Ra Ra Riot - Ghost Under Rocks

half asleep i hum a songline. desperately trying to finish the verse to reach the chorus. when i remember the chorus i will remember what song the line is from. after the third try i wake up. nope, no chorus reached. just a puzzled feeling. another song stuck in my head and i cannot remember what song it is.
a few hours later i will run into the song again. the real song. "GHOST UNDER ROCKS". the opener of the RA RA RIOT album. and it has everything an earworm needs to survive. catchyness and simplicity. and lucky me, the sillyness is missing.
an easy to remember bass-line meets and easy to repeat vocal-line. some recurring words for an easy sing-a-long. the perfect framework for a perfect pop song. perfection brought by subtle strings and background vocals. that's what we're talking when talking about earworms: perfect pop songs. nothing to be ashamed of. nothing i'd be ashamed of.
usually i need more than just one song to buy an album. and honestly, the rest of the RA RA RIOT album is good. but not great. not as great as "GHOST UNDER ROCKS". but still i bought it. just because of this one song. to listen to it over and over again. and when my thumb gets sore from pushing the repeat button i have a good album to follow. and while the last song runs i think about the next earworm to be treatened with the song itself on repeat. or maybe i just listen to this album again.

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