Today’s song comes from a friend’s recommendation, way back in the days of MSN Messenger.  We were chatting one evening while I was working on an assignment for uni, and I asked him to send me a song: something peppy to keep me going. This is it – I hadn’t heard of Modest Mouse before this, but it was an instant winner with me.

Last weekend it popped up again, when I was pottering around the house and wanted some mad tunes to keep me motivated. I couldn’t find the antenna thingy for my stereo so dug up some old CDs instead. (I love dipping into old mixes and playlists, to see what I was loving at that time). I came across a mix I’d called ‘Moving ’08’ and thought, this’ll work – I hate moving and vaguely recalled making an upbeat mix to get me through.

Apparently I lied.

The first two songs were Coldplay The Scientist and Radiohead Creep. Both beautiful songs, but not quite what I was after.

Just when I was giving up hope though, this blast from the past came on:

Much better! Hopefully you’ll appreciate a peppy start to your Monday, and it’s got a good message too – stuff happens but it’ll all be ok in the end!

P.S. Speaking of blasts from the past, this was in the mix too, oh yeah! High knees and double clicks anyone?