Songs Of The Decade: Come On Let's Go by Broadcast

I listen to a lot of peculiar music, I admit it. And I generally don't try to foist it on people unless they are actually inclined to give something new a spin. However, sometimes, there are songs that are so fantastic but sadly ignored that I should carry a spare set of headphones around and share them with the world.

Come On Let's Go is one of those gems that should've made #1 everywhere, and I've been playing it often ever since it came out in 2000. (So it literally is the Song Of The Decade.)

Although Broadcast is known to dwell in the abstract, this song couldn't be more direct... there's always you and me, no matter what else goes on around us. It could soundtrack any number of movie scenes where girl finds boy in a crowded room, they reunite, and the camera locks in on the couple embracing, oblivious to the others surrounding them. But you can film your own scene when you listen instead.

As with the best of Broadcast's songs, the plaintively lovely vocals of Trish Keenan float above an atmospheric soundscape. And if there was ever a song to end a year and a decade on, it's Come On Let's Go. After all, if you can believe William Shakespeare and Tony Bennett, what's past is prologue and the best is yet to come, so come on, let's go. Happy new year!