And this is another reason why Japan is awesome. If you’re unfamiliar with New Jack Swing, it was a sub-genre of RnB music that was hugely popular in the late 80s to early 90s. It was a clash of a few different genres, but was basically just dancey, fun RnB and hip hop. Think of anything by Kid n Play, early Bobby Brown, Bel Biv Devoe, Guy, Keith Sweat and Michael Jackson’s ‘Dangerous‘ album. I never knew much about the genre til my boyfriend introduced me to its magic, as he grew up listening to it almost exclusively in his high school years. Now I LOVE New Jack Swing and consider it one of my favoutore genres. Infectious, boppy RnB FTW!

Anyway, whether you’re new to the genre or an old hat, this video is fantastic and sums up New Jack Swing perfectly! I mean, check out those hi-top fades! Yeah boi! You can see the videos that they recreated for ‘New Jack UR Body’ right here.

I have a turbulent relationship with Rihanna. For the most part I am not a huge fan of her music nor her voice & singing style. Some of her hit singles are some of my least favourite songs of all times. And then she goes and releases songs that are amazing and totally blow my mind.

I just listened to “We Found Love” today and my mind is BLOWN. I heard a few bits n pieces of gossip about how this new clip was bit in Ireland and that it was very controversial, but I tend to ignore the hype surrounding new music videos with pop singers as I’m usually disappointed because societies perception of “controversial” is usually tame and boring. But in is case it’s worth the hype because it is a fantastic clip that actually packs a punch.

Well done Rihanna, I like you again for the moment. I look forward to hating your next track and then loving another one in the near future.

Don’t worry, all, there are a few proper posts coming very soon. But I couldn’t let this gem go unnoticed. Everything in this video is amazing, anyone who disagrees has clearly had a full frontal lobotomy.

I know ya’ll don’t care if I complete it in order or not, so after discovering this amazing music video today I decided to quickly zip ahead to day 28 – A song that makes you feel guilty.

Sprung on a Thug by LaLa

I was just cruisin’ on through one of my favourite blog’s Agent Lover where she posted a couple of youtube videos of a Chola singer. From there I discovered this little gem. I was a bit put off at first because I was on the hunt for bad chola music (I will probably do a post soon about the wonder that are chola’s for those who aren’t acquainted with this fascinating subculture).

The reason why I say it makes me guilty is because it goes against all of my feminist ideals. Going out with some scumbag thug just because he’s a bad boy and buys you nice things because he fucked up and left you standing on the balcony for an hour while he robbed a Maccas’s or dealt drugs? NUH UH, GURL! That is so submissive and lame, I can’t even comprehend it. But then I listen to the song and I enjoy it’s sweet RnB melody so much that I am ridden with guilt for daring to enjoy such a song. I am also pretty enamored by the title of the song. If you’re going to go out with gangbanger or petty criminal then you best be saying “I am dun sprung on a thug” and maybe I will find it in my heart to forgive you! But he also needs to be a cholo or, I dunno, a crip or something impressive because no one cares about a guy with bad neck tattoos who once thought about robbing a 711 but his mum wouldn’t let him use her car as the getaway vehicle.

Day 11 – A Song from your Favorite Band = Männer sind Schweine by Die Ärzte

Well we all now by now that my favourite band of all times is the German punk rock trio Die Ärzte. Let me now introduce you to the first song I ever heard of theirs, the song that started a major obsession when I was 14 in 1998 and took me all the way ton Europe in 2004 to see them play dozens of times.

Männer sind Schweine means “Men are Pigs” and the song is a kind of feminist song about how men are all jerks, liars and slobs. The film clip is one of the few (possibly the only?) one to have Lara Croft in it that was approved by the creator of Lara Croft’s character. Apparently he allowed it because he was a fan of the band, although I don’t know how true that is nor do I care to find out. It’s totally ridiculous, but that’s why Die Ärzte is so popular in Germany. They absolutely do not take themselves seriously, produce songs in the more random genres and make big-budget movie-style film clips. The song is off the album 13 which pretty much shaped me into the person I am today, if you’re ever goingto have a listen to this band, I cannot recommend this album any more.

Day 08 – A song that you know all the words to

Oh how I used to love this song. I requested it so much back in the days when Channel V was called RED, I am amazed my mum didn’t kick my arse for racking up a huge phone bill. I only realised I knew all of the words still when I randomly listened to it a year or so ago, after many years of not hearing it. Such a sexy song that makes me wanna get freaky ;)

Day 09 – A Song that you can Dance to

OK this was hard. There aren’t many songs I do not love to dance to. But I did hear this song at a Body Attack class this week and felt the urge to get up and dance (in fact Sarah, my gym/best buddy, started singing and grooving to it while we were meant to be doing sit up’s). I listen to this song HEAPS right before I go on a holiday, for obvious reasons. The end bit makes me really want to dance, like that embarrassing spazz dancing you do when you think no one is watching/you’re totally wasted.

30 Days of Music – Day 7 – A Song that Reminds you of a Certain Event = Something Good 08 by Utah Saints

Yep, this song shaped most of my 2008 because I was so damn obsessed with it. If you’ve never had a drunken go at the running man, than I’m sorry, but you haven’t truly lived. There have been some very memorable places where I’ve danced to this song with large amounts of people, and there really was a time where I had my bag stolen from under my nose because I out it down on the dance floor to start doing the running man.

30 Days of Music – Day 6 – A Song that Reminds of you of Somewhere = Trick Me by Kelis.

On my first day in Germany I flew into Frankfurt by myself and realised very quickly I had no idea what was going on or how to get around a foreign country I knew very little about. I was meant to go and find a hostel to stay in as I had a night by myself before a friend flew in the next day but I took a bus that went the opposite way to the city and just got a room at a Holiday Inn just outside of the city. While there I turned on MTV, brimming with excitement that I’d finally get to see Die Ärzte play on normal TV. The first song that I saw was “Trick Me” and from now on whenever I hear it, I think back to being in that hotel in German and how scary/exciting that day was for me.

The other song that I have the same feelings about because it was one of the next songs that came on is “I Dont Care As Long As Sing” by Beatsteaks who is another of my top favourite bands. But I also associate this band/song with the many times I ended p seeing them play live in Germany, which is why I went with “Trick Me”.

Oh and I did manage to see a song by Die Ärzte song, “Deine Schuld” which was every bit as exciting as I’d hoped it would be!

30 Days of Music – Day 5 – A Song that Reminds you of Someone = Every Little Thing I Do by Soul for Real

As most of you probably already know, 90s RnB is up there as my favourite genre of music. It’s only outstripped by Deutschrock.

Soul for Real are four brothers, the youngest of which was only 12 when they formed the group and only 14 when they scored hits with this song and Candy Rain. Doesn’t it sicken you when whole families are talented as hell and you can’t even hold a note while singing in the shower? Shits me to tears.