You Didn't Stand A Chance

The Treatment-Dead Disco

Ok...like my favorite song on my ipod right now...i listen to it at least once daily. Think 60's girl-groups, the Go-Go's, a smidgen of Joan Jett, a bit of Bloc Party and dare I say, Blondie. It is one of those songs that would sound amazing coming out of a car radio...in a better world, this would be massive. Incredibly infectious chorus, driving guitars and synth work. Its pop perfection. The Metronomy mix is pretty good, but stick to the original. Dead Disco don't have a full record out as of now, but have a couple of singles that are all pretty awesome, most notably Automatic. You can check them out on their MySpace site or at http://www.deaddisco.co.uk/www/

Fancy Footwork-Chromeo

Speaking of songs that should be hits...this should be massive, especially if you have a boombox. It's so 1985 its astonishing...the song kicks off with a foreboding synth noise, then a funky 80's synth comes in along with a siren (natch). I hate to compare it with anybody from the 80's, since everybody carries a preconceived notion and opinion of many 80's acts....but i will say think "New Song" by Howard Jones having the shit kicked out of him by Cameo while the "Everybody" by Madonna plays in the background (Afrika Bambaataa is the ref). Chromeo pulls off a weird feat...they manage to make the song sound incredibly hip and NYC East Village while at the same time you could play this for somebody and act astonished when they say they don't remember it from the 80's. Two key moments that are MUST HEAR: around 2:10 in the song when the female voice that's been chanting "fancy footwork" gets all cut up and funky and then around 2:30 into the song when the song basically Midnight Stars into the best Cameo riff that Kool & the Gang and the Dazz Band ever wrote. Get the picture....two step, two step.