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Stonebridge - "Take Me Away (feat. Therese)"

Standard fare dance pop checklist: Diva vocals, strings, 4/4 house beat, floating synth backdrop, brief spoken word bit, well placed chords that allude to some kind of higher calling in a mysteriously abstract kind of way. Yes, it's vilely unimaginative in its construction and utterly predictable, but let me let you in on a little secret. When done correctly, this is the most potent, unassailable formula in all of music. And what isn't there to love? Grand sweeping gestures, a warm sense of contentment, the search for an artificial state of bliss... Sure, if you're really paying attention, this isn't going to hit the emotional home run that you'd like it to. You just have to submit and let it envelop you in its own little fantasy bubble. "All I wanna do is dance and have fun." Despite it all being so conspicuously fabricated, this is hedonism at its finest.
- posted by Shane @ 7:31 PM
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