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The video game Alan Wake was recently released and having spent the entire weekend in Bright Falls I’ve completed it. It’s a great game, possibly the best horror game I’ve ever played. You should go buy it. Enough of that, in the game you encounter a jukebox. The jukebox has one tune. Said tune is by Harry Nilsson and is freakishly catchy. I think my girlfriend is on the verge of leaving me because I’m constantly humming “put the lime in the coconut.. and drink ‘em both up..”. Anyways, here’s the song. Enjoy.

Lyrics:(courtesy of http://www.guntheranderson.com/v/data/coconut.htm)

I’m a hummer. Most of times I have a song playing on repeat in my head. At times it’s great , other times - not so great. Like now. A couple of months a go I stumbled across Auto-Tune the News on YouTube. Said months later and I’m still playing the Auto-Tune the News 24/7 concert in my head. I’m starting to get somewhat tired. However, perhaps this is some kind of viral thing. Perhaps I must ‘pass it on’? Well, I’m gonna try that. The part in question is the part where Katie Couric starts talking about the melting of the north pole. We find ourselves on very thin ice. Very Thin Ice. Very, very, very thin ice. Very Thin Ice. Surely you jest, I’m under cardiac arrest. We’re on very thin ice. It starts at 1:20. Enjoy. And don’t give this virus back to me. Thanks.

Oh, and if you liked it you should also pay attention to people on the roads who are texting while driving. After all: People on the road can turn an LOL into a great big OMG.

Je suis enchante. Ou est le bibliotheque? Voila, mon passport! Ah, Gerard Depardieu. Baguette. Ah ha ha. Baguette oh oh, hoh! hoh! Foux du fa fa. Foux du fa fa fa fa. Foux du fa fa. Ah ee aah. Foux du fa fa. Foux du fa fa fa fa. Foux du fa fa. Ah ee aah. Et maintenant le voyage a la supermarché. Pamplemousse! Ananas! Jus d’orange! Boeuf! Soup du Jour! Camembert! Jacque Cousteau! Baguette! Hoh! Danger. Bonjour. Bonjour. Bonjour. Bonjour, monsieru. Bonjour mon petite bureau de change. Ca va? Ca va. Ca va? Ca va. Voila le conversation a la parc. Ou est le livre? A la bibliotheque. Et le musique dance? Et le discotheque. Et le discotheque? C’est ici, baby! Un deux, un deux trois quaaatre! Foux du fa fa. Foux du fa fa fa fa. Foux du fa fa. Ah ee aah. Foux du fa fa. Foux du fa fa fa fa. Foux du fa fa. Ah ee aah. Ou est la piscine? Pardon moi? Ou est la piscine? …. Uh… Splish Splosh! Eh…? Je ne comprends pas. Parlez-vous le francais? Eh..? Parlez-vous le francais? Uh….No. Oh.. Foux du fa fa. Foux du fa fa fa fa. Foux du fa fa. Ah ee aah. Foux du fa fa. Foux du fa fa fa fa. Foux du fa fa. Ah ee aah.

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This is the last time I’ll whine about how much I’ve worked lately. I promise. Stop sending me hate mail. Stop kidnapping my family for ransom. Stop nailing my door shut. I am aware of the Great World Famine. I am aware of the wars of the world.  Anywho – because of my unhealthy addiction I always tune in to NRK P3 whilst at work. This has severe side-effects, as P3 pretty much plays the same few songs over and over and over and over and over again. That’s why I over the last couple of weeks  could be found strolling around humming and singing to none other than Alesha Dixon – The boy does nothing.  Hit the jump for lyrics and a live performance by Ms. Dixon. I have no further comment.

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It’s been nearly six months, but Brett Dennen is bothering me no more. He’s been replaced by the awesome Boston based band Freezepop. Yes. Freezepop. Song: Less Talk More Rokk. The song is from the 2007 album Future Future Future Perfect.  Some of you may have been, as I was,  introduced to this song by Harmonix and its Guitar Hero II. In fact Harmonix are true Freezepop fans. Every music game they’ve made features a Freezepop song.  (Brainpower in Rock Band - short but difficult)

Less Talk More Rokk is an awesome song. A synthpop tune with a Happy Feel to it. It’s also a ridiculously fun play in Guitar Hero.
Freezepop website: http://www.myspace.com/freezepop

~ The Lyrics ~

The basement scene is dark and dusty
the musty smell of stale air
cobwebs dangle overhead
people stumble down the stairs

let’s get this party started, yo!
the band are in the corner of the floor
their songs are pretty kick-ass
we’re dancing like we’ve never danced before

The music is loud
the kids are so young
all over the world
they wanna have fun
the music is so loud
it drowns out the talk
all over the world
just give us more rock
the music is loud
the night is so young
all over the world
we wanna have fun
the music gets louder
please don’t call the cops
all over the world
we just wanna rock!

The kitchen scene is damp and sticky
they’re lined up at the keg of PBR
we’re yelling conversations
through the floor you hear the keyboard and guitar

I’m getting kind of antsy
I just came up here to get some air
this isn’t where the music’s at
I guess I’m going back down there

The music is loud
the kids are so young
all over the world
they wanna have fun
the music is so loud
it drowns out the talk
all over the world
just give us more rock
the music is loud
the night is so young
all over the world
we wanna have fun
the music gets louder
please don’t call the cops
all over the world
we just wanna rock!

The basement scene is hot and sweaty
bodies packed from wall to wall
the band are tearing through their set
the encore is the best of all

let’s keep this party going, yo
we’ve got nowhere else to be
someone yells, “less talk more rock!”
mostly unironically

The music is loud
the kids are so young
all over the world
they wanna have fun
the music is so loud
it drowns out the talk
all over the world
just give us more rock
the music is loud
the night is so young
all over the world
we wanna have fun
the music gets louder
please don’t call the cops
all over the world
we just wanna rock!

we just wanna rock!

we just wanna rock!

we just wanna rock!

we just wanna rock!