Music from “The Last Days of the Disco Stick”
And it was a short week this week, only 3 songs in this week’s episode: “The Last Days of the Disco Stick”.
thecocknbullkid – “Boys and Girls”
- played during Dan’s memory of Vanessa and Olivia
Thecocknbullkid is the electro pop side-project of Anita Blay from London, UK. The song comes from the “Querelle EP”, which was released in the US on August 4th. And like most good music lately, some songs feature some production work from Santigold. I really enjoy thecocknbullkid, Blay is like an authentically British Madonna, but filled with the sensibility of current Material Girls. I couldn’t find a link to the song from the episode, but then again “Boys and Girls” isn’t the strongest track from the EP. Below is a vid for the song “I’m Not Sorry”, which is a cool pop gem, that could have been used instead for this Dan sex scene. If you like this track, there are two more you can download from this link here.
Lady GaGa
- “Dance in the Dark” played when Jenny and Damien go to the club for drugs
- “Bad Romance” played during the end montage
Lady GaGa has been used many times in GG: Paparazzi in the season 2 premier, “Poker Face” in “The Serena Also Rises” and “Money Honey” in “The Remains of the J”. All of these songs came from the Lady’s debut album, “The Fame”, but the two songs used in this episodes come off of her latest EP, “The Fame Monster”. The choice to release an EP is interesting move for mainstream artists since the EP usually never matches the potential sales a new album can bring in. Lady GaGa is giving cash-affordable options for her fans this time around:
- on November 23, “The Fame Monster” EP and “The Fame Monster Deluxe Edition” will be released (the deluxe edition includes both “The Fame” and “The Fame Monster”
- on December 15, the “Super Deluxe Fame Monster Bundle” will be released (which will include both the album and EP, and the Book of GaGa, which will contain trinkets and a lock of the Lady’s hair
- if you want to buy/pre-order any of these, you can go to Lady GaGa’s webstore
The two songs used were pretty good (“Bad Romance” may take some time to grow on me), but since the EP is so cheap, it’s worth a purchase based off the strength of “The Fame”. However, since “The Fame” is also being re-released, it begs re-examination.
“The Fame” is a little self-fulfilling, as Lady GaGa is totally famous now, but when Universal released the album in the summer of 2008, she was still relatively unknown. The album is very cohesive, pumping out dancy tracks like “Paparazzi” and bragging songs like “Beautiful, Dirty Rich”. However, some songs later on the album like “Again Again” and “Brown Eyes” are jarring inclusions as they stop the lyrical momentum built up by “Money Honey” which preceeds it. Also, the obligatory ballad song on any dance album, (in this case, it is “Eh, Eh”) is just eh-eh. Her musical sound may not be unique (c.f. Gwen Stefani), but the combination of smart lyrics and the danciest beats makes for a killer combination. Since we’ve already heard three songs in the TV series, and “Love Game” as performed by the Transcenders (the band that provides the musical score for Gossip Girl), it’s worthwhile to go out and buy or listen to “The Fame”. For me, Gossip Girl and Lady GaGa go perfect together as both make me feel sweet and naughty.
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