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After blasting P-Funk and Tunak Tunak Tun for the past week, you probably need a break from dancing. It happens to the best of us. Let's slow things down and get a little meditative with Placebo's cover of "Running Up That Hill" and see how that goes.
And if I only could
Make a deal with God
And get him to swap our places…
The trouble with this song is that whenever I least suspect it, those words, or their haunting melody, sneak their way into my head and I'm stuck humming it under my breath for the rest of the day. Not that I'm complaining, it just makes it hard to stop myself from looping it over and over.
I think "meditative" is definitely the right way to put it. There are a few other songs I'll be posting soon about which I feel the same. When I'm in the right mood for it, it's great to just relax and get lost in the repetition.
If you like the song, thankfully both Amazon and iTunes have you covered for the Placebo version, so you can take your pick! And the Last.fm fan page is here.
Just for comparison, here's the original Kate Bush version of "Running Up That Hill." Personally, I can't stand it, but perhaps it's just a sound you have to grow up with to appreciate:
I don't know what it is, but those… noises… that come in at 0:06 make me want to toss my laptop out the window. And the thumbnail of the YouTube clip, with all those purple floating heads, doesn't help. At all. >_<
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