My last entry of September 2008

September is over? Already?

September seems to have been an unbelievably busy month for everyone. But I’m pretty sure every September of every year is like this. It’s just one of those lovable characteristics September seems to attain.

Songs that kept me going this month:

The Knife – Heartbeats
Dandy Warhols – Sleep (me and my bed’s theme song)
Spiritualized – Ladies and Gentleman We Are Floating in Space
Klaxons – As Above, So Below (Justice remix)
The Kaiser Chiefs – Never Miss a Beat (Cut Copy remix)

So about “Heartbeats”…
I used to not really like this song but when I was writing a boring research paper, I had an irresistible urge to listen to it. It helped me get through the dreadful paper. And now, I love it.

So I’ve decided; out of all the music I’ve discovered and re-discovered this month, I’m going to say that The Knife’s “Heartbeats” is my September 2008 song because it got me through my first research paper of the semester.

The Knife – Heartbeats

Never miss a beat

As I was mindlessly researching for a mandatory course, I was listening to Cut Copy’s remix of The Kaiser Chiefs – Never Miss a Beat. After about four minutes into the song, I had an unavoidable urge to start dancing in my computer chair. I thought, “that was pretty sweet” then continued on with my research. The playlist was on repeat so when it came to that song a second time, I found myself unintentionally dancing in my chair again. That’s when I knew; I must write about this remix.

This remix starts off pretty good but it doesn’t get amazing until it hits around four minutes. As you can see from my previous statements, that’s when the real dancing gets started. It’s almost like:

You’re sitting in a chair at a dance party. You don’t know anyone at this party and you’re shy. You’re just there because you are (no questions). You’re grooving to the song wishing you had someone to dance with just because you wanna dance! Then all of a sudden, this excited, animated person grabs you out of your chair and starts dancing with you. You guys have this unprepared, synchronized dance routine that surprisingly works perfectly. And the rest of the night goes down in dance history.

That is, this song in a nutshell.