Tuesday, October 4, 2011

Good for me.

Above & Beyond score yet again with today's release of the "You Got To Go" remixes. Phenomenal.

I did something I hadn't done before, which was pre-order an album on iTunes. You buy it and then the day it's released, as soon as you launch iTunes it immediately hits your computer.

The best part of the story is that I had totally forgotten about the purchase. Which is to say I remembered I'd done a pre-order, but couldn't remember exactly what it was. Making any kind of financial decision late at night is rarely the best idea in the world, so as it started to download today I had to trust my own impeccable taste in music and assume that what was about to come soaring through the speakers was, in fact, a glaring exception to the Tired Eyes Purchase rule. I was right.

Such a purchase warranted going back in and shopping around for some other tracks I may have missed along the way. As expected, the search revealed more than a few choice nuggets. For example...

One day, I'm gonna have a reason to dedicate this song to someone. I have no idea who you are, young lady, but what I do know is this: I'm going to sit back and enjoy watching you melt like wax down a candle.

In the meantime, friends, we have this track. Which is more than enough to hold us over: