Jay Sean ft. Lil Wayne - 'Down'
It's a couple of thousand years from now, the futuristic version of Tony Robinson off Time Team, dressed in a scruffy, baggy version of the classic science fiction tinfoil jumpsuit, jumps down into cyber-trench D, cut diagonally across a bank of servers in the great internet megavault which eventually filled up Silicon Valley, Arnifornia, in the former U.S.A. of A.
"Greetings, Archeolobot Phil, my internal messaging centre has received your communication concerning a find. Please explain for the psi-receivers at home..."
"'Ello Presentobot 2nE. What we 'ave 'ere is a cache of em-pee-threes from the early 2000s. 2009, to be precise"
"My internal database can not process 'em-pee-threes'. Elaborate."
(. It's a swanky party! Lil Wayne isn't there! Oh wait, there he is, in the soup!)
"Well, they were a primitive form of musical communication. Not unlike our modern fremulon janglebank receptor helmets, but without the i-colours. People used to baarter these as a way of expressing their feelin's and suchlike."
"More information required. What do these files tell us about the people of the time?"
"They tell us that these were people who liked sound to be arranged into short, repetitive phrases called 'melody', and that they liked simple messages of kindness and friendliness. They also tell us that people were terrified of being ignored, so they would fill every possible second with a voice making a noise of some sort. This could be a kind of wailin', howlin' noise, or a pleadin' kind of a thing. Sometimes they would talk in short grunted phrases, anything to make sure the people listenin' did not end up chattin' among themselves.
"Is there any more, or has your exposition server been formatted?"
"Yaars, it also tells us that the primitive humin larynx or 'voicebox' was already beginning to fail. Careful analysis of this file here, the one with the pretty man standing next to the man with the robotic teeth, shows that humins were already seekin' to replace the vocal folds with mechanical alternatives. They were crude to start with, but without their efforts, there was a very real risk that communication - as they knew it at the time - could have been wiped out. And this was before the discovery of telepathesis, let's not forget..."
"I have a 10 quargillian stigabyte memory, Phil. What is 'forget'?"
"Never mind, 2nE..."
"We will return after these messages of commercial import. Do not deviate!"
Download: Out now
CD Released: October 26th
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(Fraser McAlpine)
Comment number 1.
At 21st Oct 2009, BloggingLiam wrote:About 6 months ago record companies must have decided they really like repetative coruses ... Down down down down..... fight fight fight .... Battlefield battlefield ... halo halo halo ... break break break break .... etc.
Bored. New music trend please.
(How has this song cracked America so effectively?!? I've not really looked into it. Was their marketing amazing or something? Its not bad but I wouldnt expect it to get number 1 here let alone there)
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Comment number 2.
At 22nd Oct 2009, NOSH33N_x wrote:whatin gods name has this review got to with the song :S
And it shud be 5 starts.. LIL WAYNE makes it even better x x
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Comment number 3.
At 22nd Oct 2009, spirit wrote:Yep. Let's get to the point.
Very good pop song, with a very memorable chorus hook .
Jay looks fantastic and has the body and sex appeal that many women and men will like .
The video is fresh and one that is pleasing to the eye.
This oozes commercial potential.
I can see clearly that the main song buying demographic of between 14 -25 would absolutely lap this up, for the reasons above.
Throw in the cameo of huge American star Lil Wayne , and you got a sizeable hit !
How this translates this side of the pond , could be slightly different
, as the profiles of the stars are very different here , and our very own JLS have already grabbed this song style with BEAT AGAIN , which was a mega seller earlier in the year.
Nonetheless , it's a very good , commercial pop song.
P.S Missed you NOSH , lovely to see your name on these pages again. xxx
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Comment number 4.
At 22nd Oct 2009, RandomEnigma wrote:I despise Lil Wayne! Why is he so successful?
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Comment number 5.
At 23rd Oct 2009, -RachelS- wrote:Hee hee at "anything to make sure the people listenin' did not end up chattin' among themselves"!
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