So.
After receiving a number of emails from One Republic fans dripping with contempt after my Nutella post <
https://brucemctague.com/nuts-for-nutella
> I actually felt semi-obligated to not only find out more about One Republic music … but went in search of a song of theirs I could actually like.
Whew.
This was harder than I thought it would be. One Republic is candy for teens. One Republic is sour milk to older folk <like me>.
Ah.
But then I found a song called Counting Stars.
And it is pretty popular … on youtube as of about noon on October 18th:
35,116,836 views
Likes 274,700 Dislikes 4,980
And you know what? It is actually a pretty good song. Really catchy … a couple of really good lines that you can hold onto … and while I wish they could have written a slightly different chorus to hold it all together with … its written well overall.
“Counting Stars” is from their third album Native.
The song was written by lead singer Ryan Tedder.
And the music video <which is pretty horrible> features the band performing in a basement beneath an ongoing church congregation.
Here you go:
Counting stars: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hT_nvWreIhg
While I seriously doubt I will ever highlight another One Republic song … hopefully this will keep their fans off my back for a while.
If not … I will simply play the old uncool guy card. It’s an easy one for me to play.