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40: Doja Cat – “Mooo!” – 206 points – 8 votesvideo
thraed of DOJA CAT
http://www.thesinglesjukebox.com/?p=26242
Fun fact: “Mooo!” is a song. It’s understandable if you forgot, given its warped life cycle: Doja Cat has gone from also-ran to viral sensation to problematic fave in under a year, a PR whiplash that might be too heavy for this song’s slight shoulders to bear. If I close my eyes and focus, I can still hear a song under all the noise. It’s unabashedly goofy, obviously, but its silliness belies its expert execution. Doja’s falsetto coos sound lovely floating above a loping jazz guitar and relentless 808s, and even when she’s milking the cow metaphor for its last drop, I find the song oddly relaxing. It’s hard to hear “Mooo!” and not think of the surrounding discourse, but there’s a reason we were all talking about it in the first place. – Julian Axelrod
Doja Cat is a good test case of the Internet meritocracy and the resulting crash of support. Comic songs about cows aren’t a new innovation, but Doja Cat shot up out of nowhere by being one of the few genuinely funny things in 2018 that didn’t need any context or backstory or kernel of an idea other than that "I know what a cow is" and that fast food is delicious. Any sliver of a moment that can allow me to ride a surreal trip of being a pompous cow is inherently good for me and to I imagine the vast amount of people who find glee in its lightness. Then Doja Cat had to dash my joy away by defending her prior 15,000 uses of a homophobic slur. Her defense is the true let-down: everyone is allowed to grow from their past (and finding anyone who doesn’t say something stupid on Twitter at some point is rare), but the moment Doja Cat had to face a weighty issue, she used the same buoyant not-giving-a-fuck mood from “Mooo!” in her response. Hating gay people isn’t the problem here; it’s not caring about them, especially when the LGBTQ community poured so much support out for her. – Nicholas Donohue
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Wednesday, 30 January 2019 14:23 (five years ago) link
MOOOOO
― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Wednesday, 30 January 2019 14:24 (five years ago) link
the third of my votes to place today lol
also voted for moo, probs rounding off my two entrants in the top 77 this year
― nxd, Wednesday, 30 January 2019 14:25 (five years ago) link
strong, strong nay
― imago, Wednesday, 30 January 2019 14:25 (five years ago) link
another i really wish i'd voted for and impossibly, an actual good viral hit
― ufo, Wednesday, 30 January 2019 14:26 (five years ago) link
If this places and Go To Town doesn't...
― mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Wednesday, 30 January 2019 14:27 (five years ago) link
it's no "smoko"
― resident hack (Simon H.), Wednesday, 30 January 2019 14:27 (five years ago) link
some 'goop on ya grinch' level writing in those tsj blurbs
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 30 January 2019 14:27 (five years ago) link
i cannot stand this song
― ⅋ (crüt), Wednesday, 30 January 2019 14:28 (five years ago) link
― mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Wednesday, January 30, 2019 7:27 AM (one minute ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
lol it certainly won't
― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Wednesday, 30 January 2019 14:28 (five years ago) link
stet just unplug the server already
― my name is leee john, for we are many (NickB), Wednesday, 30 January 2019 14:29 (five years ago) link
never intended to vote for this, but i would've been disappointed if it didn't make it
― my tweet portal is whack (voodoo chili), Wednesday, 30 January 2019 14:29 (five years ago) link
song is too smoooooooooooth
― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Wednesday, 30 January 2019 14:29 (five years ago) link
just realized this is almost five minutes long wtf
― resident hack (Simon H.), Wednesday, 30 January 2019 14:29 (five years ago) link
i'm with crut; boy is it trying hard.
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Wednesday, 30 January 2019 14:30 (five years ago) link
this goes on for nearly five fucking minutes
― imago, Wednesday, 30 January 2019 14:30 (five years ago) link
looool xp
you're probably thinking of that bitch i'm a horse song?
― my name is leee john, for we are many (NickB), Wednesday, 30 January 2019 14:30 (five years ago) link
'Smoko' could've done with some trimming too.
