…we already goddam HAD them: Jurassic 5 - What’s Golden
…every now and again, I find an absolute gem of song from, like, a DECADE ago that’s not just good, but strikingly forward-pointing — songs that utterly preempt Pop Music In Two-Thousand-Eleven.
Sure, I’m thrilled to find something novel and brilliant, and yeah, it’s even more thrilling when it’s visionary, but along with the usual joy of discovery, I feel angry. It’s like when you find out that Ancient Romans had basically already nailed modern plumbing, but for whatever dumbshit historical reason, the next 2,000 years or so couldn’t even fucking hit the cruise control — back to shitting in huge stank-piles, I guess.
Ginuwine’s “Pony” is a perfect example (though I strongly advise just ignoring the music video once it comes up — it, uh, sucks). The song fits effortlessly into a 2011 playlist, but completely outclasses everything modern that strives to the same musical ends.
Look at the copyright date: motherfucking 1996. Its very existence alone should have kept so, so much shitty pop from even happening.
Anyway, I feel like I found another such song with the aforementioned “What’s Golden”, but whether or not you agree that it’s Futuremusic, it’s tough to see how it can’t make your evening better.
