Stacey Jackson – Pour Some Sugar On Me

“Oh that’s entirely and wonderfully brilliant and awful.”

Tom: If you’re thinking “who?” then you might want to consult this suspiciously-promotional Wikipedia article, complete with obsessive tracking of low chart positions in little-known charts. And a warning: this video is pretty much as NSFW as you can get without actual nudity.

Tim: Hahahahahaaa, oh that’s entirely and wonderfully brilliant and awful.

Tom: So let’s get it out of the way first: this is UTTERLY UNNECESSARY. But that’s true of nearly everything Almighty Records have ever put out, so I can’t grumble about a suitably high-energy pop cover of a classic. It’s competently arranged, competently sung, and actually has enough production value that it doesn’t sound as bad as a low-budget crank-’em-out track off a cash-in “fitness covers” album.

Tim: True, I suppose I can’t disagree with any of that.

Tom: And given that the original is pretty much the number-one song for stripping to, I can’t argue with the video either. At least it’s objectifying literally everyone that’s in it, no matter the gender.

Tim: And I dread to think how long it would have taken to get all that syrup off them.

Tom: It’s not going to replace the original, but it does what it’s meant to do, and it does it well.

Tim: Hmm. “Well” is an interesting word, but my mind mainly keeps coming back to a line in that Wikipedia article: “In July 2015 Stacey released an other single titled ‘How Much Is That Hottie In The Window.'” which probably sums up the whole endeavour nicely.