Top 7 songs I am obsessed with

Hey all,

Here's my first official post, the top 7 songs that I'm currently obsessed with. I don't know why, but these songs are so fucking catchy. They have almost nothing to do with each other, some of them aren't even on the radio, and I can't stop listening to them. Starting from 7 and going up to 1 on this post.  

7.  Get Lucky - Daft Punk ft. Pharrell Williams

Get Lucky was one of the biggest songs of the summer, and Random Access Memories was a HUGE chart topper. Daft Punk lit up the radio, it seemed like every time you got into the car this song would inevitably come on. And you know what? I was totally OK with that. I actually heard a release of the song before the full album came out and DAMN I was hooked. The main reason that this song has persisted throughout the summer for me was its appearance in Grantland and their "top song of the millennium bracket." The final results are listed here: http://goo.gl/Atndmw, and while I'm happy with the overall outcome GET LUCKY LOST TO CALL ME MAYBE. FUCK. The deep seeded resentment I felt after seeing that has kept the song a favorite of mine for a while now. I just can't let it go...
And I want to mention this guy: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6NDY8FSr9M  he made one of the best one man band covers I've ever heard. Give him some love.

6. Pompeii - Bastille 

Listening to Pompeii, thinking about the old days

I don't want to brag, but I heard about Pompeii before it was on the radio (HIPSTER ALERT). OK so I kind of want to brag about it. I nabbed Pompeii off the iTunes free discovery download MONTHS AGO and I thought it was great. A whole lot better than the other discovery download I got that became popular (Bulletproof, quite possibly my least favorite song of all time). I have to say, singing this sound aloud in the car is way too much fun (and dangerous. I close my eyes when they say "close your eyes" and I'm expecting something bad to happen sometime soon). They also recently began playing it on the radio again which reignited my passion like a thousand burning suns. You can blame the 92.9 radio station in Boston for making me love it again.

5. Ways to Go - Grouplove

It's not often that a music video makes me like a song more, but this one takes the cake. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGvHnDeS12o 
Yes, that is a little dictator and yes, he has swag. Oh, and the song is pretty darn good too. I definitely heard the song first, it's on the radio all the time. It's very upbeat, very catchy, the lyrics are simple, AND I belt this thing out like Aretha. Seriously it is so much fun to sing, and considerably less dangerous than Pompeii. That's what I call a win-win.

4. Moves - The New Pornographers

That's not cheese

The New Pornographers isn't what I would call a household name, but they are a great band. Just like some other popular indie Canadian indie bands (The Unicorns, Of Montreal, Tegan and Sara) they made a fantastic album that no one has heard of in "Challengers." Oh, and a great music video to boot. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYyu5vbwvbA
This is one of the cases where the video was the first exposure I had to the song, and that definitely enhanced the whole experience for me. Hell, the video has Donald Glover as a reporter and Wyatt Senac doing cocaine off his pizza. Doesn't get much cooler than that.

3. U.F.C - XV

This is the meat of the post. These next three songs are not only awesome (haha, jokes), but they've stuck in my head for a long while now. U.F.C mixes some solid raps, snippets of great lyrics and some old-school tunes. It's a great road-trip song, and I probably listened to it 9001 times while staying up studying during my finals. Senior year was chock full of procrastination, so many a night involved U.F.C. With great lyrics like "You're so crazy, the crowd goes wild, Hands go up and down like the Dow Jones" and "don't let me eat I'm Ricky Henderson I'll steal a plate", the song mixes a good amount of wit with catchy beats. Reminds me a little bit of Childish Gambino in that aspect.

2. The Greatest Man That Ever Lived (Variations on a Shaker Hymn) - Weezer

Disclaimer, I love Weezer. You should know that when you start reading this. 
My goodness does this song rock. For those who have heard the song, some of you know that it's actually a tribute to multiple styles of music throughout time.  There are 11 different styles in this one song, from rap to spoken word, emulating Aerosmith and Green Day and tributes to Bach and Beethoven. This song has it all. Take a look here http://goo.gl/vRxJEZ. 

And that's what makes this song so fun, you get to sing like a bunch of other famous artists. The seamless way that Weezer includes them into the song is enough to make any fan giddy (yeah I said it), and I can't help but belting out "I am the Greatest Man that Ever Lived." I first heard the song years and years ago and thought nothing of it, but when I heard it live this past summer (for free, nbd) it was a totally different experience  Ever since then it's risen up my "favorite songs ever ranks" and it's easily my favorite Weezer song.

1. Who Did That To You - John Legend

I would be blatantly lying if this video didn't make me love the song more http://goo.gl/baBfX7.

Dylan Freechild, doing that to you

I'm a sucker for good ultimate, and this video was very well put together (second only to Nick Lance's callahan video). That video aside, when I heard this in the movie Django Unchained, I was hooked. I'm not a huge John Legend fan (can't even name another one of his songs) but my lord can he sing. This is the ultimate "belt at the top of my lungs while driving" song for me, and if you happen to catch me pulling into my driveway after work there's a 90% chance this song is playing. It's my pump up song, it's my favorite song to sing out loud and it makes me feel like a total bad ass. 

To the readers who stayed with me the whole time, thanks. Hope you enjoyed my first attempt at blogging, and I'm looking forward to suggestions for new lists in the future! Until then, I have a few up my sleeve just itching to be read!

Cheers!

AJ