Owl City “Fireflies”

February 24, 2010

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I’m a wee bit obsessed with this song right now. Something about it is haunting and upbeat at the same time. I love how when it comes on in the car, my three and five year old instantly glaze over and go into their head bobble mode. Something about it speaks deeply to them, and that makes me happy.

So I dug into Owl City a bit, to discover that it’s the brainchild of Adam Young, a shy kid from Minnesota. He was tinkering with electronic music in his parent’s basement, while working at a Coca Cola distribution plant. In a Rolling Stone Daily interview, he says, “It allowed me to sort of dream up these projects. One wound up being Owl City. I thought through how I wanted it to sound, how I wanted the records to look, everything. Sometimes working in a monotonous environment can really free up your imagination.”

Having once stuck labels on vitamin packages in a factory night shift, I can attest to that.

But Adam’s music didn’t stay in the basement- on Myspace, one of his songs racked up over six million views, which helped land a traditional record deal with Universal Republic records. That label released Owl City’s debut, “Ocean Eyes”.

Check it out, let me know what you think!

From Mom’s Basement to the Top of the Chart (nytimes.com)
Owl City: Shy, retiring and No 1 everywhere (guardian.co.uk)

Category Posted in Adventures, Fangirl, Music, Rock and Roll Mama

8 Responses to “Owl City “Fireflies””

Jenny86753oh9 said:

February 24th, 2010 at 8:30 am

I. LOVE. that song! I’ve heard it a few times but haven’t seen the video until now. The retro thing makes me swoon. Time to add that to my tunes…I bet my boys would love it!
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MusingsfromMe/Jill said:

February 24th, 2010 at 8:56 pm

Currently my daughter’s favorite. On a recent car trip my daughter’s need to hear Fireflies over and over again was at odds with my son’s desire to hear the Ghostbusters theme. My teen just turned up her own ipod to drown out these two songs.

I’m partial to listening to the same song repeatedly so my younger two come by their tendency naturally.
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Lauren said:

February 25th, 2010 at 2:56 am

I actually hate that song but I like the idea of dicking off at work.
OutnumberedMama said:

February 25th, 2010 at 9:49 pm

Thanks for sharing. I heard this song the other day but didn’t catch who it was by. My boys love it too. I think it’s the electronic sound – practically hypnotic.
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Josh Chandler said:

February 26th, 2010 at 4:02 pm

Yeah, great song. I love the video to it, my fav of 2010 so far.
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Yasmine said:

March 3rd, 2010 at 12:22 am

I’m going nuts about this song for months! It makes me instantly happy and I can listen to it dozen of times without being annoyed. I love all the other songs from this album to but this one is definitely my favorite. And I’m really not so young any more – but who cares, right?
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Laura said:

March 8th, 2010 at 1:05 pm

I think “Fireflies” got my daughter, Sophie, through all the snow this winter. It made her think happy thoughts about summer.
rockrollmama said:

March 8th, 2010 at 3:02 pm

Laura! I can’t believe Sophie’s old enough to be choosing music, but there it is.:) J is 13 now, if you can believe it. Ooof! Time is fast. Thank you for stopping by, and I’m glad she had Fireflies for the winter.:) xoxo, L