one day!
Every summer it seems one pop song rises above to become the "song of the summer" - in 1983 - I happen to remember how "Every Breath You Take" by The Police was so dominant for example - and last year, for better or worse, you couldn't get away from "Call Me Maybe" by Carly Rae Jepsen. This year the anointed song of the summer of 2013 seems to be unquestionably…… drumroll please…..."Blurred Lines" by Robin Thicke.
Blurred Lines has been the #1 song on Billboard's Hot 100 for the past 6 weeks (tying with "Thrift Shop" by Macklemore as the longest running #1 song of the year so far) ...and it's the first big hit by Robin Thicke.
(For those who remember the 1980s TV sitcom "Growing Pains:" with Alan Thicke playing the father - this is his son).
Much has been written about this song and its racy video, degrading lyrics etc….Robin says it was all in fun and not meant to taken seriously. (Though this sounds a little disingenuous - do something in the arts that creates a lot of controversy - then say it was all a joke)
The song itself is a very catchy piece of pop/dance fluff - to me it sounds like a blend of "Funkytown" by Lipps Inc (1980), and "Got to Give It Up" by Marvin Gaye (1977), with a few Michael Jackson "woooos" thrown in by rappers T.I. and Pharrell - and despite its likability as a song - to me it also sounds like its missing something - but I'm not sure what….there's an element in play that makes it sound like a long commercial jingle and not so much a pop song.
Have a great week all!
Kevin
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