Day 26 (April 14): Digital Sons - I Am

I AM | Digital SonsYesterday, I admitted something important: my music taste is not nearly as smart as I would like it to be. Obviously, I feel a lot of shame about this. But in the interests of self-acceptance and all that boring therapy nonsense, I will be trying out some self-acceptance about this too.

Put simply, it's time to really delve deep into my enjoyment for very bad music. This is important exposure and representation for fools who are entertained way too easily, I think.

Today's song of the day is a real hit from the archives of my horrible taste. Digital Sons' 'I Am', which I think was released in 2014, is not even listed on Spotify, and has only 6300 views on its main YouTube page.

It's not a good song, and it's not even a particularly varied or interesting one to listen to. I'd like to tell you that I like it for profound artistic reasons, but the truth is that I like it because I heard it on the launch trailer for The Amazing Spider-Man 2 tie-in game, and it has lodged itself in my mind ever since, and because try as I might, I cannot expunge all remnants of my fifteen year old self. It's not even like it's a good memory. The tie-in game was shit, and the web-slinging was dreadful. I don't have a clue why it's lingered.

If you're wondering, by the way, if this sounds familiar, it's because I used the song from the launch trailer for the first Amazing Spider-Man tie-in game a couple of weeks back. Yes, that's right. That's what it's like to have my brain. I wouldn't wish it on anyone.

 

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  1. JasApril 14, 2020 at 7:15 PM

    Not sure how but I missed that spider man game tie-in.....

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