Dakota Beacon

If you EVER GET A CHANCE to see One Republic at a live performance…drive the 500 miles or whatever it takes. Bounce a check…rob a bank…for cryin’out loud even hitchhike if you have to…just get there!

If you are old enough to remember the Fabulous Flippers out of Lawrence Kansas… or if you are too young to remember when genuine classic rock was being created like there was no tomorrow… if you love the symphony, especially the wailing funeral music that yanks your heart out…if you really love soulful blues so smooth it hurts…and if you love the classic rock beat that has your whole body rhythmically in tune with the pulsations of euphoria…then you will absolutely be appalled at this rock band and what they do.

Songwriter singer Ryan Tedder and this band are so far ahead of the curve it boggles the mind. I’ve been for years lamenting the lack of good new music! These guys switch off on instruments just like the Flippers did 40-50 years ago. But even the flippers did not have the soulful and screamin’ good edge in the vocals that Ryan is gifted with. This is the answer to my musical dreams and, I hope, yours too.

I know… it’s been since November 2007 since One Republic’s “Dreaming Out Loud” masterpiece. So I’m slow at recognizing what’s out there…I’ve been busy!

Anyway, dig One Republic’s work and enjoy. Life’s short…love this stuff up!