Well folks. It's a new year. 2012. And its been a while. I'm starting a new semester and it kind of feels like I'm on the brink of something in many aspects of my life right now. I feel as though good things are about to happen. Or maybe I'm just hungry. Either way, to celebrate this feeling of starting something new, or hunger, take your pick, this week is going to be devoted to the best opening tracks on albums. Songs that just start off with a punch and drag you in. Songs that ease you in to an album like dipping toes in a hot bath. Songs that sum up the entire album like a capital letter. Or just plain cool opening tracks. So enjoy, and start something new this week, for god's sake. You know that thing you've always wanted? Well get up and go get it.
This song man. What a good get up and go song. This is a song that aurally explodes. The moment those sticks hit the drums it just instantly fills you up with a sense of excitement and joy and continues on full force party mode. Funny that it's a song about two scientists racing for a cure.
"Race" is from the Flaming Lips shining gold work of art Soft Bulletin an album that has been declared their version of Pet Sounds. It gained this comparison due to its grandiose orchestration and overall "big" feeling it evokes. This song is a great representation of that feeling and is also a great way to start this year. Let's make it explosive and awesome. Explawesome!
Two scientists were racing
For the good of all mankind
Both of them side by side
So Determined
Locked in heated battle
For the cure that is their prize
But it's so dangerous
But they're determined
Theirs is to win
If it kills them
They're just humans
With wives and children
Upwards to the vanguard
Where the pressure is too high
Under the microscope
Hope against hope
Forging for the future
But to sacrifice their lives
Both of them side by side
So determined
Theirs is to win
If it kills them
They're just humans
With wives and children
Theirs is to win
It will kill them
They're just humansWith wives and children
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