You're not integral to the project. You're the pretender.

Here's two completely divergent musical directions for you to peruse today:

1) Foo Fighters, "The Pretender"

It's been a few weeks, and I'm still pretty stoked about the Foo Fighters new single The Pretender. It's a perfect blast-yourself-awake-in-the-morning-driving-to-work song. Turn the volume up and give it a whirl:



Now that you've been rocked out, let's shift gears.

2) Pet Shop Boys, "Integral (Perfect Immaculate mix)"

As part the Pet Shop Boys upcoming Disco 4 collection, they've gone and remixed a great song from their last album and given it a fresh new video. Watch closely. There's more to it than meets the eye:


(UPDATED: The original link I posted was a more basic version. You can still find it HERE. If that link doesn't work, check out the Popjustice link below.)

For the surprising subliminal explanation of what you just saw head over to PopJustice. It's a brilliant concept that cleverly plays into song's message. This is what we call cutting edge interactive technology.

Of course, my iphone doesn't quite have the bells and whistles to play along. Considering what I recently ruminated HERE, not being so integral may be better anyways.

The song, however, sounds and looks fantastic.