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Hi all. Remember some days ago when I said there was a song I had heard, couldn't get out of my head and for the life of me couldn't find it's title no matter how much I researched? Well I finally found it! I give you;<br>

# <center>The Final Countdown<br> by Cristelo.</center><br>

https://youtu.be/n9DQEejXDXs
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When I first heard it last week I was so sure it wasn't the first time I was hearing that enchanting melody, and as fate would have it, I was right. Turns out it's actually quite a popular tune originally released under the same name in 1986 by a Swedish rock band called Europe.<br>

### <center><sub>The Original Version<br>by Europe.</sub></center>

https://youtu.be/9jK-NcRmVcw
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It's been so [popular](https://www.songfacts.com/facts/europe/the-final-countdown) that over the years it's been featured in many movies/series soundtracks, is the theme song of the NBA's own Detroit Pistons(Very likely to have heard it through this team as I enjoy a good NBA game every now and then.), and certainly by motivational speakers and/or ponzi schemes recruiters.<br>

Tune is so refined it even has it's own SpongeBob rendition and an orchestra cover(My favorite.) both of which are very easy to find on youtube. However I only downloaded the original, the piano and orchestra versions.<br>

Anyways, my ear drums are thankful, my self prescribed ocd is now in hibernation, since I found it all is swell.<br>

## The Playlist Update:
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In the spirit keeping up with the musical theme, let's talk about Ange's infamous playlist. Lately I've been going on download benders every day or so all in the aim of updating it. Ironically enough, so far said updates mostly consist of oldies, oldies that used to make my days before my laptop completely croaked a few years back and my audio portfolio along with it.<br>

Pouf! And just like that I had lost over 4k songs in an instant, and the infamous playlist was no more. For real though, at school, in the neighborhood and even with relatives I was one of the most coveted music dealers.<br>

Now that I think about it I probably should have charged the fiends. Did that with porn cds for a very short period in high school though, the profit margins were insane. 🤣🤣😊 Shhhhh

Among the lost songs there was the whole collection of Bob Marley's albums, a plethora of old classics, and even more hip hop mixtapes/albums. Jahmin music, jumpy music or head bobbin music, I had numerous albums from each genre. Not just in English but also in French, Kinyarwanda and sometimes languages I couldn't understand to my save life.<br>

It's sad, especially now since I barely have 300-600 songs, most of which I've grown tired of. Damn I miss my old playlists!<br>

About the download benders, I was on one this morning. The songs I downloaded include a few Kendrick Lamar songs from the EP called *EP,* classics from J.Cole and Royce Da 5'9's catalog, and ~~Stuart Little~~ Celine Dion's *I'm Alive* among many others.<br>

And I'm not done yet, I'm keeping a page in my phone's notepad which I'm updating slowly by slowly, and then I go download the chosen ones when I can. I'm certain my playlist won't get to it's former glory anytime soon, specially since I can't track all my sources but hey, I can try at least.<br>

### Sources:
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* [The Final countdown by Cristelo(Piano Rock) - Youtube](https://youtu.be/n9DQEejXDXs)<br>

* [The Final countdown by Europe(europethebandtv) - Youtube](https://youtu.be/9jK-NcRmVcw)<br>

<center>**PEACE!!**</center>

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