Gwen Stefani - 'Wind It Up'
Evidently Gwen didn't get the memo about the cool samples right now being from '80s pop songs. Possibly she just read an old memo from Jay-Z in '98 when it was briefly cool to crib from musicals.
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So essentially what we have here is a sample of 'The Lonely Goatherd' from The Sound of Music bookending Gwen's idiosyncratic variety of white-girl funk. Bonkers, yes? As if Gwen ever does anything else. There's the usual tired product-placement for her clothing line, which we could do without, and the verses are dull in isolation, but as a combo somehow it works.
It's actually a case of an inspired use of sample holding up an otherwise bog-standard track, but for inventiveness and sheer bat-dropping craziness, we can't help but admire her Gwenness.
Resistance is futile.
Released: December 11th
(Steve Perkins)
Comments
Well i was unsure about his at first, but i LOVE LOVE LOVE IT!! wind it up, baby!!!!!!!
theres only 1 thing 2 say abot this track...FAB!!!
i realy enjoy your webside you are a cool person and good luck for the future
[Aw... you guys...*BLUSH*... - Fraser]
Hey!
I love this track, it's really good and Gwen is on top form again. And at first I was a bit unsure about chart blog, but i think its great now. Keep up the good work guys!
Great job!