Good Old Days

(It's just the song I mention later, there's no video.)

For some reason, lately I've been trying to reconstruct a playlist from my darker days. I've done a fairly good job, considering I didn't know any of the names of the songs or the DJ's. Right now the list is at 16 songs, although I know that's such a small amount of the actual songs I've ever fallen in love with from that time period.

But as I've listened to the songs, the ones that I remember always have this certain style. They always have this fatty bass line in the back. Nothing special, just that ongoing beat. It's the beat that you can only hear on ipods if you push the headphones farther into your ears. Its the one that you can feel when you go to concerts. The bass drum. All my songs have that.

Another thing I've noticed is that they all have this dark sort of tone to them. I was never the happy rave kid. I wasn't the one who sat in the corners either, but I always enjoyed the songs that were more industrial instead of more like carnival music type. It's just dark. And I know you're questioning my judgement when I describe songs by darkness and lightness, but you know what I mean. Don't deny it.

I Love My Sex, by Benny Benassi is a terrific example of the songs I listened to. It's got the deepest bass line I've almost ever heard (I can hear it without smushing the headphones into my ears) and its got that synth thats just so typical of Benassi songs, be it Satisfaction or Illusion. If I had to pick something to relate the sounds to, it would be the sound that electricity makes, but without all the crackling and a lot louder. Just the buzz sound. It's awesome. 

I'm sorry if I'm confusing, but trying to explain why certain songs are good as opposed to bad ones is like explaining myspace to an old person.