My Music Guilty Pleasures: #9

It took a lot of will-power to resist the temptation of naming The Beatles' Revolution 9 as my 9th highest ranked guilty pleasure. Not just because of the obvious 9 in the song title, but because of the infamously repeated "number 9, number 9, number 9, number 9, number 9". But then it struck me; I loathe it. It's one of the most ludicrously bad patchworks of music (if you can actually class it as such) that I've ever had the misfortune of coming across. It's certainly not what you'd expect from the song-writing behemoth that is John Lennon. I guess we all have our bad days. On with the show...

Ladyhawke - Black, White & Blue

Big thanks to EA Sports for introducing me to this song. Soundtracks from the annually iterated FIFA video game franchise are traditionally excellent, with a diverse range of international music being the dish of the day. I've always found more household names (that more directly appeal to my tastes) to cling onto over the years though, such as Muse, Gorillaz, Franz Ferdinand and, well...The Enemy. I openly admit that I like The Enemy, despite their obnoxiousness and relative shitness. Ladyhawke, however, is not a name I would have expected to pique such interest from me. I dare say that this track is my favourite out of all listed on the FIFA 13 soundtrack...even above Kasabian's Club Foot. Apparently this song can also be found in Forza Horizon and Sleeping Dogs, which is rather nifty. Reminds me, I still need to play both... There's a real tinge of Abba to the chorus, which is very often a good thing for a by the numbers pop hit, even if it may ride slightly too close to the awkward red-taped line of plagiarism. Regardless, this song's black, white and bloody brilliant. Urgh, me neither...me neither...

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