OneRepublic ”The Good Life”OneRepublic have released a video for the fourth single from their sophomore album Waking Up. The song’s called “Good Life”, and like the band’s previous singles, it’s been slightly remixed from the album version, giving lead singer Ryan Tedder a little more room to ad lib on the chorus, and punching up the great, live-drum rhythm track. As its title would suggest, it’s a strummy celebration of life as a newly minted jet-setter. But as this ingratiatingly wide-eyed song catalogs the band’s more glamorous travels (including a shout-out to their home state of Colorado), the video finds them with all feet on the ground, singing (and whistling) their nice little song in a lovely, simple country setting. Like the band’s previous singles “Secrets” (which turns up in the trailer for the new movie Love & Other Drugs) and “Marchin’ On” (which was used in ads for the Lifetime TV series Army Wives), I expect that “Good Life” will be around for awhile, not so much as a radio staple, but one of those sleeper pop hits that finds its audience through persistent licensing.
This week OneRepublic premiered “Secrets”, the second video from their second album Waking Up. A classically influenced cello line and some creative and refreshingly “live” percussion back up an intimate verse leading up to a great big anthemic chorus. Great stuff from the band and singer-songwriter Ryan Tedder, who’s still better known for writing bigger hits for other artists, including Kelly Clarkson, who may or may not have recently slammed the man in song.
