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Tuesday, May 19, 2009

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

Posted by Dave Segal on Tue, May 19, 2009 at 11:18 AM

[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.]

The Prodigy’s “Wind It Up” is quintessential breakbeat-rave E-lation. To anyone who sweated out his/her body weight at massive underground parties during the ’90s, this tune will trigger intense waves of nostalgia—and probably flashbacks to ultimate peak-time experiences. That feverish piano motif, that baked Rasta voice, those swiftly shuffling beats, that poignant keyboard swell in the background… I feel a group hug coming on. Here’s to your vanished serotonin.

The Prodigy play WaMu Theatre Sat May 30 with the Crystal Method, and Kaskade.

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While I realize I'm repeating old news, after Experience, Prodigy has always swerved in and out of a more band/album/rock idea, but there have been moments in their last two LPs that give back the big club-hope, like "Girls" or "Take Me To The Hospital".

WaMu Theater, though? Crystal Method?

Ah, nuts.

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