It's A Struggle (MVP: Edition 2 - Imma Be Rockin That Body)

I'm not supposed to like this music. This is the kind of stuff I am supposed to hate on and make fun of people that like it. But sue me, I like the Black Eyed Peas.

I first got into BEP back in 2005 and have had an on again/off again like with them. Fergie has also gone in and out of my celebrity crushes because sometimes she is smokin hot and others she is not that fun to look at.

When "Boom Boom Pow" came out, my sister and I jammed to it. I acquired the cd, but after one listen my response was "eh" and that was it. Then "I Gotta Feeling" came out and once again it was cool to sing at football games when they played it at the stadium, but I never listened to the song on my own. Then I heard "Imma Be" on the radio and bobbed my head, but once again nothing more.

However, lately I've been hearing "Rock That Body" and I don't know what it is about that song, but I can't stop listening. I've probably played it like 5 times today. And then I discovered this video.

I'm not supposed to like this. And I struggle because the alternative-rock loving musical side of me wants to be like "that damn autotune is taking over and every song sounds the same blah blah blah" but I just end up... dancing. Or trying to at least.

Sidenote: I do listen to more than just alternative. In fact, I'm waiting for Lupe Fiasco's new cd to come out, Jay Z is one of the best musicians I have ever heard and I have two hip hop cds coming up on my Music Sunday countdown.

But back to the Black Eyed Peas. This video is great. It has a concept, the two songs mash together perfectly and Fergie is bringin sexy back.

So let me indulge in my guilty pleasure and I will go back to hating on Justin Bieber, Miley Cyrus and Ke$ha.

*Because I do hate Ke$ha. The fact that I took a couple extra seconds to find the dollar sign to type her name makes me feel like I sold out. So thank the Internet when a fellow blogger posted this gem:

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MVP: Edition 1 - Substitution

So I thought about going back to an old theme I used to do, but I think I will just start a new one and go back to the other one maybe next week?

MVP = Music Video Post.

You would think that with MTV officially coming out and saying they are no longer a "music" channel, music videos would be dying. But it seems to almost be the opposite. Some of the greatest and coolest videos are still coming out, you just have to know where to find them.

So that's what MVP posts will do. Showcase awesome music videos, from the present and occasionally from the past. (Well, the ones that the internet will let me).

Here's what you do: Watch. Enjoy. Tell me what you think.

In this case, an emphasis on the "tell me what you think" part, because this is one of those videos where I'm not necessarily sure of the meaning.

I've been doing a top 50 countdown of my favorite cds on Sundays (just click the tags "Music Sunday" or "Top 50" to see recent posts). At some point I had to make a cut off, but if I were to do that list now some things would change. For one, "Continuum" would be much higher. But also, "Swoon" by the Silversun Pickups would have to make the list at some position. The more I listen to it, the more I love it.

"Substitution" is the second single (Panic Switch was the first and Royal We is in current rotation) and a song that I still get excited about when it comes on. It just has a really cool feel to it. The music video is awesome in my opinion, even if I have no idea what it means.

So help me out, what do you think they are saying? Or is it just random, which would be fine by me...