Ola Salo – Go On Go On

“That sounds like so many other songs.”

Tim: Have a listen to this, why don’t you. I’m a tad conflicted, sort of, maybe, I’m not sure.

Tim: Actually, that’s not quite true, as the more I hear it the more I like it.

Tom: That sounds like so many other songs. The intro is the strings from every Pachelbel’s Canon ever, just in a different order; the opening verse is “Whenever, Wherever” by Shakira, over the synths from an OMD track. I swear I’ve heard every bit of that somewhere else, even that “won the war” pre-chorus bit, but I can’t quite place them.

Tim: You’re not wrong really, but it works. One immediate comparison that springs to mind is Andreas Johnson’s Glorious, though to be honest I’m not sure why. It’s partly the tone of the vocal, but I think also the manner of it.

Tom: Ah, in tone possibly — I just can’t get over how many musical associations it fired off in my head.

Tim: That vocal comes out in full force in the chorus, clearly intended to take the focus, but doesn’t quite manage it and instead the song is defined by the very very good instrumentation underneath.

Tom: Yep, if I can actually get my brain to concentrate on the actual song itself, I find myself agreeing with you. This is a really good track.

Tim: Right – especially when they both come along at the end, and it all combines into one wonderful section when every single component is desperately trying to be heard above the rest. Marvellous stuff, even if it does take a couple of goes to work properly.