Today’s Song of the Day is “The Mountains Win Again” by Blues Traveler.
For Xennials like me, it’s hard to remember the high school days without thinking about Blues Traveler; “Run-Around” and “Hook” were so popular and they played just about anywhere you went as a teenager. But I added this one to a playlist because, though I may have heard it some back then, I didn’t hear it the way I do now—and that’s what Song of the Day is about!
First of all, it’s quite a hook—the mountains win again…it almost writes the song for you. For Blues Traveler, they went the break-up approach, which is all well and good, but when I hear it these days, I just laugh at how it can sum up a simple failure in life.
Secondly, I have a hard time with harmonicas. As a producer, they have their place, but as a listener, there’s been plenty a bar or restaurant that plays a Dylan song that blasts the harmonica and it just sounds so shrill, almost piercing, through the sound system. But not a Blues Traveler track; they make it work—I almost forget I’m listening to lead harmonica!
So if you’re having a hard day, go listen to this one, but if you’re feeling all right, go listen to some Blues Traveler tracks for old times sake!
Check it out if you haven’t heard it!
