Admittedly, I was slow to warm up to MGMT. But now I think Oracular Spectacular is the best new album I’ve heard this year. The music is so eclectic; it’s kind of a jumble of the familiar (Prince, The Beatles, David Bowie, et al) and the strange. It has the youthful exuberance and humor of The Unicorns’ Who Will Cut Our Hair When We’re Gone?, but it is much more accessible.
Last Friday night, I was in this bar. Some untenable hip-hop song with stupid lyrics like “Jesus may forgive you, but I won’t” or something was on the jukebox. The room was freaking languishing under the influence of this kill-joy song. I went to the jukebox and paid a dollar pick the next song. I played “Electric Feel” and the vibe in the room did a 180. People started dancing and laughing. It was great. I don’t know how the Summer Song is picked each year, but I think “Electric Feel” is a great contender.
From Oracular Spectacular:
“Time to Pretend”
If you know the name of that Jesus song, please tell me.
this is one of my favorites of ‘08 as well…