"Get Lucky" New Year's Post

Trying to describe 2013 was tough, so I turned to the curator of pop culture itself, Rolling Stone Magazine. The magazine named "Get Lucky" by Daft Punk featuring Pharrell and Nile Rodgers as the song of the year.
It described the jam as:

What more could you possibly want in a summer jam? The French electro robots devise a stardust disco groove for the ages, getting a little space-oddity soul from Pharrell and a taste of le freak from Chic guitar god Nile Rodgers, who basically invented this music. "Get Lucky" sounds vintage and futuristic at the same time, yet it's full of twists. It was the kind of pop song the whole world could agree on. It topped song charts in 55 countries and went on to be covered by everyone from Florence Welch to Fall Out Boy to Wilco to a group of coaches on The Voice U.K. (including Tom Jones). Rodgers and Pharrell proved they're the Yoda and Obi-Wan of summer jams – between them, these guys must have scored 90 percent of them since the Nixon administration. They're both used to supporting roles, but sound energized by the spotlight here. And Daft Punk, the guys behind the robot masks, nail the all-too-human pop emotion they've been chasing for 15 years: It's a song about staying true to yourself, and a love letter to that lucky feeling you get when the mirror ball starts to spin.

Hmmm. Well, I guess it can be said that I'm grateful that it's not Miley Cyrus' "Wrecking Ball".Even I would have a hard time connecting my year with that.


sounds vintage and futuristic at the same time, yet it's full of twists.

Yes, 2013 was an interesting blend of the old and the new. Technology continued to soar forward, but I see some hopeful trends that the human race will resist and move back towards quality connections and meaningful existences.
Also, these things happened:
- Rob Ford.
- Canadian's realise that politicians rob taxpayers money. (Hi Mike Duffy!)
- Miley Cyrus introduces cable TV viewers to "twerking". Granny's eyesight will never be the same again
- Chris Hadfield became Earth's greatest ambassador, and gave us a view of our remarkable planet unlike any we've seen before. Also, every little boy and girl wants to be an astronaut again. Reach for the stars, kids!
- Prince George and 16 year old songstress Lorde renew worlds interest in Royals
- middle East conflict threatens global balance. Not new, but always notable.
- Lance Armstrong exposed for drug use/stripped of all Tour De France titles. Lance's ego still swears he's innocent. I hear he and Alex Rodrigues are planning a joint biography based on their drug free victories. It'll be a short read.
- the Baltimore Ravens defeat the San Francisco 49ers by 34–31 to win Super Bowl XLVII.
- Pope Benedict resigns from the papalcy. Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio is elected as the new pope, taking the papal name Pope Francis
- Nelson Mandella passes away at age 95
- Syria engages chemical weapons on their own people.
- Peter Higgs and François Englert win the 2013 Nobel Prize in Physics for their work on the origin of the mass of subatomic particles. I don't know what this means, but it sounds astounding.
- The Boston Red Sox defeat the St Louis Cardinals in game 6 to win the MLB 2013 World Series
- some team from somewhere won the Stanley Cup. Who cares?? The Leaf's actually MADE THE PLAYOFFS!
- A partial United States federal government shutdown occurs as a result of political disagreements over operational spending. Is it wrong that this made me jealous? I wish our government would shut down once in a while.
- Canadian literary genius Alice Munro is awarded the 2013 Nobel Prize for literature. YAY!
- Phillipines hit by typhoon - thousands killed, uncountable tragedy.

So much happened this year - but that's the stuff I remember of the top of my head, which isn't too bad, because in 2013 I turned....old! Please add to this list the things you remember!

SO 2013 has been a year of the new, and of the old. I see that. Many people I know have felt a recurrence of old challenges in their life this year. A chance to revisit old struggles. For all of you for whom this is true, I wish for you a year where the hard work of recovering gets a little easier and more worthwhile.

It's a song about staying true to yourself, and a love letter to that lucky feeling you get when the mirror ball starts to spin.

Couldn't have said it better myself. Ring in 2014 with that sentiment and it should be a good one!

Happy New Year!
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