This song is a movement in itself already. I swear I’ve seen like thirty folks throw it up on Facebook in ten days or so it’s been out. It’s funny though. When songs like this drop, I tend to feel like it’s poetic justice. Cee-Lo is one of those cats that’s written a few dozen amazing songs, and only a few of them ever really get that mainstream ubiquity (“Crazy” being the most obvious example). It’s good though. Max said last night that he’s juiced to see what Mr. Green does next, and I think that’s the mark of a great artist. So here go the visuals for the most viral song on the internet right now. If you don’t crack a smile watching this, you might want to look into these.
I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again. It’s usually better to keep things simple. With the video for “Fuck You”, Cee-Lo’s songwriting is front and center, and with good reason. This is just a really, really well-written pop song, and it’s something most of us can probably relate to. All analysis aside though, this record put a big, stupid smile on my face last night. And not that many records are capable of doing that. Thought you might dig it too.
“Here comes the sun, little darlin’
Here comes the sun
I say
It’s all right, it’s all right
Little darlin’,
It’s been a long, cold and lonely winter,
Little darlin’ it feels like years
Since you’ve been here
Here comes the sun, little darlin’
Here comes the sun
I say
It’s all right, it’s all right…”
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There’s not a lot of artists out there that can drop a vintage soul gem like “Georgia”, and follow it up with an electro cover of Band of Horses. But then again, Cee-Lo never really fit into the mold of your typical artist. With Cee-Lo Green is The Lady Killer on the way, Mr. Green dropped this one yesterday, recruiting producer Paul Epworth (of Bloc Party fame) for his reinterpretation of Band of Horses’ “No One’s Gonna Love You”. As far as the visuals go, it’s not always clear what’s going on in this story or why. But I will say that videos like this don’t come around too often. This one is just inspired.
“I fall in love all the time. 24 hours a day. I fall in love with people for really silly reasons. I think people should fall in love a lot. It’s great. Wonderful. I think it’s good and healthy to be in love with people. I always go out with very nice people and I really love all of them. Not mentioning any names.”
Alicia’s been winning for a long time. “Fallin’” dropped damn near a decade ago, and since then, she’s provided the soundtrack to a grip of different people’s love lives. Okay, so she’s ridiculously bad and her voice is amazing. But what distinguishes her from a long list of other females blessed with the same talents is that she really knows what makes a great love song. The stories she tells are just too relatable. For the Drizzy-written “Unthinkable”, Ms. Keys actually plays on a lot of the same themes as Aubrey’s “Find Your Love” video from earlier this week, with Alicia falling for Chad Michael Murray (sorry Swizzy) in another forbidden love story. Not the most original idea, but it’s one that’s always going to resonate if you pull it off. Props to director Jake Nava on this one.
“Every day the sun comes up around her
She can make the birds sing harmony
Every drop of rain is glad it found her
Heaven must have made her just for me…”
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I haven’t had a serious girlfriend in a minute, but I’ve observed a lot over the past couple. I think when it comes to relationships you’ve gotta display your love. It’s one thing to tell her you love her. It’s a whole nother thing to show her. I don’t know, Brusse’s work just got me thinking on this sunny afternoon. Brusse’s work is a breath of fresh air. We gotta bring the love back. We just gotta bring the love back. I don’t think you need to reorganize your refrigerator, and you definitely don’t have to drop hella bread, (Kobe flopped for copping that ring) but you’ve gotta let your loved one know they’re on your mind. Write a letter, bake a cake, have a picnic. Just let them know you care.
At this point in his career, I’m interested in pretty much anything Spike Jonze touches. Following up last year’s big-screen adaptation of Maurice Sendak’s Where the Wild Things Are, Spike returned to the game he made his name in, directing the short film for Kanye’s “We Were Once a Fairytale”. Both projects were highlights last year, adding to the director’s already impressive resume. Spike’s latest project, the Sundance-selected robot love story I’m Here dropped online today. The first 5,000 viewers per day can check out the film here. For the rest of us, here’s the trailer for the time being.
“Love is patient, Love is kind, Love is not envious or boastful or arrogant or rude…”
I’m sure at one point in our lives, most of us have heard the infamous I Corinthians 13:4-7. This is a pretty uplifting definition of love isn’t it? But what happens when what we perceive to be love isn’t anything near patience or kindness? When it strays from positive elements into negative ones such as jealousy, envy, or resentment – would you still call it love?
“Oh I can see you standing there now,
And your the prettiest thing in the crowd…”
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Wayne is pretty exceptional at talking shit, but he’s often at his best when he’s talking from personal experience. “Single” like say, “Something You Forgot” catches Wayne describing the kind of relationship problems many of us are too familiar with. Fights, trust issues. That type of shit. Set to a woozy backdrop of reversed guitars, this is one of the strangest, but also one of the more interesting tracks on the mixtape. An ode to being “single for the night”. Oh, and just to cover all the bases, you can download the full, official version of No Ceilingshere, complete with the four new tracks and higher quality audio. Personally I’m riding with “Wasted” as the hardest track. Ariel’s on the “Swag Surfin” though, and Camila fucks with “Wayne on Me”. Anybody else got a favorite?
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