A couple weeks ago I was watching a favorite Youtuber, 12Tone, deconstructing a song I wasn’t aware of. During the intro he made a joke about trying to explain the song, then stopped, saying everyone already knew what the song was. I had no idea at all. So I went and listened to the song and looked up a bit more about it.
Due to some weird convergence of chance and Matrix-esque internet dodging that I didn’t know I was doing, I somehow missed out on the phenomenon that was Mr. Brightside.
It’s a really good song and I had the fortune to be one of that day’s lucky 10,000.
Seriously no idea at all. My wife, who doesn’t generally care for music at all was very well acquainted with it. It was just one of those one-in-a-million things just seemed to happen.
That’s the best because the song is phenomenal, and I never listen to it now because I’ve heard it too many times. You truly have been given a gift there!
Every time I hear it I’m transported back to a grimy pub in the student union, dancing on the table and beyond drunk on snakebite and youthful abandon. Truly one of my happiest memories, not for what happened that day but just how young and happy and free I felt!
Semi-relevant story time!
A couple weeks ago I was watching a favorite Youtuber, 12Tone, deconstructing a song I wasn’t aware of. During the intro he made a joke about trying to explain the song, then stopped, saying everyone already knew what the song was. I had no idea at all. So I went and listened to the song and looked up a bit more about it.
Due to some weird convergence of chance and Matrix-esque internet dodging that I didn’t know I was doing, I somehow missed out on the phenomenon that was Mr. Brightside.
It’s a really good song and I had the fortune to be one of that day’s lucky 10,000.
Huh, and today I am a lucky 10,000. Had to google the song, never heard it. Thanks for you anecdote and my subsequent discovery!!
I don’t doubt you and I don’t judge you but… HOW
Seriously no idea at all. My wife, who doesn’t generally care for music at all was very well acquainted with it. It was just one of those one-in-a-million things just seemed to happen.
That’s the best because the song is phenomenal, and I never listen to it now because I’ve heard it too many times. You truly have been given a gift there!
Do you ever wish you could go back and listen to it for the first time again?
Every time I hear it I’m transported back to a grimy pub in the student union, dancing on the table and beyond drunk on snakebite and youthful abandon. Truly one of my happiest memories, not for what happened that day but just how young and happy and free I felt!