I Just Had Sex by The Lonely Island
I can’t wait until this song gets as big I’m On A Boat and it gets legitimately played in clubs where all the hipster kids who pride themselves on listening to The National, Fleet Foxes and Arcade Fire, and with their ironic mustaches and floral dress/doc martens combos race to the dance floor to sing every word.
The Lonely Island are awesome, I must say. Not that I’ve ever been a huge fan of the novelty song (it has its place but not in the charts), these two and their seamless and perfect inclusion of the “so hot right now” rapper of their choice is like a comedy candy factory that has me salivating with grabby hands wanting more.
Lyrics wise, as fun as it is, I can’t say this one is up the the I’m on a Boat standard, but video wise it is right up there. Wiki doesn’t tell me who directed the clip (because wiki is the well known source of all knowledge, clearly. Also, a google search of “I just had sex video director” returns a result of Roman Polanski =/) but I assume both clips were directed by the same person because the shots are absolutely perfect in their mimicking of rap videos. That high shot from the rooftop makes me laugh as it is so spot on. That sort of cinematography combined with the sequences of the guys rapping to the camera while scenes play out in the background (or next to them) all adds to the humor of the video and the song.
And who doesn’t love a celebrity cameo??? Blake Lively + Jessica Alba + John McEnroe = all sorts of awesome that you just can’t not love.
Finishing on that communal feeling where Akon invites us all to sing along (this will be the point the DJ switches off the volume so we can all sing like idiots) - it almost gives you a feeling of accomplishment or a sense of belonging. You just want to join in and be a part of this happy, happy crowd. I guess they’re saying that’s what sex does for you. It makes you shoot fireworks out of your penis. I see what you did there.
