it's always surprised me that 'take my breath away' by berlin never turns up in house mixes. it really has everything we house fans love-clean, crisp, minimal beat, the bass gently riding over it and then it all finalised with the obligatory sweet, over-produced soulful vocals. i know its nowhere near as cool as 'i feel love', but it wouldnt take too much sprucing up to get the same reaction i feel i love does on a dance floor-ie one of purest joy.

the first time i ever heard 'i feel love' on a dance floor was probably one of the best moments of my life, no joke. it was the dance tent at leeds on saturday night and i'd had two days of fun, sun and friends and then this beautiful moment occured. two hundred people, white light shining through their water bottles, with their arms outstretched, singing the word 'looooovvvvvvvvvve' at the top of their lungs as they dance and grin at each other. i mean how much more do you want?

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that footage of the olympic torch going through london is crazy! it looked so epic, one person holding this flame, desperately trying to keep running as people fall down around their feet and clamber to knock him down. it looked like a classical painting. it reminded me of that misfits song about the presidents body lying in the street, for some reason. just a complete loss of control on what should be a very ordinary occasion.