I was just thinking to myself, "Why doesn't anyone make those old-school slow dance jams that our parents used to drink milkshakes to or sock hop to or whatever they used to do back in the day?" Enter Gnarls Barkley rapper and MC Cee-Lo and his new-school old-school track "Old Fashioned."
Cee-Lo got us all smirking and snapping our fingers when we first heard the doo-wop-ish, scorned ex-lover anthem "F*** You." But the much-safer-for-work "Old Fashioned," the newly released track off of his highly anticipated album The Lady Killer, due out Nov. 9, showcases a sweeter side of Cee-Lo. "My love old fashioned," he croons, "But it still works/Just the way it is." Awww. I'll go to the dance with you, Cee!
Part soul, part Motown and all heart, "Old Fashioned" is the perfect soundtrack for taking your lady to Lookout Point, giving her your varsity pin and doing other slightly modest black-and-white stuff we saw in the movie Pleasantville. But if you start going steady but things go awry, you might want to stick with that other song. (Hint: it starts with "F" and ends with "You.")
+ Listen to Cee-Lo's "Old Fashioned."