January 2007 - The Year in Music

Wow its January 2007 already.

If you are looking for some music to beat the winter blues (no pun intended), Ministry of Sound has put out Clubber’s Guide 2007. This year there is a US edition and the usual European edition.

As if there is good dance music in the US. The European one is what I am recommending here.

US dance music is generally sampled hooks covered by bad vocals with lyrics that are all metaphors for anal intercourse.

On the Ministry of Sound album you get the best club music from Europe - which is still greatly inspired by 80’s pop and alternative (new wave) music. And the lyrics…well lets just say they are more wholesome. For example what could possibly be innuendo in the phrase “I’ll lick your ice cream…and you can lick my lollipop”? (DADA Feat. Sandy Rivera & Trix on CD 1) . It is practically saying “I’m not looking to Chingy you up the butt right thar!”

2007 promises to be a better year for music than 2006 and 2005 where everyone from Alanis Morissette to Zero 7 just put out greatest hits albums. There is a new Yello album due out this year as well as Sneaker Pimps and possibly even Information Society. I certainly hope The Benassi Bros get it to together for a new release with new material.

2006 wasn’t all bad. The new Basement Jaxx rocks and Koop’s new Koop Islands CD shows that they can to even back further to revive classic jazz.

You know that you’re getting old when they call the music that you blared home from your graduation ceremony “classic rock” or even “oldies”. D’oh!