My iTunes library usually reflects my current taste in music with just a hint of 90's and early 00's nostalgia. And once in a while when it's on shuffle, one of these tracks pops up and I just hit repeat and enjoy.
Remember when Robin Thicke first came out on the music scene in 2002? I do. He only went by his last name then, kids. I remember when the music video was on MTV, when they actually played music (god do I sound like an old fuck. In the grand scheme of things it wasn't exactly that long ago but it sure feels like it). The first thing I noticed was that he sampled Walter Murphy's "A Fifth Of Beethoven" from the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack (yep, I knew that even when I was 15. I knew my shit even back then!) and it sounded really good. I also liked that he was biking around NYC in the video, too. I remember trying to get this on my MP3 player (no iPod back then for me, it was this clunky old thing, but it did the job) for the longest time, then I grew out of the song. Then Robin Thicke came out with "Blurred Lines" this year, which I'm not the biggest fan of, and my mind went back to this song, which is now on my iPod for the time being (my music always rotates). It really is a good jam, even though he took an entire song and wrote lyrics over it and added a drum beat. But at least he gave credit to the original artist, so it's all good.
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