I don't know if it's because I tend to get nostalgic during the summer, but I've been listening to a lot of songs from my childhood lately. Growing up, I wasn't allowed to listen to most pop music. I remember going to grocery stores with my parents and hearing all these songs I thought were great but never knowing what they were. One time, they played the coolest song I'd ever heard, and even though I didn't know anything about it, it stuck with me.
Years later, I started going to an orthodontist (of all places) that was always playing music videos, and the music video for that song came on. That's when I learned it was Bizarre Love Triangle by New Order. So I have the grocery store and my orthodontist to thank for introducing me to cool music as a kid.
This song was released in 1986 as a single and then appeared on New Order's album Brotherhood, released that same year. Dare I say it's a masterpiece? It's at the very least one of the greatest pop songs to come out of the last four decades.
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About the curator - Becky Welch
Becky has been a music-obsessed, compulsive playlist maker and live music enthusiast for as long as she can remember. Few things delight her more than sharing music and geeking out with people who care as much about it as she does. She plays piano and “plays” the ukulele and guitar. She likes almost every genre but is mostly drawn to fun songs that make her dance with abandon.
