Blame It On the Pop

[fracturedrefuge]

I will admit it.  I am musically jaded.  But this, oh this...It makes me smile every time I hear it or watch the video (and not just because Ryatt also loves it and dances like crazy when he hears it).

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In case you cannot watch the brilliance that is this video (or listen to the amazingness that is the song), what it is is a music mashup.  Every year for the past three years, DJ Earworm has taken the top 25 songs according to the Billboard 100 and mashed them up into 4-minute bites of pure aural yumminess he has dubbed the United State of Pop. (Here are links for the 2007 and 2008 version.)  This year, the songs were:

• The Black Eyed Peas - BOOM BOOM POW
• Lady Gaga - POKER FACE
• Lady Gaga Featuring Colby O’Donis - JUST DANCE
• The Black Eyed Peas - I GOTTA FEELING
• Taylor Swift - LOVE STORY
• Flo Rida - RIGHT ROUND
• Jason Mraz - I’M YOURS
• Beyonce - SINGLE LADIES (PUT A RING ON IT)
• Kanye West - HEARTLESS
• The All-American Rejects - GIVES YOU HELL
• Taylor Swift - YOU BELONG WITH ME
• T.I. Featuring Justin Timberlake - DEAD AND GONE
• The Fray - YOU FOUND ME
• Kings Of Leon - USE SOMEBODY
• Keri Hilson Featuring Kanye West & Ne-Yo - KNOCK YOU DOWN
• Jamie Foxx Featuring T-Pain - BLAME IT
• Pitbull - I KNOW YOU WANT ME (CALLE OCHO)
• T.I. Featuring Rihanna - LIVE YOUR LIFE
• Soulja Boy Tell ‘em Featuring Sammie - KISS ME THRU THE PHONE
• Jay Sean Featuring Lil Wayne - DOWN
• Miley Cyrus - THE CLIMB
• Drake - BEST I EVER HAD
• Kelly Clarkson - MY LIFE WOULD SUCK WITHOUT YOU
• Beyonce - HALO
• Katy Perry - HOT N COLD

Normally, I would never like any of these songs if heard on their own.  But somehow, DJ Earworm has managed to put them together in such a way that the song conveys this overwhelming message of hope and getting back up when you fall.  And that is beautiful.

Plus, it's just catchy as hell. *grin*
P.S. I would highly encourage you to check out his website.  He has done many, many other amazing mashups, all of which are available for free.  I highly recommend "Don't Mess With Orgasmatron" (warning: NSFW) and "No One Takes Your Freedom."