Pick of the Week: 1, 2, 3, Partyy! by Mission of Burma

Finally, I’ve found my personal party jam of 2009. And it’s even one that I can be proud of. Before Mission of Burma released “1, 2, 3, Partyy!”, it was looking like Miley’s “Party in the USA” was going to be it. And it’s hard to maintain my street cred when I use a Miley song to get jazzed up.

The best part of “1, 2, 3, Partyy” though? The instructions! For a person with crippling social anxiety, it is always refreshing when the lyrics tell me how to behave. I haven’t had a song like this since “Lean Back.” (How’s that for topical music journalism?) Just like Fat Joe’s hit, Mission of Burma gives me a song with lyrics that I can actually follow. With lyrics like, “One/Don’t talk to anyone/ Two/Drink only when drunken too/Three/Plan out your drinks and go out and drink your wine.” I can do that. Finally I’ll be able to go out without committing any of those social faux pas. To be fair though, I have no idea what is actually said at the end of the third rule, so I have still have a little bit of apprehension. Best case scenario, I’ve got a game plan for the next time I head out. And at the very least I’ve got a song to blare from my car without being at embarrassed while sitting at red lights.

And in the end, I think I deserve some credit for working both Miley Cyrus and Fat Joe into a post about Mission of Burma. Just saying.

—DJ Bears!