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Thing Corrin likes #2: “Call On Me”

For anyone who has spent over 24 hours (total) with me, will inevitably learn that my self-designated theme song is “Call On Me” by house DJ Eric Prydz. The entirety of the song is a looped sample from Steve Winwood’s 1982 “Valerie,” where Winwood collaborated with Prydz by re-recording the lines “call on me…. I’m the same boy I used to be… call on me,” over and over… and over again.

The song was released in 2004, but made it’s first appearance in my life circa 2006 and has stuck with me ever since (most recently via cellphone ring tone… how appropriate). The song starts out with an the bass beat, then builds up with a slow crescendo of many “call on me’s” into a magnificent climax of bass, beat, strings and vocals. I can’t get enough. The song combines my love for a thumping bass, melodic chord progression and half muffled vocals… completing”Call On Me” ’s trifecta of musical-technoey-housey joyful deliciousness.

But for anyone who can’t enjoy the song as purely as I do, it provides impure pleasures as well. The music video for this techno hit was directed by Huse Monfaradi, and it features a titillating dance sequence performed by smokin’ hot biddies in 1980s aerobic gear (all items made available for purchase at your local American Apparel (http://www.americanapparel.net/). 

So what else is there to say? With “Call On Me”, there’s something for everyone to enjoy.

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