the whitest boy alive – 1517

i kinda really dig this track. its from the whitest boy alive, a side project of kings of convenience member erlend oye (along with sebastian maschat, marcin oz and daniel nentwig). according to wikipedia, the group started out in indonesia (which seems a little odd for a couple of scandinavians) as an electronic dance group. while they are no longer very electronic, theyve still got a nice beat going on a lot of the time (while still remaining totally chill). “1517″, todays track from the 2009 album “rules”, imparticular has a total disco-esque rhythm and a great funky synthesizer offbeat thing goin on. its kind of like the older brother of kings of convenience, the one that likes to party. but even the partying older brother is pretty tame, because they still come from a pretty tame family. but its still kind of fun.

the whitest boy alive – 1517

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1. sounds like harder, better, faster, stronger before the vocals come in!

   G

   19 Nov 09 at 2:34 pm

    

2. not really. sounds like whitest boy alive.

   Colin

   19 Nov 09 at 7:31 pm

    

3. What a rip off this song is.

   Chris

   20 Nov 09 at 8:23 am

    

4. can you be more specific?

   chris

   20 Nov 09 at 9:26 am

    

5. They totally ripped off daft punk.. hard

   Chris

   20 Nov 09 at 9:51 am

    

6. Its actually Cola Bottle Baby by Edwin Birdson and its purely intentional

   mimm

   20 Nov 09 at 7:05 pm

    

7. Rip off or not, this song straight up suuuuucks. Wuz with the vocal take? Eeesh.

   Usaq Madik

   21 Nov 09 at 11:52 am

    

8. i never expected this song to be so controversial

   chris

   21 Nov 09 at 1:04 pm

    

9. Et Musique Pour Tous posted this two weeks ago, I assume that’s where you got the idea to post this. You should have posted the Daft Punk and Edwin Birdsong versions.

   James

   21 Nov 09 at 2:07 pm

    

10. “Music is everybody’s possession. It’s only publishers who think that people own it.” – John Lennon

    worthless

    3 Dec 09 at 2:54 am

     

11. linda cancion

    nellie

    2 Jan 10 at 3:25 pm

     

12. [...] What Others Say: i kinda really dig this track. its from the whitest boy alive, a side project of kings of convenience member erlend oye (along with sebastian maschat, marcin oz and daniel nentwig). according to wikipedia, the group started out in indonesia (which seems a little odd for a couple of scandinavians) as an electronic dance group. while they are no longer very electronic, theyve still got a nice beat going on a lot of the time (while still remaining totally chill). “1517?, todays track from the 2009 album “rules”, imparticular has a total disco-esque rhythm and a great funky synthesizer offbeat thing goin on. its kind of like the older brother of kings of convenience, the one that likes to party. but even the partying older brother is pretty tame, because they still come from a pretty tame family. but its still kind of fun. – Daily Beatz [...]

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