Toy-Box

Toy-Box is pretty much my favorite bubblegum dance artist. It consists of Anila and Amir, both born in Denmark but of Middle Eastern descent. They've since gone their own ways onto solo careers, but Toy-Box will always hold a special place in my heart. In keeping with the bubblegum dance style, their music is obscenely happy and centered around lighthearted and carefree love. Their lyrics are often ridiculous in a somehow clever way and in several instances make no sense at all, for example the line “No friends are never alone” which would really only work if the word used was “ever”. However, quirks like these only add to the fun of listening to Toy-Box.

My favorite Toy-Box songs:

• Fantasy Dream World
• www.girl
• The Sailor Song
• Tarzan and Jane
• Prince of Arabia
• 007
• Best Friend
• Dumm-Diggy-Dumm
• E.T.
• Super-Duper-Man
• Superstar
• Wizard of Oz

It's very hard to choose an absolute favorite Toy-Box song, as many of them are almost legendary, but one of my favorites is “Fantasy Dream World”. The melody everywhere in the song is extremely catchy and expertly crafted. The low electric grinding instrument that accompanies the bass during much of the song sound very nice. The extremely subtle and hard to pick out magic sounding instrument forms a very nice counter melody to the chorus. It follows the same notes as the electric piano in the very beginning, so knowing that, it should be easier to find. Although when the prince is singing it's often so fast that it's hard to tell what he's saying until you've listened to “Fantasy Dream World” many many times, the words of the song are wonderfully powerful and often quite nonsensical in a startling beautiful way.

You can listen to “Fantasy Dream World” here.

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