In fact, it seems the sun doesn’t shine at all for the boys of Graffiti6. If you watch the following music video, you can see that the guys haven’t exaggerated the fluorescent power of radioactive rays…Īnother summer song that isn’t all sunshine! If I listen to Stare Into The Sun by Graffiti6, I always think back to myself dancing at Lowlands Festival in 2011, enjoying every moment of it.Įven the creative brains at EA Games loved it, adding it to the soundtrack of FIFA12.īut guess what? This song’s lyrics aren’t about absorbing solar energy or celebrating life. Did you realise that this summer hit is actually a protest song? Looking back at The Tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union during the cold war, especially at the beginning of the 80’s, it’s likely that this song is a critical response to the status quo of the time. I can’t find any info online as to why the duo chose to write a song about such an unexpected subject. In fact, it’s about a very serious subject, a nuclear bomb!
But nothing could be more untrue! This golden oldie may include sun, sea, and beach, but it’s nowhere near as sunny as it sounds. Knowing that ‘Vamos a la playa’ literally translates to ‘Let’s go to the beach,’ combined with the tropical sound of this song, you may think that this is a happy tune about carefree times. It topped charts all over Europe, and even 35 years after its release, you still hear people singing along to the unbelievably catchy ‘Vamos a la playa, oh oh oh oh’. It was THE summer hit of 1983 Vamos A La Playa by Italian disco duo, Righeira. What do the songs Pumped Up Kicks by Foster the People and Mmmbop by Hanson have in common? That they sound pretty cheerful, even though they actually discuss very painful, heavy, or difficult topics.Īfter two very popular editions of this list, it’s time for ‘These songs aren’t as happy as they sound – Volume 3’.
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