The Best Song You're Not Listening To

As a fledgling member of the blogosphere, we at pOp/Ed understand that we have a social responsibility to educate; to leave the world better than the way we found it. That's why we're introducing a regular segment called The Best Song You're Not Listening To. Here, we fully intend to use our nonexistent sway to convince you that you're musical taste is not only wrong, but completely unoriginal. We will then reprogram you to enjoy some lesser known, but no less amazing songs. Except miracles.

Let's start simple.
This weeks' Best Song You're Not Listening To is Robyn's Be Mine!! (first exclamation provided by Robyn, second added in giddy gay delight). You may know Robyn as a pre-Britney of sorts, pedaling amazing Max Martin creations like (Do You Know) What it Takes and Show Me Love, whetting our appetites for future creations like ...Baby One More Time, I Want It That Way and Since U Been Gone (ya this guy is probably the smartest man who's ever lived). But she was quickly swept aside for the girl with the platinum hair and the sales to match. No one heard much from her thereafter. Until suddenly I came across her iTunes page one fateful day in 2005 and noticed she had quietly released a self-titled album. After investigating the album I realized that Robyn was secretly releasing some of the catchiest, most shameless pop music in the post-Teenybop era.

Now, three years later, a slightly retinkered version of the album is finally seeing a proper stateside release. Which means now is the perfect time to find out what you've been missing. Start with Be Mine, a mournful little nugget wrapped in the sweetest sugary coating. "It's a good thing tears never show in the pouring rain / as if a good thing ever could make up for all the pain" Robyn coos over a skittering, relentlessly upbeat backtrack. And i'll be damned if here gentle "i just miss you, that's all" admission in during the song's spoken bridge isn't one of the sweetest, rawest displays in recent pop-music memory. So be smart, and download Be Mine! now. Video below.



If you like this, try: Handle Me, With Every Heart Beat and Konichiwa Bitches; all from Robyn's self-titled album.

Lemme know what y'all think.
~j

(C says: Good work, J. I don't have much to say here except that I wasn't listening to this song before you brought it to my attention, and I'm better off for having heard it. Brace yourself, because I have some hidden gems that I'll unearth in the upcoming weeks.)