ETC #3 "Don't Wake Me Up"

Song: "Don't Wake Me Up"
Artist: Chris Brown
Link: http://youtu.be/QOowQeKyNkQ

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QOowQeKyNkQ]

Comments: Happy Friday fellow music lovers.  This song isn't crazy new, but I heard it on the radio while working recently and I think it's excellent.  It will definitely be stuck in my head tomorrow and I have feeling probably at a not so convenient time when I'm trying to concentrate.  Anyhow, I have to give credit to the people who created this video because of the technology scenes that they put in they have definitely caught my attention and it's creative how they integrated it into the wakening aspect of the song.  The song has managed to get up to #14 on the top 100 list for Billboard and #15 on Youtube's top 100 playlist. I'll admit that the lyrics are slightly repetitive, but hopefully that this song starts getting more radio play.  Enjoy your weekend and happy listening.

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Entry 292-- "Look At Me Now"

Song: "Look At Me Now" || Artist: Chris Brown feat. Busta Rhymes, Lil Wayne || http://youtu.be/8gyLR4NfMiI ||

Comments: Good Tuesday morning ladies, gentlemen, and gender-neutral persons! This song is one of those songs that I've flip-flopped on a few times before deciding I liked it. I originally heard this song on the radio forever ago, and thought "what the [censored] is this?" Because, let's face it-- most people have never heard anything like this before. In the long run, I finally decided to give Chris Brown (no I still don't like him for beating up Rihanna, but I try and separate artist and person) the benefit of the doubt and assume he was trying for minimalism, rather than just ended up producing this after sitting down with Garage Band and a six-pack, as I had originally thought. What this song is, is a well-put together song with an interesting beat, minimal instrumentation, and clever vocals. It dodges the over-produced PILE OF NOISE that is many other songs of the genre and manages to be fairly interesting. As for the video, the choreography is pretty impressive, as is the scenery. Being a nerd, I got a serious kick out of seeing them performing on an NES controller. Enjoy!

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