Continuing the Decade Jams posts. Part II! The sequel!
Outkast – “She Lives In My Lap” (from Speakerboxxx/The Love Below, 2003)
There are so many great songs on Speakerboxxx/The Love Below, but this is probably my favorite. Reminds me of “The Ballad Of Dorothy Parker,” which is my favorite song on Prince’s sprawling double album Sign O’ The Times. Good guitar work, the synths are subtle and tasteful, the pitched-up vocals are TOTALLY Prince.
Rufus Wainwright – “Vibrate” (from Want One, 2003)
Rufus finally totally embraced his operatic tendencies with Want One, and I was super into that. This song is super simple, but the arrangement makes you forget that. Really neat treatment of 3/4. The accents make it seem like it’s in some weird time signature, but it isn’t. Plus, great lyrics. Want One is likely my album of the decade. I listened to that album SO MUCH.
Chromeo – “Fancy Footwork” (from Fancy Footwork, 2007)
Chromeo do what they do really well. Super authentic and faithful 80’s party songs. The instrumental jam out from 2:29 on out makes this song great. Also goes to show you that you don’t have to go crazy with the synth bass.