Confession's good for the soul, my friends.

[constance]

I thought of doing this as a poll, but I'm worried that the text length won't be enough to get me the information I crave, so if you'd just be so kind as to answer my nosy question in the comments, I'd be much obliged.

The thing that's got me thinking about this is that lately I've been listening obsessively to this one song on repeat, so much that I seem to have broken it, twice, and have had to redownload it. Twice. (No idea how this could possibly have happened, btw.) It's a total guilty pleasure, it's like nothing else I like or listen to, and I'm a little embarrassed to admit that I love it, but I really really do, I can't get enough, and I don't care whether you like it or not, will accept with equanimity your opinion that as songs go it's seriously unacceptable, but I kind of want to share it anyway:

Candyman by Christina Aguilera, fun, raunchy, retro, hooky, and completely irresistible.

So what's your current favorite, one-stop-got-me-hot song? And why do you like it? Sharing the song itself is totally optional, because what I really want here is to know that I'm not obsessing alone.

Comments

[isiscolo.livejournal.com]

My current music obsession is Le Petit Port (https://download.yousendit.com/68112D8075034201) by La Bottine Souriante, which is made somewhat more embarrassing by the fact that I don't speak French - it's just a bunch of syllables to me. But I still love it like crazy - it's boppy and repetitive and kind of like a fast march, call and response.

(I am going through a phase of preferring music that's not in English; if you check my 'music' tag you will find a big post with lots of stuff hosted on my own site and thus still out there, and also lots more uploads in the comments, some of which is still valid as well.)

[tofty.livejournal.com]

I have to admit that I'm almost always a sucker for a good lyric, so something's lost in translation, so to speak, if I can't understand what's being sung about. Still, though, I do dig a song that's all about the boppiness!

I'll check out your download list; I'm always on the lookout for new stuff to love.

[laurelwood.livejournal.com]

OMG I LOVE THIS SONG!!!! Thanks!

I've always loved not-in-English music. I like wondering what the heck they're singing about, and I like the challenge of learning to sing along (and rendering what I'm sure are very nice lyrics into horrid gibberish). Plus, you know how asinine lyrics can sometimes suck all the pleasure out of a song with a great tune/beat? With not-in-English lyrics, that never happens!

[isiscolo.livejournal.com]

Hee! Yeah, that's pretty much why I love not-in-English music. Go see my post (http://isiscolo.livejournal.com/436708.html) and download the two songs I list in French (particularly Loudeac) and the stuff that sprat uploaded - she's who I got this from, and she has two zip files (which might still be up), one with this and two other songs by this group (and several other awesome songs, including two Hebrew songs that seem to be by the Israeli Indigo Girls), another with six or so other songs by them that she uploaded when I raved over this.

[xanthophyllippa.livejournal.com]

I just took a bunch of stuff from that post - hope it's okay!

[isiscolo.livejournal.com]

It's wonderful - I hope you enjoy them!

and now, the words!

[isiscolo.livejournal.com]

I poked around a little bit and found this (http://www.sacredcircles.com/THEDANCE/HTML/DANCEPAG/ANDRO.HTM). It turns out this is a (very) old dance tune from Brittany, and the translation has the feel of a fairy tale sort of story. All those repetitive syllables in the chorus are a few nonsense words, plus this extremely cogent and thoughtful passage:

Girl on top, girl on the bottom.
Girl, girl, girl, woman,
woman, woman, woman, too!

See, this is why I like songs in languages I don't speak. :-)