I am not getting to these song descriptions as quickly as I had hoped! It's been a busy week, I guess: General Election (and the newspaper articles, blog posts and traditional media reports that one goes through to try and make an informed decision!) in the United States on Nov 2, Cubmaster duties, and broadcasting duties, not to mention the busy schedules of my ever growing children! Oh, yeah, and I have to work!! Doing some fun stuff with an auditorium sound system this week. Always learning new things! But I guess all that adds up to less time for the posts here at the Amature Music Mixer site! But there are some fun songs yet to post about for the 2010 Fall Mix! So...on to the next one!
Secrets was released as a single in the US on June 1, 2010 from the album, Waking Up which was released in November, 2009
OneRepublic first came to my attention as part of the Summer Mix from last summer (2010), though they've been around for the past few years already, and I knew the song Apologize but didn't know who sang it. I've always liked songs that have soaring atmospheric qualities to them, which is why I've enjoyed songs like Space Age Love Song (and really, just about anything) by Flock of Seagulls, many of Journey's songs, punk-pop like Heart of Glass by Blondie, the harder - but still full and atmospheric - songs by groups like the Scorpions & Rush, and more recently the sounds of songs like Drops of Jupiter by Train and groups like Angels & Airwaves, Linkin Park and Yeasayer. There are many other songs and groups that fit in with this song type, and OneRepublic looks like they are one of them!
As a result, they are quickly becoming one of my favorites. So far, I haven't run across a OneRepublic song that I didn't like! I also like the quote found on a Wikipedia page from singer Ryan Tedder, "We're no respecter of genre. If its a good song or a good artist whether rock, pop, indie or hip hop, they've probably influenced us on some level...nothing's new under the sun, we're a sum of a bunch of parts." I think I liked its honesty. No presumptuous statement about "our music" or that they're supremely different - just an acknowledgement that they are what we all are: the sum of our backgrounds and experiences which at once makes us all the same in so many ways, but also makes each individual unique.
Secrets was a song mentioned in the notes from last summer's mix, when talking about the song that wrapped up that Mix, All The Right Moves. At that time, the song had only been released as a single across the pond and into Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Since it became an official single in the US it has done well. Not spectacular, but well and it has been used in a number of places, from a promotional video for the TV show Lost, to iPad commercials. Meantime, the group with roots in Colorado is on a Fall Tour with Maroon5 (another group with a song on this mix), and is rumored to be joining British Boy Band JLS for a tour starting sometime this Winter. This comes after a busy summer of brief tours with the likes of Bon Jovi and P!nk, along with appearances on the Today show and wining Poland's Eska Award for Best International Group.
The song itself creates a number of interpretational possibilities (as evidenced by the 40 or so comments on the songmeanings.net page) which I'll leave up to the listener rather than post my ideas on the meaning behind the lyrics as I've done for a couple of earler song posts. Leave a comment with your thoughts!
More songs (and video): Say (All I Need) , Apologize , Timbaland Remix of Apologize , Stop and Stare
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