please. effing. stop it.
well, the posing is fine. i really couldn't care less about the posing. you sure do spend a lot of time at the gym though, don't you? wow. actually, i'm talking about this song, so what. you see, my co-worker listens to pop radio, and that song is played roughly every fifteen minutes. you must be raking in so much cash right now. (which is probably good for you, since you haven't had a hit in, what, 8 years?) however, just because a song is played every fifteen minutes doesn't mean it's any good. just because a song plays over and over in my head when i go home after work doesn't mean it's any good. it may be an effective pop song, but it is seriously obnoxious. so stop.
love (not really,)
me
really, though, i'm not joking even a little bit. so what has showed up in my dreams, will play in my head when i'm trying to sleep, i find myself humming it on the subway... and i hate it.
for those readers who can't watch youtube at the moment (what, your job expects you to do work while you're getting paid? ridiculous!), here is a sample of the lyrics:
na na na na na na na
na na na na na na
na na na na na na na
na na na na na na
i guess i just lost my husband
i don't know where he went
so i'm gonna drink my money
i'm not gonna pay his rent (nope)
i got a brand new attitude
and i'm gonna wear it tonight
i wanna get in trouble
i wanna start a fight
na na na na na na na
i wanna start a fight
na na na na na na na
i wanna start a fight
this is a perfect example of what i think of as the "some shit happened and now some other shit is going to happen" song. however. other bands have done it better, and, in light of their accomplishments (perfection!) i don't really think that pink should have even tried.
in the loooooooooove category, may i suggest:
kaiser chiefs - i predict a riot
this song is apparently responsible for me breezing right past two friends in the train station - i was that caught up in rocking out to it on the pod. i have it on fairly constant heavy rotation, and have had it that way for years. it's irresistible, catchy without being poppy, and a whole fricking lot of fun.
and the ultimate best of the best of the sshansosigth genre (and also, seriously? one of the best videos ever.) is of course...
ok go - here it goes again
i've spent quite a bit of time this past week trying to figure out what differentiates pink's version from these other two. they all have repetitive, silly lyrics. lots of major chords, augmented by a diminished here and there to feel "edgy."
i've come to the conclusion that it's two things, primarily:
1) real instruments / no vocal correction
and
2) actual soul
i didn't really think that i'd ever say that ok go was soulful, but in light of this development, that's what i'm going to have to conclude.
i am, however, willing to admit that my conclusions may be silly. does anyone have a better take?
also, does anyone have a way to get pink's version out of my head?
gah.
1 comment:
They say the best way to get a song out cha head is to actually listen to the song. Although, in the case of Pink (or Barry Manilow) for that matter, I wouldn't recommend it.
Also, I seriously think you need to play the mind bomb game with the person listening to the radio. Find out what song they really hate. Then walk into their area singing the chorus or catchiest part of that song. Two lines should do it. I did this once to a girl working in a laundry. Walked in and said, "Her name was Lola, she was a show girl...at the Copa, Copa Cobana" and when I saw her at lunch, she said she couldn't get Manilow's "Copa Cobana" out of her head.
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