Song Fav

Payphone

     The American pop song, "Payphone" performed by American pop rock band, Maroon 5 ft. Wiz Khalifa, was released on April 17, 2012. It is the lead single in their fourth studio album, "Overexposed". It received mainly good reviews although some said that the song would have been better without Khalifa's  appearance.  On the Billboard Hot 100, the song debuted at number three before peaking at number two and 493, 000 copies in it's first week. "Payphone" was the world's fifth bestselling single of 2012.
     "Payphone" is a song that has recently caught my interest again. When I first heard this song, I thought it was a smooth, upbeat song that was very energetic. Now that I listen to it again, almost a year later, I feel differently. It is still an upbeat, smooth, and somewhat energetic piece, but not as fun as it used to be. If you watch the music video it is about Adam Lambert trying to be the hero in a robbery to impress a girl. He escapes with the girl, a fellow co-worker but is mistaken as one of the robbers. He picks up a car and is then being speed chased. Wen he is finally safe, he goes to a payphone and tries to call the girl. She doesn't want to associate with him and basically just leaves him high and dry. When yo listen to the song the first time you will get the impression that I first got. Once you start listening to and interpreting the lyrics the song will start to feel sad and depressive. I am not saying that this song in any way is depressive. I still like to listen to this song now and then and sing along to it's catchy tune, but if I pay to much attention to the lyrics i do tend to start getting a little sad. The whole theme/plot of the song isn't so sad, but the lyrics really impact it with their word choice.
     Unfortunately, this song is explicit, so I cannot show you the official music video. If you would like to watch a radio edit (clean version) music video click onto this link (this music video is basically like a summary of the official music video), "http://www.youtube.com/embed/PNB59FdytuU" .
     To listen to the clean version with lyrics of "Payphone" click this link, "http://www.youtube.com/embed/G4bIPMg0Gmc"
     To listen to the same thing but this time with Wiz Khalifa's rapping part omitted, click this link, "http://www.youtube.com/embed/lGPd9Z397YQ"