Solid Block of Ise

When it comes to music I’m a huge snob. Really. No kidding. I wrinkle my nose at pretty much anything that plays on the radio. I think of myself as a musical connoisseur and spend hours boning up my knowledge of various styles and bands that definitely will never be played on MTV. My girlfriend Ann-Sofie has several times called me a musical elitist, and I hate to admit that there’s a large grain of truth in that.

I do however like a very wide range of music. I’m into most everything from classical music (a little of the Ludwig Van) to ethnic stuff such as celtic and swedish folkmusic, to bluegrass, to some genuine country-twang, to death metal, grindcore, and then over to a plethora of electronic music. But the common thread is that most music will never see airtime on commercial radio.

So, that’s why I’m kicking myself. I’ve totally fallen in love with a commercially produced tune that’s being played all over the place. I hate my black-clad self for liking this damn song so much, yet I cannot stop listening to it’s intentionally infectious groove.

The last time this happened was sometime in 2001 when I had a brief infatuation with Jennifer Lopez “Play“. Most of that love-affair was due to whatever producers decision to use grinding analogue-sounding synthesizers combined with old-skool drum-machines. The heat cooled off after a few weeks and I haven’t listened to the song ever since.

But now I’m head over heels for the Sugababes song “About You Now“. I’ve had it on repeat about a billion times today, and so far I haven’t grown tired of it. The more cynical part of me is certain that the entire song is constructed specifically to appeal to as many people as possible, with proven hooks and arrangement.

And it worked on me. Dammit, I should be stronger than this! Damn you, damn you all to hell!

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