Tonight I'm gonna start a fire, I'm gonna lose my self control

Only about a week until I'm back full-time!

For now, though, here's some big cheesy swooshy dance-pop from Sweden, the sort of song that would fit perfectly on a playlist with Uniting Nations' "You And Me" and Sunblock's "I'll Be Ready"--very '80's. In fact, the first time I heard a bit of the song, I figured it was one of those dance songs made up of just an '80's sample that are so popular now (with added element that always makes me think of Britney's "Crazy" cowbell, even though it doesn't actually sound like it, I know)...and there's still this sparkly electronic riff that reminds me so much of something, but I can't place. And how can you dislike a group that proclaims they "take us back to a trouble-free time when we listened to groups like Europe and Samantha Fox and watched movies like Dirty Dancing and Top Gun" (and uses scenes from Top Gun for the music video)?

Let's focus on the good boy band-ish news like the existence of the three-person group from above and pretend D'Nash never took that awkward, awkward picture, 'K?

On another note, though, someone very wise once posted the Valentin Radio Mix of Natasha Bedingfield's "The One That Got Away" (for which I am eternally grateful) with the comment that "Every summer needs a remix just like this"--I need a remix like that, with that feel for this summer as well, so let me know if anyone knows one!

You can buy the song I posted here (physical) or here (digital). It's also available on the Absolute Summer Dance 2008 album, which is what I know it from (edit: Nick just posted another highlight from that album [not that that's where he heard it, but since I was talking about listening to the album and this connected to that...]). This is also maybe a good time to mention a site I've been using but haven't wanted to recommend because I wasn't sure it would work for everyone, but so far it's still working for me, so I can only assume it really is region-free for the moment (though who knows how long it'll be before they catch that): a Swedish digital music site that you can actually buy from even if you're not living in Sweden (besides Klicktrack, which is great but very limited). The trouble is that most of the songs (though not all) come as protected WMAs, so if you want them for iTunes or your iPod, you'll have to burn them to CD and then rip them back (I recommend using a rewritable CD)--I know that's annoying, but if your a Swedish music addict like me, someone who's always desperate for new releases, it's heaven-sent. If anyone uses it and it doesn't work for them, though, please let me know--I'm planning on adding it to the blog's sidebar and I only do that for sites that don't let only residents of their country of origin use them.

(Hopefully I'll be able to catch up on communication in the next few days; if not, rest assured that'll definitely happen when I'm done traveling [blog catch-up will occur then too], and I'm sorry for taking so long!)