Paulina Starborn – Can You Feel My Heartbeat

Straight off a 2003-era Ministry of Sound compilation CD

Tim: It’s above average generic dance music time!

Tim: This is, pretty much, straight off a 2003-era Ministry of Sound compilation CD – the Annual ones they do which back then were brilliant but now are full of crap like Chris Brown and Wiley. Moan over, this is very good.

Tom: Agreed – it sounds almost retro by now, like a track that got held over for ten years.

Tim: Summer-style Eurotrance, kind of heard it all before – is the backing a fairly clear rip-off of Inna’s two-and-a-half year old track Amazing? Why yes, yes I do believe it is, but so what.

Tom: I don’t hear a close match there myself, but then there’s an argument that pretty much everyone in the ‘generic dance music’ industry’s been ripping everyone else off for years.

Tim: Very true, and I suppose a lack of innovation is, in theory, bad for the music industry as a whole BLAH BLAH BLAH but it does in this case provide a very listenable and danceable track.

Tom: The music video seems somewhat awkward – why is it in a bowling alley? Why does it seem deserted? And why is everyone dancing just a little bit awkwardly? Still – can’t complain about the music.

Tim: Indeed – the music’s good, I’m happy, we’re sorted.