AniaR
08-26-2014, 02:24 PM
One of my favourite canadian musicians of all time just released a hilarious spoof song that's been featured on TIME. He usually does the most amazing and soulfilled beatnick styled rap. More like spoken word overtop of music he writes. The song is meant to be funny, but it's taken off in canada and getting really popular. The lyrics make no sense at all and I quoted one of them in the title. LOL. Anyway, in the spirit of just making you all smile and maybe feel like dancing I wanted to share the articles and the song.
Original link: http://time.com/3176458/buck-65-super-pretty-naughty-premiere/
At first listen, “Super Pretty Naughty” by Canadian rapper Buck 65 sounds like a studied replica of all the club-friendly sounds of Top 40 favorites. But take a closer look at the lyrics — which include absurd phrases likes “If people could put rainbows in zoos, they would do it,” and “Hey do you like sports? / Also did you used to be a baby?”— and it becomes clear this is no ordinary pop song.
In fact, for all its nonsensical YOLO-pop splendor, “Super Pretty Naughty” has dark origins. “I think of this song as the sound of me hitting rock bottom, more than any of the heavier, darker songs on the album,” the rapper says of the track, which arrives ahead of his upcoming “divorce record” Neverlove (https://itunes.apple.com/ca/album/neverlove-deluxe-edition/id887147583?at=10l3Su&ct=BUCK+65%3ANeverlove+%28Deluxe+Edition%29%3ATime .com) (out Sept. 30) and premieres exclusively at TIME today. “I wrote this song at a time when I really needed a break from feeling terrible.”
Wracked by anxiety and “desperate for affection” after his wife left him, Buck met a girl and tried to impress her by writing her a song. He wrote down everything she liked about her favorite dance tracks and Frankensteined those elements into one track: hand-claps, la-la-la lyrics, slick synthesizers, pre-chorus buildups, bass drops, four-on-the-floor beats and references to birthday cakes, rainbows (“I wasn’t sure what she meant by that,” he says) and getting dressed up. “More than anything, the song came from wanting to make this girl like me,” he says. “I just wanted the hugs and kisses.”
The result is no parody. While Buck tries to break down today’s biggest hits into their bare, most instantly gratifying essentials, the song comes from a place of reverence for pop music, not ridicule. Buck says the track was inspired by classic house music as well as the sounds of Robyn, Iggy Azalea and Sia (who knows a thing or two about big, sad pop songs (http://time.com/93261/sia-chandelier-video-2/)). Because Sweden has such a reputation for exporting great pop music (http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2013/10/why-is-sweden-so-good-at-pop-music/280945/), he even hired Swedish songwriter-producer Mårten Tromm to work on this song and others on the album. “There are formulas that are proven to work,” he says. “The thing is, that formula is more complex than most people realize, especially on the production side of things. That big sound is not easy to achieve.”
Even the seemingly silly lyrics were labor-intensive. Buck says he mixed and matched words from his dreams, online translators (he passed phrases through multiple languages and back like a global game of telephone (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_whispers)), terribly subtitled movies and overheard conversations to concoct a song that’s both hedonistically festive and unexpectedly poignant. “It’s very difficult to just think up things that are total nonsense,” he says. “I’ve tried and failed many times.”
Again you can find the song here: http://time.com/3176458/buck-65-super-pretty-naughty-premiere/
My favourite lines:
"Also did you also used to be a baby?"
"Now it's fancy time!"
"If people could put rainbows in zoos they would do it"
"I want cake on my birthday"
"do you like sports?"
"dolphins dont go no sharp teeth"
"scissor fight!"
lol you get the idea.
Buck actually had a big influence on my life. I met him when I was a teenager and in a bad place. I told him I liked mermaids and he drew fishies all over my stuff and a little inspiring note. I think Im going to go see him live after my birthday and give him a letter letter with a mermaid photo. He's just super nice.
