Why do bands still do hidden songs on their LPs? The cassette tape had the perfect context for that unexpected musical surprise by letting the tape run to the end on side B. You’d get “one more song” completely out of the blue. But now, on CDs, hidden songs either appear on the player’s display as an additional track to what is listed on the album’s jacket, or just extended time to the final track, both of which kill the thrill of discovering the hidden song and just leave us waiting for it like any other song on the album.

Perhaps it’s some artistic philosophy that keeps it alive. Maybe some type of passion for the the original concepts and details which made us fall in love with music in the first place. Kind of like when Burning Fever breaks in with its big, loud 70s-era rock, courtesy of The Swedes, charging up their hook-a-plenty, swaggering glam-powered furor with such uncompromising strength, you’d swear the proverbial amp has been cranked up to eleven. Complete with tempo shifts and all the cocky breaks you can handle, the true surprise lies in its warbling synth quirks, clinching that psychotropic injection of flamboyant musicianship that will help put the strut back into your step.

MP3: The Swedes - Burning Fever

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