There will be meetings to decide what kind of music to use in the soundtrack of a movie about 2025. The producers will hire specialists, will need to listen to the requests of the film studio bosses and will have a few sleepless nights before they decide on which songs will best define this current era. Jim Scaparotti must know this all too well.
Yet, such things have always been important. Each era has songs that define it. Each technological breakthrough or terrifying disaster must be marked by an appropriate rhyme, melody and chorus.
And just as the times move to the beat of a pop song, so do the songwriters need to keep pace with the news, with tech advancements, with the slang of the times. The same writers must, also, on the other hand, make sure that their work does not become obsolete mere months before they’ve recorded their work.
However, if there’s one topic that’s been part of modern fear and fascination, and consequently, a topic of pop songs, it is atomic energy. And since once this genie has been let out of the bottle, there’s no way of putting it back, there are still plenty of reasons for pop songwriters to remain fascinated.
Jim Scaparotti and TINMAN Project’s “Atomic Love” greatest achievement is that it manages to be a pleasant, easy-going pop-rock song that could, virtually, belong to any era. It hints at the future by looking back to our past obsessions and to the pop music rule book.
It’s the sort of song that evokes images of a technological future that never quite passed us by and might never quite occur. It’s also a tune that mixes the punchiness with friendly melodies, an ode to slick lovers and impossible affairs. It’s a song that could fit a soundtrack about, practically, any year of the modern Atomic Age.
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