"Miss Modular" - Stereolab

Bossa Nova to the bone, and you simply don't stop! Ha-ha! Ha-ha! Yeah, you right, playa! For me, Stereolab's "Miss Modular" from 1997's "Dots & Loops" is indeed one of the greatest songs in the history of Pop. A delicious simplistic horn arrangement, painfully catchy beat and marshmallow-like vocal performances to die for. And as always, Stereolab are the grand masters of ear candy, and not even in their Kraut Rock and Velvet Underground influenced early years could they help but be anything other than a tuneful musical outfit, my babies. The primary vocal is delivered in that most musical of languages known as French, and in essence, Lætitia Sadier is essentially a human instrument, but not nearly as much as the late Mary Hansen, who in this song literally "La la la's..." and "Ba ba ba's.." her way to musical freedom.

I must say everything is intact on this number that appropriately in Pop, fades out into oblivion at about the four minute mark. The multi-layered sing-song vocals that were so common amongst now vintage Stereolab simply cannot be denied, and as many a fan knows, Stereolab may very well be the ultimate headphone band. This is a studio outfit primarily, and the smooth and mellow "Miss Modular" was recorded in either Chicago or Germany, perhaps even the band themselves can't remember at this point. It was pure polish time for Stereolab at this point, no more noise for the sake of noise. What you hear on "Miss Modular" is the most sublime supermarket and elevator music combined, a sweet little Bubblegum Pop jam that not even The Cowsills themselves could hope to fuck with, me droogie.

By the late 90's, things were getting frighteningly retro to the point where the musical era almost ceased to have an identity, but leave it to Stereolab to touch upon the past in terms of musical experimentation, yet at the same time, put there own unique stamp on the proceedings to where the music is effortlessly timeless and undeniably Stereolab.

Enjoy a groovy little siesta to the musical delight that is the creamy and fat-free "Miss Modular" music video:



Indeed, Stereolab's "Miss Modular" taught us all to play it cool, and of course, to stay in school