Monday 10 February 2014

PHARRELL WILLIAMS "HAPPY" (5PM MIX) . . . . ONE OF THE CATCHIEST POP MELODIES OF THE LAST DECADE WITHOUT A FUCKING DOUBT . . . . WILLIAMS IS A MUSICAL GENIUS WITH A GIFT FOR THE KILLER HOOK LIKE VERY FEW BEFORE HIM . . . . ELEMENTS OF SERGIO MENDEZ, HERB ALBERT AND BACHARACH/DAVID STIR CHILDHOOD MEMORIES . . . . HARDEN UP, GET HAPPY !!!

MATES WOULD TELL YOU IT'S MY CURSE BUT I RECKON IT'S MY LITTLE GIFT, HAVING THE INNATE ABILITY TO DIG SO MANY DIVERGENT STYLES AND GENRES OF MUSIC, IT'S NEVER BEEN DELIBERATE OR CONTRIVED, IT JUST IS . . . . LATE IN 1979, MY SENIOR YEAR AT SCHOOL, I BOUGHT 'OFF THE WALL' ON THE SAME FRIDAY AFTERNOON AS I PICKED UP THE STRANGLERS 'THE RAVEN' AND XTC's 'DRUMS AND WIRES', FREAKED MY FEW PUNK FRIENDS OUT . . . . I DIDN'T BAT AN EYELID . . . . FUCK ART, LET'S DANCE.

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  1. Yeah Dick...I'd give it a 10, and it does have a really danceable beat. That's one long music video...and they are dancin' in the streets.

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    1. Hilarious Larry . . . the benefits of being my age is that I get it even though we never really got it . . . stay happy man !!!

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