In 2006, I was lucky enough to attend two of the best concerts of my life: Kanye West at the Gibson Amphitheater in LA and Daft Punk at Coachella. You’d think this song, therefore, would make me crap my pants, but unfortunately (or fortunately, I guess), I remain firmly in control of my bodily functions. It just seems a little soon to be sampling Daft Punk songs— “Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger” still stands alone as an amazing (better?) song in its own right. At least this isn’t as bad as Busta Rhymes, who sampled “Technologic” after it had only been out for a year.

The more I listen to this, the more it’s growing on me, though, and I think I may eventually come to love it once I’ve shaken off the shock of hearing a beloved song sampled. To this end, the video definitely helps: you’ve got your Daft Punk guys, fully decked out in their awesome robot outfits, and your Kanye, looking sharp as always with some especially great venetian-blind-inspired sunglasses. I have no idea what the plot is, but it involves a futuristic hospital, a SWAT team, dancing girls, and some perplexing Asian writing flashing up onscreen. I just hope the Asian writing doesn’t include the symbol for “stronger,” because that’s just a little too cheesy-lower-back-tattoo for my taste. Any translators out there?

“Oh My God” is the first single from Mark Ronson’s new album Version. For those of you [Americans] who don’t know who he is and are confused as to why this isn’t billed as a Lily Allen song since she does all the singing, Ronson is a London DJ who, over the past few years, has gained some notoriety for his covers of rock and pop songs. This new album is no different: in addition to “Oh My God,” which was originally sung by the Kaiser Chiefs, tracks include covers of Coldplay, Ryan Adams, Britney Spears, The Zutons and Kasabian, among others.

Anyway, the video is a Roger Rabbit-esque club scene featuring an animated Lily Allen seducing the various male patrons with her singing. In a classy move, she also blows a kiss to the Kaiser Chiefs, who appear in the video (“Thanks for letting me borrow your song, boys!”) as some of the aforementioned lovestruck patrons.

As cool as it all is, I can’t help but be a little disappointed that Lily Allen doesn’t make a flesh-and-blood appearance; she’s a sexy little firecracker. I would be afraid to ever date her though… half of her songs are about the sexual dysfunctions of the various boys she’s been with. Not that I have any. I swear. Oops.

Campy British sensation Mika has already been compared plenty to Freddie Mercury. "Big Girl (You Are Beautiful)" is unlikely to change that -- it's like a kinder, sweeter, disco-infused "Fat Bottomed Girls," joyfully performed on a sugar high. Bursting forth with color and energy, the video features Mika boisterously taking to the streets with a wide assortment of plus-sized women, dancing and cavorting in what looks like one of the most fun block parties ever.

Skinny girls, watch out. Between this and A Fat Rant, the day of the big girl isn't just coming -- I think it's here. Sit back, have a donut, and enjoy.

John Mayer may be the King of Sissy Rock, but never let it be said that the guy doesn't like to mix things up. He got white people dancing on Chappelle's Show, he donned a bear suit to chat with fans on his own show (the little seen and creatively named John Mayer Has a TV Show), and now he's broken out this tearful post-show confession at Red Rocks Ampitheatre.

Seems that John's regularly scheduled backstage pit bull fight went awry during the show, and things went downhill from there. Oopsie.

I'm sure an angry letter from the National American Pit Bull Terrier Association is on its way as we speak, but I myself prefer to focus on the positive, such as John's fine use of the word "truncated." You don't get a lot of good "truncated" nowadays.

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