All that glitters is not gold…
August may not have any holidays here in the USA, but The Nest is going to make the next five Mondays feel pretty special anyway. We’re hitting pause on the Dusty Vinyl Archive until September so I can temporarily bring back my original Monday feature, Mecca Muzak Mondays! This is the place where I introduce you to some rather nifty, interesting and more modern songs that have involuntarily been the soundtrack to my overnight working hours courtesy of my employer, the ever mysterious Mecca, Inc. And how fitting that the artist of the first song in this five part special is a guy named Sam….
Nice porn ‘stache there, Freddie…. er, I mean, Sam.
Sam Sparro was born in Australia in 1982, around the time most of the songs you hear on The Nest every Monday were originally recorded. Many of you reading this have probably never heard of the guy because….. yeah, you guessed it, he never hit it big in America. Now I can’t speak for Sam’s entire discography, but just based off the one song of his that’s been a part of the Mecca playlist for the past six months or so…. I’d say we’re really missing out on something.
If you like watching guys in tuxedos dance, well, I just made your day!
“Black and Gold” was a big hit in Australia and the British Isles when it was released in 2008, and it just has that really awesome quality to it that I can’t describe, but absolutely love. The best it did in the US was being nominated for “Best Dance Recording” at the 2009 Grammys and somehow losing out to an eight year old Daft Punk song. Thank goodness the mysterious entity that pipes muzak into my workplace found this gem that’s become a major earworm for me…
I might have to break out my best tux one night and dance down the aisle to it…
I’ll have more gold from the Mecca muzak speakers next Monday!
Evil Squirrel's Nest 
I like the song…. the video reminds me a little of this awful guy…taco… with this ritz song….
Taco is a legend of the 80’s! I loved that song when I was a kid and still love it today…
I really like this song…..a lot. Never heard it though. If you wind up doing the tux t-shirt/dancing down the aisles at Mecca when it’s playing thing, you simply must have someone capture that with their cell phone. Even if you failed to share it HERE, it would be fun to watch it “some day”.
Pam
I’m sure you mean “some day” as in a day after I’m long dead and gone!
So apparently there’s some truth to tuxes making guys sound better. Who knew?
There’s probably a lot of bad wedding reception videos that would disprove that theory…
Evil,
I wonder why they didn’t do well in the US? Oh and, yes, you made my day! Look forward to hearing more! Mona
I’d imagine lack of promotion in specific countries is usually the culprit. Had it appeared on a TV show or in a movie, it would’ve been a huge hit here.
I agree. Besides, “every girl’s crazy ’bout a sharp-dressed man.” Now I have ZZ Top stuck in my head. That’s okay, though. I like a little ZZ Top now and again! I am a Texan. Mona
Oh wow. I love the song, and I love the video. Randolpho would approve. Thanks Evil Squirrel.
Yes he would approve!
It’s ideal music for a shop – after about 5 seconds I forgot it was playing and started watching the TV I had muted for the occasion. I’m sure if I were in a shop I would have been lulled into mindlessly dropping expensive items into my trolley.
I love this song, and all of the commenters so far loved this song. I’d have bet anything you’d be the voice of dissent!
I’m trying to be more positive!