Robin Thicke: Smirky But Sincere On 'Blurred Lines'  Robin
Thicke on the cover of Blurred Lines.  Robin Thicke on the cover
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caption Courtesy of the artist  Robin Thicke exudes a kind of
oily charm that is, with the right material, by no means off-
putting. A prime example is the single "Blurred Lines," which
gives you the complete Robin Thicke Experience. The song is a
come-on, because basically all Thicke does in his music is try
to put the make on women. What prevents him from being too
creepy is that he's also genial, even gentlemanly and debonair,
when the object of his lust shoots him down. Sometimes his songs
sound like parodies of hip-hop, of the sort Andy Samberg does
with his pals in The Lonely Island, as in "For the Rest of My
Life."  Listen and look past his roué image, and Robin Thicke is
revealed as an earnest nostalgist. He persistently makes music
that hearkens back to the quiet-storm soul and disco of the '70s
and '80s. He's a smirk