When describing the songs from this years mash-up, DJ Earworm writes,
In 2010, pop has gone into serious all-out party mode. In 2009 the music was encouraging us to pick ourselves back up after being knocked down again, and to rock out to some great dance music while you’re at it. This year’s music tells us to keep going now that we’re up and having fun. In fact, the fun seems to be in such overdrive that it borders on recklessness. Usher urges us to ‘dance like it’s the last night of your life”, and Katy Perry wants us to “run away and don’t ever look back”. Even the songs that aren’t about parties have parties in their videos, like this year’s entries from Mike Posner and Lady Antebellum.
It’s a great thing about music that you can leave your worries and lose yourself in the moment. In our current world of dance pop culture fantasy, this takes place at a club, where you can drink, meet the most amazing person you’ve ever met, and where as Ke$ha says, “the party don’t stop”.Last year, the hit was just as good, entitled "Blame it on the Pop", it interwove hits like Jamie Foxx's "Blame It" featuring T-Pain, Keri Hilson's "Knock You Down" with Kanye West and Ne-Yo, Jay Sean's "Down" featuring Lil Wayne, and The Black Eyed Peas' "Boom Boom Pow". To watch the video and hear the song, click here.
2008's installment of the "United State of Pop", entitled "Viva La Pop" which predominately featured Coldplay's hit, "Viva la Vida", can be viewed here. And the original from 2007, simply titled "The United State of Pop", is located here.
DJ Earworm makes me optimistic that the talent to truly recreate something from what they already have exists.
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