It's not Me, It's You [WR #5 [LS, JL, TJC, EW]]

One of Muse’s best, MOTP does a stellar job of melding their heavy Euro-rock tendencies with a fast-paced, dancehall-sounding electro. Playing this song where I can hear it is like flipping a switch. In the nanoseconds it takes for my brain to process the incoming information, I become a different, more exciting, animated person for those four minutes and eighteen seconds. When I’m listening to a truly great song, I am overflowing with energy, unable to contain myself. I become totally unaware of the people around me. The music overtakes my brain completely and for about four minutes, I don’t have anything in the world to worry about. It’s just me and the sounds in a state of mutual appreciation, totally blissful and alone. If the world as we know it was to disintegrate completely and all that got left behind was me, a decent sound system, and a sufficiently massive collection of music, I honestly don’t think I would notice. Okay, I might miss my guitar.

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If you're curious, these are the three songs I referenced in this piece:

Kill the Director - The Wombats


Map of the Problematique - Muse


The Trapeze Swinger - Iron and Wine