He Popped Me In The Oven And Set The Dial To Lovin’

One-T and Cool-T “The Magic Key” – This must be one of the most chirpy and cheerful songs about death ever recorded. In the song, a young boy raps about the demise of his family and friends, accompanied by a day-glo Max Martin-esque backing track and a chorus so catchy that if you were to have prolonged exposure to it, you may lose your mind. Though most of the lyrics are fairly typical and trite, there are a few lines in the last verse about God being a “superhuman baker” which are both mystifyingly weird and tooth-achingly cute.

Arabesque “City Cats” – This is taken from Arabesque’s 1979 LP Arabesque II. It’s not that surprising to me that this German disco group found its greatest success in Japan. There’s a joyful, kitshy ridiculousness about this music that fits right in with a lot of other Western pop that goes over well in that part of the world, not to mention the pop music which comes directly from Japan. What does surprise me is that this never did that well in France, though I suppose that the market for silly disco was totally saturated there by the late 70s.

Elsewhere: Oorsmeer, one of my favorite music blogs in spite of being almost entirely incomprehensible to me, is hosting a Poj Masta mash-up of N.E.R.D.’s “She Wants To Move” and Spanky Wilson’s “Sunshine Of Your Love” which is pretty hot in spite of the fact that I’m pretty sick of “She Wants To Move” right now. The C.H.A.O.S. Productions remix of “I’m A Slave 4 U” in the same post is a must-hear as well.

Also: Oh, look! Another mp3 blog: Music (For Robots).