I'm thinking of them

There's no underestimating the impact 2 Brothers On The 4th Floor had on the eurodance-scene in the 90's and their influence on my taste in music as well.

I've already covered their fantastic "Dreams (Will Come Alive)"
- one of my alltime favorites - and could mention a lot of their other songs which are also on my list of classics!

But for now it's about the more hidden gems and one of their tracks which have been somewhat forgotten and in my opinion is a bit underrated is "I'm Thinkin' Of U":



2 Brothers On The 4th Floor had the most succes with their singles from the first album "Dreams" and what came afterwards has mostly been hits in their homeland and a few other markets. In Denmark they have been mostly invisible since the first album which is probably why it's only within the last five years I've come to know "I'm Thinkin' Of U". But I love it that's for sure!

This is the story of you and I

It's time for the first instalment in a new series of posts with hidden or forgotten gems of the 90's. First off is J.K. with their "You & I":



As far as I know it was never really a hit here in Denmark, but I must have picked it up somwhere because it was like hearing a long lost love when I rediscovered it recently.

Now that's what I need tonight

I can't help it, but everytime The Attic releases something new I just love it instantly.

This one isn't excactly new, but I just discovered it recently and had to share it since it is yet again a masterpiece from The Attic. It's "Is Love What You Need Tonight":

Stay the night and day

Once again it's the time of year for the Eurovision. Again this year I'm not gonna give it much attention here in my blog, I'll just mention once again that it is very rarely you'll find the best songs amongst the top contenders or even in the final.

This year two of the best songs competed to become Sweden's chosen song of the year. Already getting a lot of airplay in Sweden is Alcazar with "Stay The Night":



But also Star Pilots had a good one with "Higher":



Both are typical swedish disco-pop songs. Sad Sweden didn't choose one of them, maybe they would have done better in the final.

But then again, for some reason these kinds of songs don't do very good anymore in the Eurovision. Can't understand why...

It keeps singin' in my mind

The next one is a special one. Oddly enough it is never one of the songs I think about when asked to name my favorite track(s).

Nevertheless it is without any doubt the song I have found myself singing or humming to myself most often, and I still do it on average once a week. No other song comes even somewhere near that. So it must have something my brain likes :-)

It is Kosmonova's "Singin' In My Mind" featuring Tania Evans of Culture Beat fame:



It was also covered by Paris Avenue in 2005.

King of my dance castle

Another track which became a huge hit around the same time as "Better Off Alone" is Wamdue Project's "King Of My Castle".



A track that I still like just as much as back then and still pleases the dancefloors when played.

Even though it is nowhere near "King Of My Castle" I actually also quite liked the follow up single "You're The Reason".

Better off if you came back in my life

Talking about Alice Deejay her (their) "Better Off Alone" is probably one of the few tracks that I just loved from the very first time I heard it and - even though I rarely listen to it anymore - still does when I hear it now.



Making it a track which is probably on my all time top 20.

At the time when it was released it just sounded so fresh, like nothing else around. It was a well deserved smash hit followed by more hit singles and a great album "Who Needs Guitars Anyway?" which also have hidden gems on it like "No More Lies":



Would love to see Alice Deejay back continuing the success!