12/13/12

Candidates for the 2012 Poet Laureate

A letter to my musical snob brother (I write this with love and respect...)

Come on Nick, admit it.  You know, deep down in your soul, that you love pop music.  Sure you spent your teens and early 20s as a Phish/Widespread Panic devotee, traveling to 3-day concerts and noodle dancing out of imaginary boxes you drew in the air...but recall that I wasn't as drunk as you at [my own] college graduation.  I saw you throw your hands up in the air with pure joy when Britney's "Hit Me Baby One More Time" came on.  In vino veritas.  Am so happy (though you might not be) that I could share that magical moment with you.  A good sister never forgets...

The brilliant news, Nick?  Daniel Kim has once again put together his seminal pop "Dan"thology for the year.  It's a beautiful thing, so only fair to share with you, Nick, and the rest of the Internets.

 
And yes, I've clearly got WAY too much time on my hands this evening, because I also decided to transcribe the entire mash-up -- all eight minutes of it -- to see if the amalgamated lyrics could be pop song in their own right.  I particularly like the phonetic Korean towards the late verses...I won't lie, I didn't transcribe that myself.  No one has THAT much time on their hands.  (Though someone clearly did, since I found it online.)   

Anyway, never say popstars aren't poets...

Danthology's Pop Mash-Up 2012 

Oh I'm at a payphone
The sun goes down, the stars come up...
So whistle baby, whistle baby let me know
Where are the times gone?
The universe will never be the same
So whistle baby, whistle baby 

Here. We. Go.

All I wanna do is love your body
Ooh baby baby, ooh baby baby
Tonight's you're lucky night, I know you want it
Ooh baby baby, yeah baby baby

I had a way then, losing it all on my own,
I find it so stupid, so why should I hide...
Don't wake me uuuuuuuuppppp
...that I love to make love to you baby
Sorry for party rocking.

Some nights I stay up cashing in my bad luck
Some nights I call it a draw.
What doesn't kill you makes you stronger
Stand a little taller
Doesn't mean I'm lonely when I'm alone...

Now I'm at a payphone...
Hell yeah, dirty bass
Ghetto girl, you drive me craze
Hell yeah, dirty bass...

Oooh oooh oooh oooh, let's go
Turn up the music 'cos this song just came on    
Here and now, I'm talkin' here and now
Let's go
Turn up the music if they try to turn us down...
I'm talkin' here and now, I'm talkin' here and now

It's not about what you've done,
It's about what you do it.
Cross my heart and I hope to die
It's all about where you're goin'
No matter where you been...
Can I only stay with you one more night?

Oooh oooh oooh oooh
Hey, I just met you...and this is crazy
But here's my number...so call me maybe
I think I've finally had enough
I think I maybe think too much
I think this might be it for us
Blow me one last kiss...
Last kiss

Hey, I heard you were a wild one, wild one
'Cos that's just how we do it
Dirty dancing in the moonlight
Take me down like I'm a domino
Let's go!

Feelin' so right...
Oooh baby baby, dancin' in the moonlight
Oooh baby baby, got me feelin' so right  
Oooh baby baby 

I let it fall, my heart
And as it fell, you rose to claim it
It was dark and I was over 
Until you kissed my lips
And you saved me

You chewed me up and spit me out
Like I was poison in your mouth
You took my light, you drained me down
But that was then, and this is now 

Well let me love you...
Don't wanna break your heart
Wanna give your heart a break
I know you're scared it's wrong
That you might make a mistake
This is the part of me 
That you're never gonna, ever 
Take away from me...

Well let me love you...
There's just one life to live
There's no time to wait, to waste
So let me give your heart a break. 
This is the part of me 
That you're never gonna ever 
Take away from me...

So if by the time the bar closes
And you feel like falling down
I'll carry you home...TONIGHT
I'm wide awake
We are young...
I can go fast, I can go slow
I can places nobody else goes
TONIGHT
I'm wide awake
We are young...
I can go fast, I can go slow
I can places nobody else goes

If I was your boyfriend
I'd never let you go, UNH
Take you places you ain't never been before
Baby, take a chance or you'll never ever know
I got money in my hands that I'd really like to blow
Swag swag swag, on you
Chillin' by the fire while we eatin' fondue
I don't know about me, but I know about you
So say hello to falsetto in three, two
Swag heh...

Good morning and goodnight
I wake up at twilight
Starships were meant to fly...
We don't even have to try
Oppa, gangnam style  

And it feels like I am just too close to love you
We've reached our climax...
As long as you love me
Hey, sexy lady...woahoahoahoh
It's always a good time
I hear you heartbeat to the beat of the drum
Baby, you light up my world like nobody else...     
As long as you love me
Hey sexy lady...woahoahoahoh-oh-oh

Shine bright like a diamond
Oppa, gangnam style
Shine bright like a diamond
Ahhhhhhhh
Pound the alarm...

I've been everywhere, man, lookin' for someone
Someone who can please me, love me all night long 
I've been everywhere, man, lookin' for you babe
Lookin' for you babe, searchin' for you babe

Naneun sanai-he
Jeomjahna boijiman nol taen
Noneum sanai-he
Ttaega doemyeon wanjeon
Michyeobeorinean sanai-he
Geunyukboda sansangyi
Ultunbultunghann sanai-henai
Geuron sanai-he

At skyfall...

I'm bullet-proof, nothing to lose
Fire away, fire away     
Ricochet, you take your aim
Fire away, fire away
You shoot me down, but I won't fall
I am titanium
You shoot me down, but I won't fall
I am titanium

Waohaohaohaohaoh-oh-oh
Waohaohaohaohaoh-oh-oh
Waohaohaohaohaoh-oh-oh
 
This is love, this is love, this is...
...international love

Where you been, where you been
Where you been all my life...?
Where have you been all my li-i-i-i-i-fe?
There was a tiiiiiime
I used to look into my father's eyes 
Like when you said you felt so happy, 
You could die...

Forget about your friends
They don't care where we go
If they do, we'll get lost in a crowd of peoplec
I've been looking for you forever
Baby we go, together
NBaby we go, w, we go

We'll run where lights won't chase us
Hide where love can save us
I will never let you go

Now you're just somebody that I used to know...

L-U-V Madonna
Y-O-U, you wanna
L-U-V Madonna
Y-O-U, you wanna...

Waohaohaohaohaoh-oh-oh
It's always a good time...
Waohaohaohaohaoh-oh-oh

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