Stumbling Down The Staircase That I Built With My Own Hands

Yellow Note Vs. Pukka “Naked, Drunk, and Horny” – I posted this song about a year ago, but that shouldn’t make too much difference considering that there’s so many more people reading this blog now than back then. I’m not sure what breaks my heart more: The fact that this song is not and probably won’t ever be a massive hit in spite of the fact that there are probably millions of people out there who would love it, or that the Yellow Note album which contains it after its initial release as a one-off single is such a tremendous dud. Of course, the singer Pukka does not appear on the rest of the tracks from We Love Everybody…You’re Next!, but that’s only half of the problem – most of the album is nothing but tedious and painfully unimaginative beginner’s level retro-80s keyboard music, devoid of the kind of joyous pop hooks that “Naked, Drunk, and Horny” has in abundance. Nevermind the rest of that record, though. To borrow a phrase from Uncle Grambo of the Whatevs blog, “Naked, Drunk, and Horny” is SO FUCKING BEST. This is as good as modern electro pop gets – sexy come-ons, tweeness, self-deprecation, a keyboard bit that sounds a lot like Depeche Mode’s “Just Can’t Get Enough,” vocodered vocals, and inexplicable references to DIY carpentry all wrapped up in one bright and shiny pop package.

Also: Fans of mp3 blogging should check out the fairly new site Fruits Of Chaos // A Sampler, which hosts some rather obscure songs and is curated by two girls who are apparently students at NYU.

Oh look: There’s another Fluxblog.