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Song of the Day #559: ‘Lights Out’ – Santogold

I chose today’s song not because I had anything particularly interesting to say about it but because I hadn’t paid much attention to this album in a long time and I figured it was due a little love.

I did stumble across an interesting tidbit while preparing for this blog entry, though.

Apparently Santogold (which is the stage name of Santi White) changed her name to Santigold a year ago after she was sued by Santo Gold, a company that produced a bizarre infomercial in the mid-80’s selling a money-making opportunity related to gold jewelery and a wrestling movie called Blood Circus.

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Song of the Day #174: ‘L.E.S. Artistes’ – Santogold

santolgoldTen Best Songs of 2008 – #8

It’s a testament to what a strong year for music 2008 was that Santogold’s self-titled debut album didn’t manage to crack my top ten. I feel like it deserves to be there, but looking at the list I’m not willing to drop anything else to make room for her.

Santogold is a delirious blend of M.I.A. and an 80s new wave band, equally at home rapping and delivering a sugar sweet chorus. I considered several songs on her album, including ‘I’m a Lady,’ which I featured on the blog back in August but eventually settled on the lead-off song ‘L.E.S. Artistes.’

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Song of the Day #30: ‘I’m a Lady’ – Santogold

My family members often laugh at the “obscure” bands I listen to, or at least know about. They’ll throw out a group name like Jars of Clay thinking it’s freakishly obscure and laugh when I say “Yeah, they’re a Christian rock band.”

But my secret is that I’m far from hip by the standards of true hipsters. Real music geeks (and I know a few of them) are familiar with bands that have never put out a CD, bands that have played only two gigs in the back room of a pizza joint.

I’m what I think of as “New York Times” hip. Meaning I know about bands that have been written up in the Arts & Leisure section of The New York Times. Now, my parents (who are decidedly unhip when it comes to new music) read The New York Times every day, but they don’t read those articles.

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