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Day 9 of "The Soundtrack of Your Life"  challenge.  Our next song up is... Better Off Alone (Instrumental Cover) by Alice DJ This song takes my love of hard electronic beats to the next level. I have the Shazam app on my phone and this song became an instant search for me upon hearing it. This is definitely a night club type of song as the trance type of arrangement make it very easy the rock out /dance to. I love how the music progresses. It starts with one short sharp note and gets progressively more and more complex like an insane game of "Simon". The variations throughout the song are epic and the highlight is an epic crescendo in the middle of the song. Yes... there are versions of this song with lyrics available but let's toss those aside in favor of the instrumental version so we can enjoy the techno melodic electronic sequences to their fullest effect. Ah glorious beat!! As far as I am concerned when it comes to this song the music is "Better off alone". -    |
| Day 8 of "The Soundtrack of Your Life" challenge. Our next song up is... Attention by Charlie Puth This one feels a little bit lighter in tone than my previous two picks. It seems more upbeat and playful. There is a little bit of a playful flirtatious energy to it as the singer (Charlie Puth) laments not being able to get over his ex (who is playing games with him). When you watching the music video you can't blame him. You can feel the temptation and frustration throughout the song. Charlie has great vocal control able to shift to falsetto heights as he is singing. You can probably tell from earlier entries that I really love staccato like beats and this song has a great punchy rhythm to it that shifts into higher octaves. The melody and lyrics makes me feel like I am watching a tango when listening to it. It is fast and tense with a lot of sexual tension. It is very hot!! - |
Day 7 of "The Soundtrack of Your Life" challenge.  The next song up is... Collide by Howie Day I feel like I probably added this to my playlist around the same time as "Night Changes" (see previous entry "Soundtrack of Your Life Entry #6 Night Changes" ). This romantic ballad shares the same sweet tone. I first saw this song when I was watching the dancing competition show "So You Think You Can Dance". It was used as the background track for the following routinehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzQkFNd35pg Just to provide a little bit of background, this was one of the best routines performed on the show. It was choreographed by the season 2 runner up Travis Wall and the two dancers performing it Lauren Froderman and Kent Boyd went win 1st and 2nd place respectively in their season. It was an incredibly beautiful routine where you can feel the chemistry between the two dancers. They were in complete sync with each other matching their partner's movements perfectly. Using "Collide" as the soundtrack was a great pick on Travis' part. The song highlighted everything the dancers brought out. It was fast, fluid, intense and sweet. I feel like music can often make or break a dance routine and this one elevated it to a sizzlingly hot level. Vice versa because I associate this spectacular dance routine with this song, I can't help smiling and feeling a sense of warmth and appreciation when the song is played. - |
| Day 6 of "The Soundtrack of Your Life" challenge. Today's music recommendation is... Night Changes by One Direction I'm at the age where where I find myself resonating with songs that deal with growth and change. Night Changes is one of those songs that really captures those ideas. There is a little bit of a melancholy tone to it as it makes a listener realize that time can passes by really quickly. The dreams and hopes we set up in the past are gone before we know it. In the blink of an eye we find ourselves waking up one day discovering the window to accomplish ours goals has come and gone. If you are lucky you have accomplished the important ones but often there are goals unachieved that you've missed out on. In both cases, the listener is left reflecting on a past gone by. The song isn't completely sad though. (I wouldn't have liked it if it was.) Instead it provides some reassurance. There are some things that don't have to change due to time. We control the core of who we are and the relationships we forged with other people in the past remain with us. The song doesn't explicitly state it but there is the subtle idea listening to it that every night leads into a new dawn and with a new dawn comes new hopes and dreams to fulfill. It is a beautiful song... sweet, sad and comforting at the same time. - |
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