The iPod always surprises

My iPod has a love / hate relationship with me. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. Like it's owner it is a bit temperamental and if it doesn't feel like working, then fuck you, it won't.

But the thing is lately, my iPod is loving me. It plays the perfect songs for my mood and every now and then it sprinkles in a song as a surprise. Lately I'm "rediscovering" artists that I didn't fall in love with at first listen. Prime example: my new favorite electro pop goddess. No, not Peaches, but Robyn. I've had her on my iPod for over a year, but I can't remember why I didn't love her the first time around.

And yes, I'm gonna give you a couple of videos. First, Cobrastyle. Yeah, a remake of the Teddybears STHLM classic (which most people will recognize since it was HEAVILY used on TV shows and in a couple of movies):



And second, we have the live version of With Every Heartbeat (complete with back-up orchestra, so that it sounds less "electro" and more "pop"):



The iPod has also re-introduced me to bands that had fallen off my radar: Jack's Mannequin being a prime example. I just downloaded the latest EP (In Valleys).....4 songs. All enjoyable. I couldn't find a video of anything from the EP, but I'll at least throw in a video of Dark Blue:



It made me think about what Marvin Gaye would come up with if he were alive today. Or Otis Redding. Or Sam Cooke. I also wonder why there is so much recycled crap on the radio these day (Beyonce's "If I Were A Boy" is a remake....the original is by BC Jean). Are there no more original ideas left?