big top by alphabet backwards

so, today's song is all about embracing indie-pop. sounds a bit contradictory, no? but pop music occasionally gets a bad name nowadays, what with the likes of justin bieber running around singing (warbling?) songs that, well, i can't even name. seriously. i can't even name one of his songs. i feel okay with this inability in my life. i'm a . . . how do they say it? non-belieber.

but pop can be really fun to listen to. i love to read how certain people who consider themselves to be music snobs malign the genre. "it's total crap," they sniff. "you couldn't pay me to listen to that swill."

but you know what, internets? i bet you those same haters actually have a good number of pop songs hidden on their ipods or on their computers. we all do. there's always the allure of pop - easy to listen to, easy to sing along with, that makes it impossible to truly resist. (although, YES. i can resist the beibster. and mariah. and a bunch of other "pop" singers - but that's more because they sing things that could crack glass and make dogs go deaf.)

ANYWAY. today's song, a lovely pop ditty called big top, is by the oxford based alphabet backwards.

it's got synths, hurried male-female vocals, and a beat that draws you in. it's a likable song, one that encourages you to hum along. check it out in the video below:



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