63. Polka – Yves Klein Blue

So it happens like this; a small Australian band releases an EP in 2008 and one of the songs becomes massive, and I am talking f***ing huge! ‘Polka’ made it’s way onto national car advertisements and alternative radio, but no one knew anything about the band. But of course, that doesn’t matter, because the song holds it’s own and keeps up its popularity.

The song is a fun little ditty about drug use and the repercussions of such. But the references to famous musicians, the seemingly run of the mill experiences for drug users and the overall bouncy and enjoyable vibe to the song made the song so catchy. And in a style similar to Third Eye Blind’s ‘Semi-Charmed Life’, no one ever realised the drug references and the song became huge.

The song has an amazingly fun feel with jazzy, polka style chords that add to the bouncy rhythm of the song, and the singer’s voice has guts, real power that has great potential in terms of heavier songs. But the song itself is so raw and fun, that no one ever seemed to mind loving a song about drugs, they were too enthralled by how clever and amazing the song sounded.

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