"Enjoy the Silence" was on the radio the other day and I had one of those moments where I was able to hear it as if for the first time. The song has been so popular both on the radio and in the club, that I have stopped appreciating it. It's tight, clinical, and precise. It's exhaustively emotive and sincere. It's fresh and groovy. Of its moment and timeless.
My original idea for this list was to homage the song with remixes, covers, and alternative versions. It got to be too much, though, and it lost its luster. Something in it made me think of Madonna's "Like a Prayer." Maybe because they were both Sire 12"s I played a lot in the same sets.
New Order's "True Faith" would have fit well here.
These songs have a feeling of being separate from time, paced neatly, always urgent, never hurried. The songs encourage self-reflection on the dance floor. I took that feeling to round out the list.
- Matt
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