When I heard about the new music video by Train, it was described like a fairytale. A catchy song on someone's ear buds would, magically, make him dance and then, make the whole world dance. Wow! This go lucky, happy theme sounds like a too good to be to true (and you actually do know it) advertisement for music or like any TV commercial, where people just start dancing and smiling out of the blue. Yep, sounds truly amazing. And it also gave me the impression that the song was going to be all bubbly, high paced and fun. And let's face it, a lot of songs by Train are a lot of fun, so it's not that strange to expect from them.
So, when the first notes started, I was quite surprised to hear the song is a lot slower than I expected and the lyrics remind me of a ton of other songs. Though I think this must be their cheesiest song ever, I tend to forgive Train for it. And this is not just because it's about a song about the love for music (and we can all relate, otherwise you wouldn't be hanging around at Kurrent Music), but I think it just blends in ok with the rest of their repertoire.
I think their story is amazing to begin with. "Drops of Jupiter" is one of those classic songs that just keeps on getting radio airplay, but it's very rare that a band, considered a bit of a one-hit-wonder, breaks through again, much later, and is able to hold on to success during their second time around. They did have a little bit of a break in between, but when they got back together, they got right back on track. It's like they found the secret or something.
Anyway, "Play That Song" is the first single to be released from their upcoming album, "A Girl, a Bottle, a Boat". It is expected to be released early next year. They also have a new acoustic Christmas song out called "I Miss You, Christmas", which is only available on Amazon Music, at this time.
