Skipping across the music video channels over my cereal this morning I was agog at the sheer lameness of some of the trumpeted indie bands out there - I Was A Cub Scout ripping off the pacy emo-motorik (emotorik?) of Bloc Party, without any tunes, and Air Traffic were like Keane attempting the martial bits of Arcade Fire, without any tunes. Truly desperate.
Cue L'il Mama over at MTV Base. She doesn't need any "angular guitars" or played-out synths or doe-eyed Bambi-pamby vocals. In fact, she doesn't need any fucking instruments at all, just some clapping and some E-number-amped flow. The lyrics don't try to articulate why the girl left me or what's wrong with the state of things, they're about how great lipgloss is. She can dance too. An infinite number of Wombats clapping an infinite number of hands together could never come up with something this catchy, let alone be able to jack to it afterwards.
Lil Mama - Lipgloss
Of course, there are precedents for this sort of production, not least of all this all-time classic:
Clipse - Grindin'
Still absolutely fresh after five years. The funk holy grail is surely to reach the point, as these tracks reach towards, where a single rhythm barely coheres yet is still totally danceable. Any suggestions on the ultimate examples?
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