Alice Deejay - Better Off Alone

As I remarked in a previous post, techno music has a spectacular healing power. For every political, emotional, or physical scrape, there is a techno poultice waiting to salve the wound.

Look, for one, at Alice Deejay's "Better Off Alone." Imagine this: you're fresh out of a heart-shattering breakup. Every face you see is hers; every little sound sends you rushing to the door, thinking all is well again. You take a walk to cool down, when the strains of "Better Off Alone" suddenly come wafting through the air.



Inexplicably, a great weight lifts off your shoulder, and you know exactly what you need to do. Quick! To her apartment, boombox in hand. As your karaoke rendition of "Better Off Alone" draws to a close, she comes down, teary eyed.

"I'm not! I'm not better off alone."

In the immortal words of J.K. Rowling, all was well.

-ADL