This is one those songs that seems to reflect the moment you’re in. In a happy mood you can sing along to it. It’s got a great drum beat so you can move to it. But it’s lyrics are very poignant with layers of meanings. A young musician off to make it in the pop world. Or someone who’s being doing it a while and maybe they’re just kidding themselves. Or maybe just the whole story. The lyrics also take you into the trash aesthetics of the pop world and nostalgia for a time gone.
I loved this song since I first heard it but it was when it was used in the last few minutes of the second series of “Skins” as the big finale number that it got stuck in my mind. It’s one of those songs that seems perfect to drive to work to. Although when I think of this song from 2009 I see myself sitting at the railway crossing about half a kilometre from where I live. Travelling to work I've been stuck at these light for ages. I need songs like these to carry me forward. You can forget where you’re going and put yourself in another place. Paris, New York. In the end you still end up outside your place of work though.
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