Top 5 Songs of (last) Year
#1 Girls “Lust for Life”
I had a hard time arguing this song with a friend last night. He said this band was shit. To tell you the truth the album did not blow my mind like I thought it would, and this isn’t even my favorite song by them.
But what I think Girls did with “Lust for Life” was important in the sense that it was the return of the single. This song is two and a half minutes of pop bliss. The song stands as an introduction to band that does have many more facets. The single was released on 45 way before the album came out, and it just grabs the listener wanting to know more about the band. To top it off they had an amazing music video (yes, good ones still exist!…kinda) and everything seemed so matter of fact.
However something to me is very fuck off about Girls. First off, this song shares the name of Iggy Pop’s most commercially viable tune. Perhaps it was a joke intended only for music geeks, or maybe they just didn’t give a fuck (I’d like to assume the latter). Then after they’ve had this great music video, they decide to release a second version that included a whole lot of homo eroticism (singing into penis’ is always funny).
But more than anything for me this song had a visceral effect. The first time I saw the video and heard the song it just hit me. It did what most good pop music does, it made it look incredibly easy, real, and fun.
