After a month or so of non-stop World Cup watching, certain things have become routine to me. The time matches are on, the names of players from each team, the anxiety I endure when full time is nearing and my team of choice is yet to score .. and Shakira's World Cup song La La La (Brazil 2014) playing before, after and in-between every single match.
The number of times I've heard that
song could have pushed me to two extremes - extreme hatred or extreme
love - after hearing it way too many times to count in one month. Oddly,
I am leaning towards the more positive extreme. Maybe because Shakira's
song is the lesser of evils which I've had to endure - the actual
official World Cup song and the irritating voices of local commentators
being said evils.
Any way I rationalise the thought, the fact is those three little words.. (err, sounds?) are constantly stuck in my head.
"La la la", so simple, so easily recognisable, so addictive. It made me think of other "la la la" songs.
Probably the last known popular hit would be that of Naughty Boy featuring Sam Smith, also called La La La.
Unlike Shakira's catchy use of "la la la", the lyrics of Naughty Boy's
song use the childish mentality "la la la I can't hear you" to tell a
story. Likewise, the same childlike presence occurs in the much more
recent Playground by British electronic musician, Lxury. Much like it's name, Playground
offers that feeling of being back in primary school with children
running around, but in a new exciting way; conjuring
similar feelings as that of Naughty Boy's, without the lyrics.
Different feelings, different sounds but that same simple "la la la" that
everyone can relate to. There's clearly an addictive quality that reels
everyone in to sing along, and if you don't agree la la laaaa.
ps. There are 4 different versions of Sharkira's La La La, just sayin'.
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