Hear Ye: 1-8-13

1. Let Her Dance – The Bobby Fuller Four – Murdered because he didn't pay back a loan from a Mafia type to build a studio, Bobby Fuller is remembered by Marshall Crenshaw and remembered because of the Clash's cover of a Fuller song. And this song, we remember this repetitive, addictive  old time electro pop beat hook par excellence – Grade: A+

2. To Sir With Love – Lulu – Call me crazy, but if I was Sidney Poiter idda done the dirty with Judy Gleason in a heart beat – Grade: A

3. Mercy – Duffy – The song Girls Generation borrowed sounds like 60s keyboard based old time dance pop – Grade: B+

4. Pool Mash Up – The Barden Bellas – Incidentally, when I say Bruno Mars is disappointing in 2012, it is because there isn't this. 

5. Boom Bang A Lang – Lulu – Three way tie for 1st in the Eurovision Song contest, which kinda makes sense – Grade: B

6. Scream & Shout – Will I Am And Britney Spears – This is like an 18 year old Ford model, pretty and thoughless but still pretty – Grade: B

7. Birthday Song – 2 Chainz, Kanye West – Mindless but fun – Grade: B

8. Mr. Slow Death – Butch Babies – Helen Bach namechecks the Plasmatics but this metal is a little metaller than that – Grade: B-

9. Vienna – Ultravox – Fascist pigs – Grade: C-

10. Sweet Thang – Shuggie Otis – Welcome to the latest career revival, pull up a chair – Grade: B

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