D.A.N.C.E. For Your Friday

Uh yeah, I've been on hiatus. I was away for the New Year with a certain Highlander who came to visit from the Land of the Lochs, and I've been swamped with work since I got back yesterday. I've got plenty to say, but for today, I'm starting small, easing into a fresh, snappy New Year with a simple observation.

I've been out of sorts since Christmas. This time of year (I'm talking end of '07 now) is exhausting, with the buying of presents, traveling back to the Shire, X-mas parties, and the asspack of cloying tourists who infest my great city each holiday season. Now that it's finally over, I can exhale, but my head is still spinning, and I'm trying to get my mentals back to normal.

So, I've been listening to the Sirius radio at work, and today this song came on that's probably been out for like two years, but which I'm just catching now. It's called D.A.N.C.E. by the French electro house band Justice. I don't know them, don't even know what the hell the song is about. And I don't want to know. I'd heard it once before somewheres and I remember not being sure I liked it. It's really pop, with a kiddy backbeat, and it has these simple, candy-coated lyrics that I typically detest. Total campy silliness. But for some reason, when I heard the song this morning, my foggy mood began to lift. I have no idea why.

Maybe there's something about certain sounds that hit my brain in a particular way. Maybe particular songs have sounds that act like an audible hit of Prozac. Maybe we all have our own personal mood enhancers just waiting to be played; we just have to find the ones that work. Isn't it great how music can do that? And isn't it funny how one person's musical anti-depressant is another's suicide note? It's all in how it hits the ears, peeperinos...

Here's my latest, if you're interested. Try not to be sick.