Wildfire

Favorite Songs of All Time: 2014-2015 (18 music items)

""Stand By You" Runner up: "Fight Song""

Initiation Album

“There was a time, not too long ago, when Rachel Platten was an unknown, who made CDs only to see them slip out of print. She was a quirky artist that no-one had ever heard of, an intelligent, feminine girl in an unsentimental, uncomprehending world.... And there was a time, not too long ago, when it seemed like every time I went into Barnes & Noble they were playing "Wildfire"-- the complete album. 

"I have sent a thousand ships to you, but my messages never seem to make it through", sings Rachel in "1,000 Ships"-- before "Fight Song". "Fight Song"-- named after the rah-rah go-home-team songs played at sporting venues that have mascots-- is about a girl who chooses not to be weak, a story she tells in a surprisingly sensitive way. She takes the theme of empowerment from the ” read more