Mini essay on Imogen Heap's Hide and Seek, and its many reincarnations

Let's discuss this song:

The first time I heard it was on The O.C.: the part where that dude gets shot and Imogen blurts out "Mmm whatcha say" so oppurtunely.

I love the O.C. by the way; it was one of my favorite shows to watch in boarding school.

But anyway; I did end up downloading Come Here Boy, and Hide and Seek back in 2006?2007?

Then Hide and Seek resurfaced as a sample in 2009's Derulo's "Whatcha Say";

I'm not saying it's bad; it's expectedly catchy as far as mainstream pop/hip hop goes
but it does well again at reinforcing the somewhat true stereotype that the general opinion of music taste is ignorant, and quite a bit stoopid.

Nevertheless you can't really blame the mass music assembly line because they exist to serve the needs of the mass.

When you are inebriated and dancing inside a mediocre hip hop club (see Rebel, Clarke Quay, Singapore), these kind of songs with repetitive hooks shine strangely brilliantly.
You'll dance your socks off.   

You should also watch this acoustic guitar rendition of Hide and Seek.
aka the Funeral/Bawwwww Remix.

The reverb *****
The expert playing *****
Natural harmonics ****

The end result compels teary reminiscence especially when watched late at night, drunk, or high.

There's also the Afrojack remix:

Look at his man tits jiggle . . . man.

It starts off with the typical hook "Mmm whatcha say";

then Dutch House producer Afrojack puts in the drum loop with heavy hall reverb **...

drumline snare to drop***

drop comes ***

and we get that typical high pitched Dutch lick ***

It's not Afrojack's best work, (see Satisfaction, Bangduck, No Beef); it's OK.

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