It may be no secret that I love music. We all do, don’t we?
Music keeps us sane during the dull moments of a day. Music propels us through exercise routines. Music gives us a reason to pretend we’re fantastic singers when we’re alone.
It also gives us emotional stimuli. That’s a fancy way of saying we feel something when we hear different styles of music. For some, the emotion of a danceable song is exhilaration. For others, the same dance song will only generate raised spirits, or the beginning of exhilaration.
A new song I heard recently gives people a sense of loss. Sadness for someone they miss, I suppose.
I didn’t get that feeling when I heard it. It just sounded like another Christmas song to me, and this time of year is when you hear a LOT of those. Not that I’m opposed to hearing lots of different, even obscure, Christmas songs (most of what I’ve heard this year are the obscure ones) but I feel like the consumerism machine is turned up to eleven when there’s Christmas music everywhere you go. Regardless of the machine, I have got to tell you about this song I heard. It’s called “Christmas Hits Different.”
And before I give the wrong impression here, I have to say my intention is not to discredit Tobymac. He has a musical soul, and his collaborative work is amazing. For instance, the song “Promised Land” with Sheryl Crow is positively astounding.
The problem I found with “Christmas Hits Different” is there’s a melody in there that struck me as too familiar. I was thinking, “What song is that? I’m sure I’ve heard it before.”
So I started humming it to myself. Some of my friends were saying, “Just hum it to Siri,” or, “Just hum it to Google.”
Yeah, I like to figure things out on my own. I hummed that familiar part for a while until I realized there should be some “…doo doo doo, doo doo doo…” in there after the melody. Then I knew I was on the right track. Soon I realized I should listen to some Duran Duran. I haven’t heard their stuff in years. Why did I remember part of a melody from one of their songs? I’ll have to figure that out later.
So to finish off my detective work, I ran YouTube and brought up two browser pages. On one, I had Tobymac’s “Christmas Hits Different.” On the other, I had Duran Duran, and soon I solved the case. It is, without a doubt, “Hungry Like The Wolf” which carries that particular melody.
The next questions, of course, are: Does Duran Duran know about this? Did Tobymac ask them if he could use a piece of their song? I don’t know yet. And probably you don’t either.
Let’s race to find out. Shall we?
Ready, set, go!
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