song obsession friday! (for the week ending Februrary 20)
Song obsessions are those songs that we listen to on repeat. I noticed that my obsessions are often a week long. I also thought that other people might have similar obsessions. I’ve collected a panel of a few like-minded individuals and gotten their “song obsessions of the week.” Quite often it’s easy to explain why the song is good; it’s much hard to explain why we’re obsessed. Maybe you’ll become obsessed with one of these.
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Adrian (me):
U2 – In God’s Country (mp3) (buy
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Most obsessions, for me at least, are front and center in my mind. They take over my brain for hours, days or weeks, often like an addiction.
Walking in a volcanic moonscape in a quiet only interrupted by the sound of feet on fine rocks and breathes in thin air, step followed step, and an illusion of a song entered my brain. It was snippet of jagged guitars and I knew it was U2–but I only knew in the same way you know details in a dream–you just know them despite little evidence. Only late did I figured out it was this song. God’s country, indeed.
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Keith:
The Jonzun Crew – Ground Control (mp3) (buy
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Here’s a bit of an early electro rarity though this tune definitely has some prog influences as well if you listen with a trained ear. The sci-fi theme melds very well with the vocoder vocals and swooshy synths and I’ve curiously found myself hitting repeat on this one.
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