What’s going on in Stolen Dance? Not a whole lot. When a song comes out like Stolen Dance, which is not clean or boring (albeit fairly simple), and then actually becomes popular, it surprises me, and I would even say definitely pleases me. The epitome of simple and boring.) Anyway, I’m veering off track here what I mean to say is that a good, simple, clean voice with a good, simple, clean sound is popular and has been popular since maybe just about forever. EDM is pretty simple and boring, after all (just look at Turn Down For What. I find the EDM craze to be kind of interesting because it seems to be the exact opposite – well, at least the opposite of clean, maybe not of simple and boring.
There have always been exceptions – David Bowie is a good one – but in this decade, at least, Clean, Simple, and Boring seems to be what the public really embraces. In fact it’s rather cool, and extremely welcome in a world that’s drowned in auto-tune, whose popular vocalists generally piss me off because they seem to have been stripped of all originality by the big companies or maybe just by society, who seem to really like a certain kind of sound – which is, it appears, a rather clean, uninteresting sound, like for instance the notes that spring from Mariah Carey or the newest popular teen idol. And as I continue to listen to it, I still think it is, but it becomes less and less of a problem each time I hear it. When I heard Stolen Dance for the first time, it was on Much – the Canadian equivalent of MTV – and I didn’t like it because the verse seemed vaguely off-key. As stated above, he usually has his head in the sandbox behind his house entitled ‘Obscure Music of the 2000s.’ But I couldn’t resist climbing out of my comforting world of Aesop Rock and Neutral Milk Hotel to take a look at this song – so enough exposition, Jesus Christ! Let’s get to the thing. So, does the loner behind this blog that nobody reads usually listen to popular music? No. Doesn’t he only look at indie stuff?Ībandoning all pretense that I’m a stuck-up hipster who only listens to super-obscure Aesop Rock songs from the early 2000s, let’s dive in and take a look at a very curious little quirk-of-a-hit, Stolen Dance by the Man With Great Hair, apparently known officially as “Milky Chance.” I will never refer to him as such, however, because since seeing the video all I can think is Great Hair. We can sing about what feels sad or heavy but in a very happy environment of music.(Psst.
It allows us to express what we feel and that is what we do in our music, too. Making music makes us so happy and it’s a safe space of being, and being free. There’s not one way, but both make life beautiful and it only goes together. What about that approach appeals to you?ĬR: I think it resembles the natural way of life to us being contrasted of happiness and sadness. But it turned out to be a nice memory piece and in fact built up a demand that is also very pleasing and sweet, as well as a reminder of how blessed we are doing this for over 7 years now.ĪR: There is a bouncy feel to the music that is contrasted by some of the anguish of the lyrics. I think in France if I remember right.ĪR: What made you feel the timing was right to give it a proper release after it had been a fan favorite for so long?ĬR: Well, we had some issues to solve regarding contracts from the past, and it took us longer than we would have wished. Rehbein, who is joined by Philipp Dausch in the duo, spoke via e-mail with American Songwriter about “Unknown Song,” which doesn’t seem likely to remain anonymous for long.Īmerican Songwriter: What was the spark for “Unknown Song” in terms of the writing?Ĭlemens Rehbein: That one actually came alive through a soundcheck jam on tour. Guest vocalist Paulina Eisenberg supports the group’s lead singer Clemens Rehbein on the track. The finished product, “Unknown Song,” is finally getting a proper release and has all the makings of another unorthodox yet catchy classic from the pair. Their latest single actually goes back a bit to a track that they first concocted as a demo. The German duo Milky Chance has been dropping eclectic musical nuggets on their fans for the last decade or so, with the 2013 hit “Stolen Dance” being just the icebreaker for their run of success.
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