07 February 2008

Jazz Never Really Dies

You remember NERD, right?

They were the ones who had that song about being a rock star that only became popular because of a brilliant remix. No? They started off sort-of Hip Hop and then went a bit AOR?

Come on. Pharrell Williams is in them.

Thaaat’s it, now you remember. Anyway. They’ve got a new song out, called ‘Everyone Nose’ (DO YOU SEE WHAT THEY DID THERE? - Homophone Ed). It is a bit of a strange one in that it is basically shit, but absolutely amazing at the same time.

It bangs and crashes and bounces around in a way not unlike freeform jazz, hanging its jittery beats from a hook about “all the girls standing in a line for the bathroom” and plenty of blingtastic rapping about money and trainers and girls and whatnot from Williams.

It was inspired by Pharrell’s favourite pastime: romancing ladies as they queue for the toilet in overcrowded nightclubs. Apparently it’s more cost-effective, because “if they’re waiting for the bathroom, they aren’t going to want you to buy them a drink”.

The track is skiffling around radio and the usual sort of websites currently. You basically need it in your life, for a weekend at least. So get downloading. By the way, the paragraph above this one is complete and utter bollocks, in case you were wondering.

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