Kanye West (and Daft Punk too) "Stronger"

^^^^^

haha I may be the only person on earth, but I actually like "Come With Me". I'm completely predisposed to that type of megalomaniacal event song.

Hahah, I also like "Come With Me" and now suspect my gradual begrudging appreciation of "Stronger" is undergirded by that same force. Apparently it's just a cycle: every ten years, hip hop's reigning producer/performer guy must sample a beloved track (with pretenses of collaborating with the original artist on an actual new recording) and inflate it to ludicrous proportions of melodrama with no actual narrative. The fans of the original track must cry out in rage but the public makes its choice.

(Actually, how successful was "Come With Me"? Surely "Stronger" was a bigger hit by an order of magnitude...)

Big difference, I can't really imagine dancing to "Come With Me" or hearing it in any context other than alt-rock radio.

I like that one line where he's like "Try and trap me - bad rap." I knew a guy in high school that was like "See?! He knows the song sucks, he even admits it! (mimes Puffy shaking his head in shame) "Bad rap."

Another great line: "I cosigned it!"