Bitter Fingers
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21 A Song That You Listen To When You’re Happy
21 Apr 201030 Days of Music: Day 21
Level 42 – Something About You (Youtube)
Again with the cheating on this. I don’t listen to music as a result of my emotions; rather, music will usually be the thing affecting my mood, and that’s an entirely unpredictable thing.
A song that never fails to bring a smile to my face when I hear is, however, is this. Something About You by Level 42 is a great example of eighties synth-pop nonsense that always makes me feel a bit cheerier. That slap bass! And the fact that there’s some nice Daft Punk parallels – the lyrics “We’re only human after all” feature, and Daft Punk have a track titled Something About Us. COINCIDENCE OR SOMETHING MORE SUBSTANTIAL? You be the judge.
Anyway, if you don’t like this, and the wonderfully dated video with the band introducing themselves in French and what can only liberally be described computer graphics, then you have no soul.
- Tags: 30 Days of Music, Level 42
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2 Responses to 21 A Song That You Listen To When You’re Happy
Matt
April 22nd, 2010 at 18:03
Coincidence
Mark Higgins
April 24th, 2010 at 00:01
Don’t you go ruining all my dreams.