To commemorate this event, I've pulled together a little track list for the soundtrack of the summer. Not the most intellectual of songs, the following are a perfect mix to play at a summertime soiree, or while speeding down the highway during a road trip with six friends. Essentially the first of the robot-rock bands, Devo serves up new wave goodness on an electronic platter. Hey, I may be totally wrong, but I'm certainly a dancin' fool. Corin Tucker's voice shouts down on us from high, and I almost stop to kneel and remove my sandals.
Every good anthem has a chorus in the first person.
Every mix needs an old-school rap song, and this one is quintessential. The end product of the ever-endearing love of John and Yoko, Sean Lennon proves in this song that he's not all sappy pop crap. Because tomorrow, April 27, is my birthday, and my brother and sister are the cutest human beings on the planet. Follow him as he gets really sick, meets with phenomenal financial success, and then loses it all to the vices of international stardom. This error has created such an uproar to necessitate Web sites like this, T-shirts, and who knows what else.