Maverick Sabre – Let Me Go

This guy has an awesome voice. He’s Irish and doing R&B/hip-hop/whatever this is. Check it out.

 

Swedish House Mafia – Save the World

 

Dogs. Dogs are going to save the world. Awesome song, awesome video.

Sam. F*cking. Rockwell

This is why he is one of my favorite actors. I could watch this video all day.

50 Cent’s “Ayo Technology,” as performed by Milow

I’m sure a lot of people have seen/heard this, but I enjoy the hell out of this cover. Check it out below.

Also, you may want to check this out too: Hell Yeah Paralyzer. Can’t tell if it’s performance art or serious, but it is pretty funny.

Lady Gaga’s “Telephone” as performed by Pomplamoose

This…this is damned awesome. This duo is really talented, and I admit I had never heard of them until I stumbled across a link to this video. Suffice to say, you should go watch Lady Gaga’s real video for “Telephone,” and then come back and watch this cover.

Both of them are AWESOME.

EDIT: I LOVE how excited the guy is about playing. That is fuckin’ classic.

Sebastien Tellier – Look

Here’s another pretty cool video, though definitely not as absurd as Hot Chip. The video is somewhat NSFW, as it is a very hypnotic view of an animated woman’s ass. The song is pretty chill as well. Enjoy.

Hot Chip – I Feel Better

My long absence from this blog ends, because of this video.

If you can get past the 1:50 minute mark, you will not regret it. I promise. As a teaser, here are a series of words that should entice you to watch: Bald guy. Incredibly white teeth. Lasers. Eye lasers. Floating black guy’s head.

Really, just watch it.

Flo Rida’s “Sugar”

Flo Rida’s “Sugar,” featuring Wynter–whom I’ve never heard of actually–is a modern-day love song. Seriously.

“My lips like sugar [x2]
This candy got you sprung[x2]
So call me your sugar [x2]
You love you some [x2]
I’m sweet like…”

The key line here is “This candy got you sprung.” The metaphor here is interesting, as Wynter is comparing herself directly to candy, rather than through the benign simile in the first line. Sure, your lips can be like sugar; we even say “Give me some sugar” when we mean a kiss (or at least Bruce Campbell does). But Wynter takes it a step further and says she herself is the candy, which raises the comparison to double-entendre levels, really.

“Do me that favor, cuz I like your flavor.
My manage behavior; I’m into your major.
Sweeter so flavor, that’s good for this player.
My hood, now and later, throw back like a pager.
Pretty much, you’re givin’ me a sugar rush.”

Flo Rida responds in kind and continues the comparison. A frankly strange line is the second one. “I’m into your major”? Is he hitting on a college student? One would think he could do better. I’d posit that the nonsensical-ness of the lyrics is a direct result of his “sugar rush;” in other words, he’s so into this girl that he can’t even create cogent lyrics. Very meta, if you ask me.

Now, the song truly becomes interesting in the last bit of the song:

“You like my sugar, my sugar.
You so sweet, so sweet.
Like my candy, my candy
You so sweet, so sweet.
I got a good appetite with you on me, on me.
I’ll wrap you out of them clothes.
You my treat, my treat.
Girl you my sugar, I call you Candy
And tonight I’m gonna get me some, get me some.
Girl you my sugar, I call you Candy
And tonight I’m gonna get me some, get me some sugar.”

The metaphor comes to a figurative head here, with Flo Rida saying he has the sugar, in a bit of a gender reversal. Usually it’s customary to associate “sugar” with a more feminine aspect, but Flo Rida turns the entire stereotype/gender view on its head. He finally completes the metaphor in the last line, saying he’s going to get some sugar–specifically the object of his affection, the girl, and sexual intercourse.

It doesn’t get more lovey-dovey than this, folks.

Prologue

Welcome to The Book of Pop Culture. You might be asking yourself, What the hell is all this? How did I get here? Why won’t this window close?

Relax. We’re here to help.

My colleague, MoFoDelicious, and I, post-bachelor degree, realized that we didn’t have much to live for, outside of graduate school and law school, respectively. So, in our infinite wisdom, we decided on the only logical course: Break down pop culture.

So, here at the Book, for your reading pleasure, we’ll be posting our thoughts, analysis, and musings on the various goings-on of pop culture. Feel free to join in the discussion and leave us a few comments.