The Black Eyed Peas are an interesting group. Starting as a backpack rap group, they added a woman and achieved pop superstardom. They made music that was stupid, but you know what? It was a good kind of stupid. A fun, dance worthy, party stupid. I'm not a fan of much modern pop music, but I'm not afraid to say that I enjoyed almost all of Elephunk (excluding obvious crapola like My Humps).
With their last album The E.N.D. the Peas starting moving stupid fun, to just stupid. Now with their followup The Beginning they have completed that transition. Each successive single is a mishmash, careening between normal vocals and autotuned trash. Go listen to The Time (Dirty Bit) and try not to get queasy when Will.i.am exclaims "Dirty bit!" and the music goes into tortured techno mode. Continuing in the bi-polar song trend is their most recent single, Just Can't Get Enough. (Listen for the "switch ups")
No lyrical breakdown on this one. I just hate the bipolar, techno beat switchups. The queasy feeling you get. If I Gotta Feeling is a great way to start a party, Just Can't Get Enough is a great way to let the people know that you have had enough.
Monday, February 28, 2011
Saturday, February 26, 2011
Today's Bad Song The Dream Academy - Life in a Northen Town
Here we have a song that proves that not all oldies are goodies. Aural Ambien! Dull music, unispiring singer.
Thursday, February 24, 2011
Good Tunes Thursday Fabolous - You Be Killing Em
A nice, kinda old school beat, chill lyrics, and Fab has an on point flow. My only small downer is using "bad b*tch" as a compliment, but overall it's a solid song. I know I tend to be down on rap quite a bit on this blog, but there are rap songs I enjoy.
But enough with my pontificating, enjoy the song!
But enough with my pontificating, enjoy the song!
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
The Party Boyz - Flex
What is this foolishness?!?!
- The Party Boyz sure heavily feature shirtless dancing men in their video... it's a little.. gay, isn't it? For guys rapping about getting chose by women, they sure do spend a lot of time dancing with dudes. Homies over Hoes? Check out THIS video on youtube. I know it's mirroring frat initiations, but they're getting spanked by a dude after saying they want to "do the daddy stroke."
- What is with the mascot dude? It seeems... wrong.
- One more small thing. They keep calling out Coogi and pronouncing it Coo-gee, rhymes with Gucci. I thought (and I'm getting this from Biggie) that it was pronounced Koo-gi, rhymes with booty.
"Hands on Yo Head Whlie u Workin On Tha Floor
Fire up that kush as I walk throw tha door
Coogi head to toe so you kno I'm gettin chose
but once I hit her wit that flex She go be beggin fo some more
So watch me work[x4]
Flex[x4]"
20 seconds in and we already we have the brand name drop (Coogi!) and a drug reference. Charming. He's getting chose? What kind of women are looking at clothes and deciding that they need to be with a guy? And what exactly is flex? Is it similar to swag? I can't keep up with all the stupid slang.
"So watch me work
Hit her wit that flex
Hit her wit that flex
Hit her hit her
Hit her wit that flex
She go be beggin fo some more[x3]"
SMH
"Ice b ice b why yo swagg so cold
I'm flexin though the party polo hat polo clothes
matter fact I'm so polo that I should and strike a pose
fresh steppin through the doo tha party boyz gettin choose
choosey lover choosey lover call me Mr. Barney Rubble
cuz I keep her bed rockin when I get to flexin on her
showin love to my city cuz you know we takin neckz
city but we don't d town boogie we jus dirty dallas flex"
Let's do a cliche count!
Rap name mention - DING! (1)
Swag mention - DING! (2)
Brand name mention - DING! (3)
Group name mention - DING! (4)
Sexual bragging - DING! (5)
City repping - DING! (6)
On top of that we get a Flinstone's character and rock your bed combo, which was the entire chorus to Bedrock by Young Money. Granted Ice B here goes for Barney Rubble instead of Fred Flintstone, but it's still essentially the same reference! LAZY!
"Yea, you singing watch me flex it now
Everybody working out like a exercise.
Chain hanging on the Coogi just to hurt they eyes.
I got that thing on my side too make these weak boyz high.
If she ain't buying it then I'm kicking her up out my ride.
Cuz ' time is money and with you girl I ain't making a dime.
