All The Right Moves -- One Republic

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  Song: All The Right Moves
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  Artist: One Republic
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  Album: Waking Up
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  Rating: 4 1/2 Stars

In Spring this year One Republic released their single, All The Right Moves.  A song about inter-class relationship struggles, All The Right Moves peaked at 18 on the Billboar Hot 100, and has broken several North American music records.

All The Right Moves is about a poor man and a wealthy woman.  He does not have the right friends or the resources to get to her.  Her family has it better than he could imagine, and she has a chance in that life to make something of herself, but she wants to be with him.  They are trying to find a way to be together, and while they are making progress in their relationship he knows that her family will not let them get too far.  Her family has all of the connections, and he knows the two of them do not have a chance.  Everyone knows it too.  He asks her if she thinks that he is good enough for her, and what she thinks will happen.  They both know that the outlook is grim; He tells her that it can never work because they are so different, and everyone knows it.

The music sounds almost like the music of an old-time dance, which effectively portrays the image of people trying to make something work, and of trying to get around the issues being faced.  It has a strong beat, and the vocals are done in a style which makes the singer sound almost desperate, towards the end of the song moving into a confident sorrow.  The music excellently supports the lyrics, allowing the violins of the background to be overcome by the heavy sound of the drums and electrical instruments.  Almost like the sadness and desperation of the situation overshadowing all else.  At the end of the song, only the violins remain, as if to say that the battle was lost.  All The Right Moves is an excellently performed and moving song about the pressures of inter-class relationships.