If you've followed this blog for any length of time (even just this past week) you have probably noticed that for the most part my tastes tend to be outside of the mainstream. Not always, but a fair amount, but that does not mean that I am immune to the allure of a perfectly written pop song. And that's exactly what "Beautiful Life" is. Ace of Bass launched onto the scene in the late summer of 1992 with "All That She Wants," followed by a string of hits thereafter, with many people calling them the second coming of ABBA. Sure, I could have picked just about any track off of their debut album, Happy Nation (known as The Sign in the US), but for my money the pinnacle of the their pure pop perfection was the first track off of the sophomore album, The Bridge . Do I like dark synths and aggressive music? 100% But sometimes I just want to experience something a bit lighter and full of joy, and on this Friday I want to launch myself into the weekend as if I just...