Blurred Lines


 * Video for Daft Punk ft. Pharrell - "Get Lucky"

''Todd is sitting at the computer. His back is turned to us, but he is amazing''


 * Pharrell: We've come too far to give up...

Todd: This is like the greatest thing I've ever heard! It's...this is the song I've been waiting for all year!

Todd (VO): There's no way this is gonna be a hit.

Todd: Could it? Oh please, oh please, oh please, oh please. [Exhales and starts praying] Dear God, I know we don't speak much, but if you can just grant me one favor. It's just...there's this really awesome song on the radio right now, and I don't know if you've heard it. It's got this funky 70s beat, and Pharrell's on it, and it's just really great, and I... Would you please, please, please make that song a #1 hit.


 * Shining light appears amidst choir of angels

God: I hear your prayer, my child.

3 weeks later

''Todd is at the piano and lets out an exasperated sigh. He plays "Blurred Lines".

'ROBIN THICKE ft. PHARRELL & T.I. - BLURRED LINES A pop song review'

Todd: Okay. I guess that's my fault for not being clear.


 * Video for "Blurred Lines"
 * Pharrell: Everybody get up
 * Woo

Todd (VO): I mean, I guess I should've specified. I...I just didn't know there was this other song. No, seriously, what are the odds that there'd be two disco tracks featuring Pharrell on the charts? As I write this, "Get Lucky" is stranded at #2, which is...that's just wrong. The charts are never fair, but that's just wrong, man. I hadn't even heard this song a month ago, and now it's everywhere. What the hell happened?!


 * Robin Thicke: And that's why I'm gon' take a...
 * Robin, Pharrell, T.I.: Good girl
 * Robin: I know you want it
 * I know you want it
 * I know you want it

Todd (VO): Those of you who have lives and don't follow the charts as closely as I do, may be unfamiliar with Robin Thicke and probably assume he's some kind of [album cover of Something Else] porn actor who started making music.

Todd: No, believe it or not, that's his real name.


 * Clip of "Shooter"
 * Robin: My hands up, my hands up

Todd (VO): He's actually the son of [headshot of...] Alan Thicke, the dad from [picture of the Seavers] Growing Pains, and yes, in fact, he does look [shot of Robin] distressingly like his father.


 * Clip of "Sex Therapy"
 * Robin: It's your body, you can yell if you want to

Todd (VO): Now you wouldn't think someone who shares the same genetic material as [picture of Alan Thicke] this man would turn into some kind of sexy R&B crooner, but...you know, you name your kid Robin Thicke, [album cover of Sex Therapy] that's the kind of music he makes.


 * Clip of "Lost Without U"
 * Robin: Lost without you

Todd (VO): I don't think he's a bad artist at all, but he's never really been able to make that real breakthrough. He's only ever notched one Top 20 hit before now. I guess maybe that's because he comes across as a poor man's Justin Timberlake, an impression not helped by the fact that his biggest hit now has him working with [brief clip of Justin Timberlake ft. T.I. - "My Love"] T.I. and working with [picture of Justin with...] Pharrell, which...you know, for Christ's sakes...

Todd: ...you wanna be Justin that badly, you might as well just start hosting SNL and not talking to other N*SYNC members.


 * ''Clips of T.I. and Pharrell

Todd (VO): The other two guys, you should know. T.I. is a very popular Atlanta rapper, Pharrell is a rapper and member of the Neptunes, probably the defining hip-hop producers of the 2000s.

Todd: None of these men have been heard from in, like, four years or more, except for [promo shot of T.I. & Tiny: The Family Hustle] one crappy reality show. But then, of course, this song happened.


 * Video for "Blurred Lines"

Todd (VO): "Blurred Lines" burst out of nowhere. It's topping the charts, it's making headlines, it's causing controversy, and since it is the new big controversial song, I feel like I should speak on it. And first and foremost...

Todd: ...this is what I want people to know of my opinion about this song. No, I don't think it's that bad.


 * Robin: If you can't hear what I'm trying to say

Todd (VO): In some ways, it's actually quite good. It's fun, it's funky, it's loose, it's upbeat, uses a pretty awesome sample of [brief clip of...] Marvin Gaye's "Gotta Give It Up", and, you know, I gotta give it up for "Gotta Give It Up". I can see why enough people would love it enough for it to top the charts.

Todd: BUT we've already got [brief clips of...] "Get Lucky". And for that matter, there's also Bruno Mars's retro R&B jam "Treasure". And in a world where we've already got that, Robin Thicke sits at the kids' table.

Todd (VO): The adult, R-rated kids' table.

Todd: But the kids' table nonetheless.

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