Angels On My Side

More Than a Meme

Angels On My Side by Rick Astley

"He's still never going to give you up, he's just coming back with a new song this time. A tad repetitive, but the dancing's entertaining."

Let's keep that positivity from last night flowing.

Pop is almost always repetitive, and it doesn't have to be a bad thing. That makes the songs "sticky" and easy to learn and fun to listen to, immediately. If something is worth saying once, it's worth saying again.

And if a song is worth listening to once, it's worth listening to again and again and again...

I see some redundancy in that whole hope is for the hopeful and faith is for the faithful business, but those gems were probably not worth saying at all, even the first time.

Regardless, this song is catchy and positive. Optimism is always more effective if you say it a lot. Haven't you ever seen that self-esteem exercise where you repeat positive affirmations to yourself in the mirror? You're supposed to say the same things every morning.

Maybe try just singing this song to yourself everyday. I'll try it and report back.

We all know and love that 1987 hit that became an internet phenomenon, but I feel like Rick Astley is underappreciated as a legitimate artist.

Back in the day, he received a bunch of negative press saying that he was "a 'puppet' of Stock Aitken Waterman." This image persisted even though he wrote five of the tracks on his album (x).

Frustrated with the industry and interested in starting a family, he took a hiatus from music between 1993 and 2001.

But now he's back and better than ever.

Angels On My Side is on his most recent album, 50, which was released this year (2016) on the day after my birthday (June 10). The album, which debuted at No. 1 in the UK, includes 12 tracks that were all written and composed by our favorite more-than-a-meme-singer-songwriter aka Rick Astley.

If reading about that comeback story while listening to Angels On My Side in the background doesn't make you smile, you are truly hard-hearted.

Overview:

Genre:
Pop

Favorite Lyrics:
Sometimes I just don't feel like waking up,
Wanna stay inside my dreams.

I got angels, you got angels.

Verdict:
I can see 'em.