Synth Single Review: “Why Can't We Live Together?” by The Blue Book Project & Rogue FX

by Karl Magi

The Blue Book Project & Rogue FX’s “Why Can't We Live Together” begins with an undulating bassline and a brilliant melody that encapsulates hopeful wonder and encouragement, flaring with morning light. The drum beat has a dance floor filling pulsation while the joyful melody rises with Rogue FX’s inimitable and gripping voice, carrying a message of progress.

Distinctive and fresh, Rogue FX captures positivity and struggle, while the melody suffuses the song with burnished luminosity, lifting my heart with it. Throbbing underpinnings create action while the melody evokes sensations of happiness and aspiration as Rogue FX transfers the emotional weight and expectation in the lyrics. Irresistible momentum infuses the leaping tones that burst with newness and a chance for positive change before the song ends.

Asking, "why can't we live together?" our narrator points out that the world is full of hate, not love and says, "Every day it's crisis control, rockets fly as two tribes go to war, humanity has got to even the score." He asks us what we need to do to alter our viewpoint and decides that, "L . O . V . E , it's what we have to do." He muses that there has to be a way to "turn the world around" because we have to live together and adds, " here's to future days."

"It's a crying shame to keep living this way," the storyteller says as he considers the fact that it's difficult to smile when we're hiding so much pain. He continues, "the last thing I want to do is watch the evening news" because our despairing hearts make it tough to let go of anger. However, he cautions, "don't accept the hate, stay closer now to love" because hope is what he's thinking about. To conclude, he says, "don't underestimate the heart's capacity, we can live together (and) make love our destiny."