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Sport of Form

Sara

Jul 27, 2023

Hi all,

I love it when a song immediately reminds me of something else. Not in a blatant rip off kind of way, but something sneakier and flashing. A tiny detail in the bass, or a vocal melody that twists sharply away from the familiar. I can’t always recall the source material tugging away at my sleeve, but when I do, there is always a reward for solving the puzzle.

It happened this morning while I was listening to the absolutely blistering, genius first single, Sport of Form, by The Armed. I kept returning to the satisfying explosions and deteriorations in the first minute of the song when it finally clicked. Wet and Rusting, by Menomena. Maybe you won’t hear what I do. Take a listen and let me know?

-Sara

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Terry Ulrich

Jul 27

I need to listen to it . UGH I NEED TO GET OUT OF THIS MEETING SO I CAN LISTEN TO SOME MUSIC 🎵

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MelJen

Jul 27·edited Jul 27

That just happened to me when I was watching Glamorous. A song came on, when it hit the chorus my brain got confused cause I thought I was listening to Charli but then it was a song from 2007 by September. Guess Charli sampled it for Crash. The song is Cry For You and it’s cool. I had to download it. https://open.spotify.com/track/1KQ1Uq5ajCCN2SzPHVRfgM?si=XrRikb48T5mh_tY9E2z6Ew&context=spotify%3Aalbum%3A0dMfRWTkg6VodhCaZfdVJm

Guess I should add Charli’s is Beg For You.

https://open.spotify.com/track/11M8c9SHQYpd8DOrmcu25k?si=BmSZIOFWRXeSRVmIKPqGug&context=spotify%3Aartist%3A25uiPmTg16RbhZWAqwLBy5

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