do you want to know *why* Darude Sandstorm is such an enduring classic. dou want to know Why people are going to be dancing to it in 2056 if there even are people. because its a great fucking song thjats why it fucks so hard and you cannot deny this
It was the peak of my melodic metal fandom. The Metal Opera vol 1, Nightfall in Middle Earth, Follow the Reaper, Scenes from a Memory, Brave New World, V: The New Mythology Suite, and Blackwater Park were still pretty new. And somehow, I also got into Trance Party vol. 1 with this track on it.
Nothing quite like it in a sunrise set just as the sun officially peeks over the horizon and that beat drops. You feel the entire Earth in your soul. A smile breaks across your face. You throw your arms up wind and inhale a deep breath of cool, clean air. Literally paradise.