While I don’t see this happening anytime soon (there are just so many bad songs), occasionally a lengthy, multilayered, roller coaster ride of a song comes along that allows us to forget about all the trash. In a perfect world, after we find a way to make sure there are no more bad songs, the void that is left behind is filled with a bunch of great, 7-to-13-minute songs. Regardless of the genre, it’s one of the better sung songs I’ve heard in quite some time.Īll of these aspects of “Pyramids” are important as far as its staying power, but none of them are what stood out the most. I’m saying this song definitely causes pregnancy. Am I saying this song might cause pregnancy? No. There will be an unusual spike in births in about nine months.So clever, in fact, that all of the following are referenced, alluded to, or explicitly stated in the lyrics: Cleopatra, Mark Antony, the Pyramids, Samson, Isis, the skin complexion and controversial ancestral history of Egyptians, mummification, the Battle of Actium, Adam and Eve, Ra, The Luxor Las Vegas, pimps, prostitutes, and motel rooms with only VHS players. The singer, occasional rapper, and eldest member of hip-hop angst collective Odd Future (OFWGKTA), Frank Ocean, released a song this past Friday, titled “Pyramids,” from his highly anticipated debut album Channel Orange.
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