We Groove, We Battle, We Rise

You and I are only animals

Live and die like burning candles, yeah

You and I diggin' a dirty groove

'Cause we've got none to prove

And nothing left to lose

You and I we're like a perfect team

You and I live in an orange dream

You and I we're up against the wall

We got to beat them all

To be invincible, yeah...

-- "You and I", Ace of Base

Something that sets apart this blog from others like it and other Pokémon sites is the incorporation of experience to provide some perspective and affirmation of certain aspects of Pokémon. One of those ways, as an example, is by considering perspectives from songs and tying them to Pokémon matters, as I have done in the past in alternating years for a certain artist (see below). To continue the pattern, I have another song from them, and this one might be considered a rather evocative one in some respects.

This song is a rarity from the artist in that it predominantly features the vocals of the group's male members rather than the female ones (they're still there, though as an accent), and it could be considered one of the few songs that exemplifies their club sound before they went more in the pop music direction. As for the song itself, the first chorus is quoted above, and overall, the lyrics are slightly suggestive of grooving and making love - as expected by the club sound - as well as getting a sense of romance.

As for how to treat this song in connection to Pokémon, it's not hard to sense that the lyrics can vaguely describe a Trainer, their Pokémon, and the connection between them - as well as their struggle to achieve certain success. They might have a little (OK, a lot) more than "none" to be proven and about the same for things that can be lost, but ultimately like in the quoted chorus above, they'll have to make moves - which may or may not be of the dancing kind - to groove in battle and rise to (total) victory.

In that sense, the song could be considered adjacent to another song with a bit of a similar title that is already in the Pokémon vein, which is somewhat less clubby-sounding and a lot more sentimental. Even so, a few of the same messages could be considered to be echoed by the other song, although not in the same way as the song being discussed. Notably, the former has love somewhat implied, while the latter (this one) mentions it more obviously. At least some love seems to be necessary anyhow.

Nevertheless, Trainers and their Pokémon have relationships that necessitate them to act in the ways of this song and the other one, and the results might be as I describe in the title of this post: grooving to battle and then rise above their matters. That becomes the perspective and affirmation taken from the songs to reflect them - by way of my experience - in Pokémon matters. Sometimes it may take a little bit of looking outside to look inward, as through pop songs into Pokémon, but the gained views are well worth it.

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