If you're interested in some of his more serious stuff here's a sample, you might like it
Roses and Bluejays is about his dad
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qbfhY0j4tGI
Zombie Delight is a more fun one and was filmed locally, a bunch of my friends are in it
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NCUdRUjeM-c
Here's a video about his recent divorce, so sad!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYO1cH32KQg
Original link: http://time.com/3176458/buck-65-super-pretty-naughty-premiere/
At first listen, “Super Pretty Naughty” by Canadian rapper Buck 65 sounds like a studied replica of all the club-friendly sounds of Top 40 favorites. But take a closer look at the lyrics — which include absurd phrases likes “If people could put rainbows in zoos, they would do it,” and “Hey do you like sports? / Also did you used to be a baby?”— and it becomes clear this is no ordinary pop song.
In fact, for all its nonsensical YOLO-pop splendor, “Super Pretty Naughty” has dark origins. “I think of this song as the sound of me hitting rock bottom, more than any of the heavier, darker songs on the album,” the rapper says of the track, which arrives ahead of his upcoming “divorce record” Neverlove (https://itunes.apple.com/ca/album/neverlove-deluxe-edition/id887147583?at=10l3Su&ct=BUCK+65%3ANeverlove+%28Deluxe+Edition%29%3ATime .com) (out Sept. 30) and premieres exclusively at TIME today. “I wrote this song at a time when I really needed a break from feeling terrible.”
Wracked by anxiety and “desperate for affection” after his wife left him, Buck met a girl and tried to impress her by writing her a song. He wrote down everything she liked about her favorite dance tracks and Frankensteined those elements into one track: hand-claps, la-la-la lyrics, slick synthesizers, pre-chorus buildups, bass drops, four-on-the-floor beats and references to birthday cakes, rainbows (“I wasn’t sure what she meant by that,” he says) and getting dressed up. “More than anything, the song came from wanting to make this girl like me,” he says. “I just wanted the hugs and kisses.”
The result is no parody. While Buck tries to break down today’s biggest hits into their bare, most instantly gratifying essentials, the song comes from a place of reverence for pop music, not ridicule. Buck says the track was inspired by classic house music as well as the sounds of Robyn, Iggy Azalea and Sia (who knows a thing or two about big, sad pop songs (http://time.com/93261/sia-chandelier-video-2/)). Because Sweden has such a reputation for exporting great pop music (http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2013/10/why-is-sweden-so-good-at-pop-music/280945/), he even hired Swedish songwriter-producer Mårten Tromm to work on this song and others on the album. “There are formulas that are proven to work,” he says. “The thing is, that formula is more complex than most people realize, especially on the production side of things. That big sound is not easy to achieve.”
Even the seemingly silly lyrics were labor-intensive. Buck says he mixed and matched words from his dreams, online translators (he passed phrases through multiple languages and back like a global game of telephone (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_whispers)), terribly subtitled movies and overheard conversations to concoct a song that’s both hedonistically festive and unexpectedly poignant. “It’s very difficult to just think up things that are total nonsense,” he says. “I’ve tried and failed many times.”
Again you can find the song here: http://time.com/3176458/buck-65-super-pretty-naughty-premiere/
My favourite lines:
"Also did you also used to be a baby?"
"Now it's fancy time!"
"If people could put rainbows in zoos they would do it"
"I want cake on my birthday"
"do you like sports?"
"dolphins dont go no sharp teeth"
"scissor fight!"
lol you get the idea.
Buck actually had a big influence on my life. I met him when I was a teenager and in a bad place. I told him I liked mermaids and he drew fishies all over my stuff and a little inspiring note. I think Im going to go see him live after my birthday and give him a letter letter with a mermaid photo. He's just super nice.
If you're interested in some of his more serious stuff here's a sample, you might like it
Roses and Bluejays is about his dad
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qbfhY0j4tGI
Zombie Delight is a more fun one and was filmed locally, a bunch of my friends are in it
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NCUdRUjeM-c
Here's a video about his recent divorce, so sad!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYO1cH32KQg