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Thursday, April 23, 2009

Song / Love Most Uplifting Songs Ever [Sixth in a Series]

Posted by on Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 9:31 PM

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[Most Uplifting Songs Ever (aka MUSE) is a recurring Line Out feature that spotlights the tunes on which I can rely to elevate my mood (with no negative side effects), no matter how oppressive my deadlines, no matter how grim the news is, no matter how lousy the weather, no matter how severely the publishing industry continues to collapse (okay, maybe they can't ameliorate that last one). You may feel the same way about them.]

At 5:15 this morning, I awoke to KEXP playing Bow Wow Wow’s “C30, C60, C90, Go!” It had been several years since I'd heard this furiously joyous blast of Burundi-drumming-enhanced pop from 1980 and, goddamn, did it sound invigorating, even at that insane hour. When the stridently chiming guitar slashes in at about 38 seconds, it’s like [insert favorite drug/drink] kicking in. You feel as if your face is going to crack from smiling too hard. [View the video here; embedding disabled.]

Also, songs on major labels about illegal home taping are inherently funny (those pioneering, cassette-brandishing pirates somehow didn't kill the music industry). Stealing rhythms from Burundian drummers, maybe not so much…

 

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yeah, this song rules. i chose it as the song to play to wake me up should i fall into a coma. i carry a coma card in my wallet: link.
Posted by josh on April 24, 2009 at 11:19 AM
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Agreed. Check out the post-Mclaren "Do You Want To Hold Me"", just as uplifting. Ah, Annabella.
Posted by Yawn. on April 25, 2009 at 10:42 PM

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