As I walked up to Simon on Monday before our lunch meeting it was clear that I was mumbling to myself. He asked what I was saying and I explained that I’ve had an old ’70s song stuck in my head since last Wednesday.
The song that I couldn’t stop listening to? Gerry Rafferty’s Right Down The Line. It was in Lake Bell’s amazing movie In A World… I bought it that night and have now listened to it on loop 98 times according to iTunes.
He said he had a song stuck in his head too. I said, “Don’t tell me, it’s Wake Me Up by Avicii?” He double checked his phone. That was the one. Pretty freaky.
It’s further proof that I am, as Simon pointed out, the Rain Man of the Ceros team. Just call me Chief Savant.
I am a huge Incubus fan and according to iTunes I have listened to Aloe Blacc’s I Need A Dollar 91 times — also for several days on loop a while back. So how would I not love Wake Me Up? Swedish DJ Avicii wrote the music with Incubus guitarist Mike Einziger. The lyrics and vocals are by Aloe Blacc.
Here’s the Avicii video. Enjoy.
Brian Alvey 