A Swinging Bargain From The Thrift Shop

I just have to say what a relief it is to have "Thrift Shop" in the rap ozone. It's a buzz because nowhere are you hearing about a homie bragging about how drunk he is or how many women he's flashed his junk at. Seattle native Macklemore, his producer Ryan Lewis, and the joyously low registered Wanz are rapping about the thrills of having 20 dollars be good enough to cop some choice vintage threads from the titular thrift shop. Broken keyboard? Hell yeah! Flannel zebra jammies? Ring it up, dude. What aids the levity score for this effort is a light-hearted horn along with hand claps. Wanz nailed it. Life at the thrift shop really is fucking awesome. Not to mention it helps to get your traditionally square grandparents from sounding too square. At least they turned out to have good taste in clothes. Thanks to all from dropping some love on Velcro shoes. I had a pair of those in the '80s. Sure beat the waste of time associated with bending over to tie undone shoelaces. Perhaps their inclusion in Thrift Shop will once again make them trendy. Useful? You better believe. "Thrift Shop" took its time getting to the pole position on Billboard's Singles Chart but, after a few listens, I understand why pop culture's all the better for its being there. No surprise if it gains a rep as the first hipness quotient song of 2013 even if it launched last year.