At any given moment there will be a song in heavy rotation that will capture all that is good and right about the current musical zeitgeist. Right now there are a number of qualified candidates for the position, although I personally think Daft Punk's "Get Lucky" (which, yes, I'm aware I mention in this column almost weekly) and "New Slaves" from Kanye's Yeezus (which recently appeared at number 56 on the Hot 100 despite the fact that it hasn't been promoted as an official single) are the strongest ones, since they capture the collapsing of genres and time periods that is one of the most exciting things about pop music right now.…
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