Nothing compares to you

I love So You Think You Can Dance for the dancing (obviously). But an unexpected side effect has been the number of songs I fall in love with too. Before I started paying attention, I would (unsuccessfully) attempt to remember lyrics after the show was over. Then I realized the website listed all the show’s pairings, dances and songs. Brilliant! And if I actually pay attention to the TV screen, I can see that they tell you the song at the beginning of the dance. Who knew?!

My song obsession from last night (the Top 14) is “Whatcha Say” by Jason Derulo (you may, as I did, find something quite familiar about it…her name is Imogen Heap).

Who doesn’t love a good Britney Spears throwback to dancing in school hallways. I found Mr. Derulo’s Michael Jackson moonwalking in empty stairwells and razor-sharp facial hair shape to be the high points of the video.

Sometimes I forget Matt Nathanson exists until I hear him playing in a Gap store, which is strange because he was a big part of the background noise of my freshman year of college. That and John Mayer’s “Comfortable,” which my roommate Dori and I agreed could only be listened to when the other one was around because the song made us sad. What can I say. We liked to torture ourselves.

And, just because I want to make you feel a little uncomfortable, or at least confused, here is some Sinead O’Connor.