― pomenitul, Wednesday, 30 January 2019 14:30 (five years ago) link
idk if i would ever classify a song as the opposite of try-hard but this would come close
― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Wednesday, 30 January 2019 14:31 (five years ago) link
― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Wednesday, 30 January 2019 14:28 (one minute ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
oh I know, I cannot fathom, but I know
― mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Wednesday, 30 January 2019 14:31 (five years ago) link
the backing track is so lovely i would really like a 10 minute edit thanks
the 'get out my hay' bit is an instant flag post. oh my god now there's a milkshake riff. BANNED
― imago, Wednesday, 30 January 2019 14:32 (five years ago) link
this is the track in the rollout so i'd least accuse of 'trying hard', it's a goofy throwaway she made on stream that happens to be brilliant
― ufo, Wednesday, 30 January 2019 14:32 (five years ago) link
I'm listening to "Go to Town" rn and it is much more my speed
― resident hack (Simon H.), Wednesday, 30 January 2019 14:32 (five years ago) link
they're a lot more of a craft brew band than charly bliss
This is probably why they went over so well when I played the record at a local brewery.
― MarkoP, Wednesday, 30 January 2019 14:32 (five years ago) link
also this is a fuckin wes montgomery sample, it kicks ass
― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Wednesday, 30 January 2019 14:33 (five years ago) link
I mean it's no Nyan Cat is it?
― Matt DC, Wednesday, 30 January 2019 14:34 (five years ago) link
"nyan cow" is a pretty apt description actually
― resident hack (Simon H.), Wednesday, 30 January 2019 14:34 (five years ago) link
i love montgomery dearly; this is not a good use of his genius
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Wednesday, 30 January 2019 14:36 (five years ago) link
who cares?????????
― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Wednesday, 30 January 2019 14:36 (five years ago) link
lol
― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Wednesday, 30 January 2019 14:37 (five years ago) link
i wish this song were no. 1
love it if we moo'd it
― imago, Wednesday, 30 January 2019 14:37 (five years ago) link
― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Wednesday, January 30, 2019 9:31 AM (five minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
i have some chill beats to study to to recommend you
― karl...arlk...rlka...lkar..., Wednesday, 30 January 2019 14:38 (five years ago) link
who cares?????????lol
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Wednesday, 30 January 2019 14:38 (five years ago) link
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39: Simmy – “Umahlalela” – 206 points – 9 votesvideo
Sun-El Musician - Africa to the World
http://www.thesinglesjukebox.com/?p=26580
It’s hard to talk about Simmy without talking about Sun-El Musician, who featured her on his last album and produced a good chunk of her solo material. This track is another Sun-El beauty, balancing a million conversant parts (a skipping xylophone, a mumbling bass, an army of sputtering shakers) into a unified, cohesive ecosystem. Simmy’s multi-tracked falsetto is the brightest color in the palette; she divines real emotion from the depths of the groove. Most dance vocalists either dominate a track or sink into it, but Simmy stays atop the beat without getting lost in the noise. Simmy and Sun-El are both integral to the success of “Umahlalela,” and they’re equally integral to the future of pop. – Julian Axelrod
“Umahlalela” teems with so much life that it seems aware of its own existence. Few songs invite listeners to get so deeply lost in their grooves, fewer still make you feel that their warmth is vital nourishment. – Joshua Minsoo Kim
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Wednesday, 30 January 2019 14:40 (five years ago) link
ugh GORGEOUS SONG
― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Wednesday, 30 January 2019 14:41 (five years ago) link
and it wasn't even my simmy vote
NOW WE'RE TALKING, ILM.
― Matt DC, Wednesday, 30 January 2019 14:41 (five years ago) link
gorgeous tune
― resident hack (Simon H.), Wednesday, 30 January 2019 14:42 (five years ago) link
Too low
― groovypanda, Wednesday, 30 January 2019 14:42 (five years ago) link
actually simmy fell off my ballot (i'm sorry!) but i intended to vote for "ubala"
― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Wednesday, 30 January 2019 14:42 (five years ago) link
Simmy & Sun-El Musician had a really great year, voted for "Ubala" which will hopefully place too
― ufo, Wednesday, 30 January 2019 14:42 (five years ago) link
1 2 buckle my moooo
― nashwan, Wednesday, 30 January 2019 14:43 (five years ago) link
way behind here (yay Simmy!), but this Marott track is superb and actually justifies its length, unlike most of the other long tracks we've had
― rob, Wednesday, 30 January 2019 14:44 (five years ago) link
damn i need to check out this whole album eventually, huh
― my tweet portal is whack (voodoo chili), Wednesday, 30 January 2019 14:44 (five years ago) link
simmy's album was one of my definite faves this year though i somehow, to my regret, forgot to vote for it consider this a strong recommendation for both it and Sun-El's 2018 releases
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Wednesday, 30 January 2019 14:45 (five years ago) link
and hey as long as we're here:
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Wednesday, 30 January 2019 14:46 (five years ago) link