Black Kids - I'm Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend How to Dance With You

I wanted to post this song today for two reasons: 1) it possesses an amazing energy & 2) they nearly ruined it. When I first heard the demo for "I Don't Wanna Teach Your Boyfriend How to Dance With You" a few months back I immediately checked off the repeat box for another listen...and then another and another...and after internalizing the lyrics the obvious next step was to sing along with every line (some may argue that's when the song took a turn for the worse). Although the number of listens would eventually dwindle down to a couple per week I amazingly never tired of the song. The bright guitar and bouncy synthesizers blend well with Youngblood's spirited vocals and are only strengthened when the rest of the band joins in for the "1, 2 , 3...1,2,3,4!!!" bridge. The song fearlessly (and sometimes sloppily) barrels along from start to finish and any signs of the song being "unfinished" only seem to add to its charm. So, clean up the song a bit, add a little polish to each of the parts and the song is an undeniable hit, right? Well, maybe. When the blueprint you are working from is as infectious as this one it's pretty difficult to mess it up, but it does seem like they tried. The vocals on the newly released single are cleaner and more articulated. The bridge actually sounds like a cheerleader squad and because the instruments are crisper the disparate parts of the song are more pronounced instead of running together in one playful mess as it does on the demo. Yes the changes are subtle, but when added together it takes away from some of the charm the demo contains. The demo version of the song is below and you can watch the video on RYIH TV or directly via YouTube. You decide which is better.