Texas – Magic Man
I don’t miss the 80’s. It was a terrible decade mostly full of terrible people. And on the whole, the music wasn’t great either. But every rule has exceptions, and in this case it’s synth pop. Sure, like all genres it has some trainwrecks. But when done right, there isn’t much that sounds better.
Magic Man seem to agree. They are the logical heirs to that tradition, blowing some of the more famous bands of recent years (The Killers, The Bravery, etc.) clean out of the water. Just listen to that synth line, those thumping drums, the ode to sunshine and nights spent on a rooftop and a whole lot of sex. This is one of those songs that sounds so simple that you’d think anyone could do it, but which would turn saccharine and chintzy in the hands of all but the most deft musicians.
Thankfully, Magic Man do it right.