Organ Donor

My favorite song from DJ Shadows would have to be Organ Donor. I wasn’t sure who made this song but I recently heard it in a hip hop dance class while we were warming up and it takes me back to my high school days too. Just from the short amount of time this song lasts, it makes me think of a couple of my friends and how they would break, starting off their routine, to songs just like Organ Donor, during our lunch period on the side of the cafeteria. This song is part of my youth and how I got into a bit of hip hop. I really wasn’t much of a hip hop head but I liked whatever I heard, whether I knew who the artist was or not. With each day the guys had their session, the songs they played grew on me. Songs like Organ Donor by DJ Shadows, are absolutely timeless. It just doesn’t seem to get anywhere close to being played out. Even watching the videos of their competitions, the video was compiled with songs back to the year is album was released, 1996, to older albums, dubbed over them. There are different elements in the song that doesn’t make it tiresome to hear often. The beats are constantly changing. It is also a memory of a transition in my life. It was expanding my horizons.  It’s crazy how this song is from an artist we are required to listen to for class.