Summer is practically a distant memory now. No more BBQs, no more tropical drinks, and no more taking time out to soak up the sunshine. Sorry y’all, but fall is upon us!
When I start getting a little down about the impending harsh Canadian winter, I grab my iPod nano and I listen to a song that completely reminds me of my summer of 2008. I listen to Forever from Chris Brown.
Forever is one of the multitude of songs that Chris Brown released this year. However it is the one song that captures all the joy and bliss of summertime.
I love the pop-y techno feel of this song. Its cheerfulness and youthful exuberance makes me feel completely invincible and yearning to live each moment to the fullest. The song is equivalent to a summer fling! Okay, no I didn't have one....but I came real close!
I love this song because it's carefree, fun and incredibly fun to dance to. And that's exactly what I like in a summer anthem.
-Michelle
Hey, check out what Christine loved…
In Toronto, fall arrives early…and it's usually followed by rain, frost, snow, and sometimes, if we're especially blessed, locusts. But this isn't a rant about how crappy the weather in Toronto is, though
we all know it is. What this is really about is what I turn on when I want to hold on to the last dregs of summer sunshine and warmth. After much internal debate and a few hours of staring at the wall, I had a moment of epiphany. If there's anything that's going to remind me of the summer of 2008, it's Usher's "Love in This Club."
I'm sorry to report that other, more notable hits by Rihanna, T.I., Coldplay and Leona Lewis just didn't do it for me. Arguably, "Love in This Club" is standard Usher fare, but that doesn't mean it's not
good. From the lethargic, measured backing beats to Usher's smooth vocals, "Love in This Club" evokes a feel-good mood and sexy vibe synonymous with summer. It's something to listen to whether you're chilling at the pool with friends or hitting a club to find some lovin' of your own.
But as much as I adore "Love in This Club," an honorable mention goes to Ne-Yo's "Closer," simply because Ne-Yo has finally managed to put out a song that I actually like. Not quite R&B, not quite dance, "Closer" incorporates the best of both worlds and throws in a plucky guitar to boot. It's hard to throw this on and not want to hit the dance floor like you're one of the extras in the Pussycat Dolls.
But while there were many choices from this summer, the song that will always stand out as my anti-summer '08 track is Katy Perry's "I Kissed A Girl." With a bold (and loud) throwback to stomping beats of
yesteryear, "I Kissed A Girl" is not an inherently bad song (have you heard the Jonas Brothers lately?), but its pervasiveness in the pop cultural landscape, not to mention its faux-lesbian posturing – which
would have seemed audacious twenty years ago – renders it completely annoying. As if it weren't bad enough that Tila Tequila was awarded her own show, we now have another bastion of manufactured sexual revolution better left on the production floor.
But just as there are mosquito infestations, bad tans, and ill-advised Speedos in the summer, you gotta take the good with the bad.
-Christine
Okay, you've read which songs remind us of summer. So what was your summer anthem?
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