Paper Planes: Song of the 00s.
The almighty Pitch4k will be throwing up their top 20 tracks of the 00s tomorrow and based on what we’ve seen so far this week with their list, shit’s gonna be all kinds of disappointing/annoying. But I, in my infinite wisdom, don’t need the Pitch 4ks to tell me what the best song of the past decade is, because I ALREADY KNOW WHAT IT IS MOTHERFUCKERS: “Paper Planes” by M.I.A. Here is the song, for y’alls who are so 2000-N-LATE:
M.I.A. Paper Planes
Uploaded by ecureuilvolant. - See the latest featured music videos.It’s an undeniably great song, and one shockingly recognized as such by both music critics and my sister alike. But why does it deserve to be considered song of the 00s? Technically, there are “better” songs I can think of. “Paper Planes” wins simply based on mathz.
BP + PR ÷ PG X CR - AW = SONG OF THE DECADE BITCHES
(^^One of Albert Einstein’s later theories^^)
BP = It is total “bastard” pop The 00s have been a decade defined by the art of musical reappropriation, the mining of the past to fuel the future. Hey, remember when people used to make fun of P. Diddyduffdaddypants because he sampled and stuff? Like, people actually thought sampling was stealing music and not legitimate! “Paper Planes” not only samples The Clash’s “Straight to Hell” but it takes the melody of it’s chorus from “Rump Shaker”. The Clash + Wreckx-n-Effect = OMG so 00s you don’t even know.
CR = It is a crossover hit In more ways than one. Kala was released in 2007 to high critical praise (even Rolling Stones magazine, in yet another attempt to make it look like it’s not run by your dad, picked it as album of the year) but failed to make much of a dent in the charts, most likely due to its notable lack of steel drums and T-Pain. M.I.A., despite her impossible swagguh, seemed destined to be nothing more than another idol of white hipster folk. Then it showed up in the trailer for the Seth Rogen stoner comedy (more specific plz) “Pineapple Express” and eeeveryone did one of those “oh shit what’s that song??” moments. That song was “Paper Planes”, you guys. Suddenly it was all up in the charts’ business, and all up in your mainstream nonsattelite pop radio stations. Shit’s crazy. Pitchfork to MTV in 1 movie trailer. The song was eventually featured in the Oscar winning film “Slum Dog 1000000aire” and M.I.A. performed at the Grammys with all of the rappers in the world and famous R&B singer and jheri curl spokesman Kanye West.
Aw yeah shake dat baby.
PG = It is total “pan-global” pop The internet is slowly building a world in which third world peeps will be able to become international pop stars without having to move to The Great Satan. Of course M.I.A. is not one of those peeps, as she was born in London and formed her career there. Her father was a Sri Lankan revolutionary though and she had a crazy turbulent childhood and traveled all over the world. Her music very concsiously crosses different cultural boundaries and she positions herself as a representative of the third world. So that’s progress! Pop music has to evolve. Aren’t you sick of finger snaps and 808s already? We need input from all over the place if we expect to keep our henceforth jams fresh to death. The future of pop music will most likely look a lot like M.I.A.: multi-culti.
The exciting future of pop music.
PR = It is politically relevant “Yeah, ‘Paper Planes’, that song about like, shootin’ bitches and gettin’ paid and shit!” WRONG. Ms. Arulpragasamasfeoifas herself has stated that the song is actually a satire of the way that immigrants are perceived all over the world. All they wanna do is
find a little
and take yo monay. She’s pointing out the inherent silliness in thinking that immigrants, who are generally just struggling against poverty in order to ensure that their children might have a better life than they did in a different country, are REALLY JUST MURDEROUS DRUG DEALERS WHO WANT TO TAKE ALL OUR MONIES AND TERKERRJERBBSSS. It’s very clever, especially in this decade, when immigration has been such a hot button issue and insecure white folk have had to accept the simple fact that in a few decades, they will no longer be on top. But hey,
AW = Awareness of the fact that it is politically relevant, no one is it … WHO GIVES A FUCK?? Like all politically minded hits, from “Imagine” to “99 Luftballoons”, no one really cares about what it actually means. Which is lucky, because otherwise people probably wouldn’t have liked it as much. I’m saying people are retarded.
So there you have it, the mathematical proof that “Paper Planes” is the song of the decade. Don’t even try to come at me with your formula for “Bros” or “Since U Been Gone”, this shit’s water tight. Maybe Ptch4k will agree. Or maybe they’ll just pick a Wavves song. Yeah, they’ll probably do that.
I recall that this post is basically why I joined tumblr
I remember this
I was surprised when it win honestly but b.o.b is good