So, gon and flex one time and take it down too the ground.
Cuz ' Party Boyz be the team represent D-Town"
Chains and Coogi. At least Big Chris didn't name drop himself in his elementary school rhyme. zzzzzz...
"So, watch me flex
and watch me move.
Hands on my head, gon watch yo boy groove.
Coogi on my body, so you know I'm feeling lucky.
Shawty still choosing even though I'm kind of chubby.
Swag on my wrist. Crystal white like the snow.
Lil ' mama bopping on me, cuz she like the light show.
Flex on lil ' mama and she took it too the floor.
She pulling on the Coogi, while I hit the daddy stroke.
Did Coogi pay them for this much advertising? It's mentioned in every single verse! We can also DING! the rap cliche bell, as we get mention of your watch which is inlaid with precious stones. At least Duce Phat can admit he's chubby and make a joke at his own expense.
"Woooah, Woooah, Woooah. I be jiggin, I be flexing it.
Bad lil ' mama on my arm that's a mexican
Blew that girl a kiss close the door and lets begin
I want too get nasty. So, I tell her to bring a friend
Bring it, bring it back. Cuz ' I like the way you working it.
Coogi on my body, so you know your boy working it.
I be flexing while I'm grooving.
Keep the club moving.
I'm super super fresh so, you know the girl choosing."
STUPID! This is just devoid of content. There's nothing here to even make fun of. I guess it's party music, but it sounds like a lame party to me.
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
Twista - Make a Movie ft. Chris Brown
The perfect song to chronicle the continuing pornificiation of our country!
Now, as long as we've had the ability to record movies, naked people have been something we've taped. However, with the rise of the internet, it has become more readily available, and easier to produce at home. Add in the allure of folks like Kim Kardashian getting famous for making a tape of themselves, and more and more guys and gals are filming themselves getting busy. Now we have another song to promote it!
"Twista got cars
Big swagger
I'm a rock star like Mick Jagger
And I got bars that I spit faster
You a hot star no b*tch badder
So let me take you on a ride
On a journey with the one that you call daddy
Who gon make you get it wet
But this time we gon do something romantic and different
I'll tell you about it when we get on the movie set"
I'm gonna deliver a Jean Claude Van Damme style to the next person who rhymes "swagger" with "Jagger." It started in "Swagger Like Us" moved on to "Tik Tok" and shows up again here. After bragging about his swagger and speedy rhyming, he then attempts to complement the girl by calling her... a female dog? How do women hear that and not take offense? Oy, last week we had a guy calling a girl mommy, and now we have a woman calling her guy "daddy." I've never understood that. I've heard it's a porn trope, started by starlets with daddy issues, which kind of seeded itself into common dirty talking because more and more men were watching porn and exposing women to it.
"I was thinking that we could just make a sex tape
Plus I think yo face cute when its a HD
Maybe I could tape you and you could tape me
When I pull my h2 up to your h3
You know that you want to be in this movie
So dont be acting like a trippin with a stranger mission
Recording you while you lovin me down below
Switching the camera angle when we change positions
You could be the director aiming the camera down at me
Filming me licking until you say cut
Ready for any footage you wanna get
Ain't gotta call nobody else because
I do my own stunts
Its the X rated version of a box office hit
I see you ready to strip for this"
Twista wastes no time in trying to talk the woman into this ill-advised venture. He comes right out and says he wants to make a sex tape. I guess when you're that blatant, we end up with explicit lyrics that don't leave anything to the imagination. This should have stayed on the album and been the song couples play with each other. Why is this playing on radio stations during drive time hours when children can hear it?
Now we move on to the chorus by Chris Brown. I'm no fan of Chris Brown. I found him a sort of bland pop musician, but then he beat up a woman, and I lost all respect for him. (for more anti-Chris Brown funnies, check out Todd in the Shadows)
"So let me get the music in, get the tape in, get the cameras in (oh oh oh ohhh)
Baby we dont need no script for this
I'ma throw a couple thousand baby strip for this
Let me pull my camera and make a movie yeah
Starring you and me yehhh
Baby we dont need no actresses
Let me tell you what I'm working with, I'ma break your back with this
Let me pull my camera out lets make a movie yehhh
Starring you and me yehhh yehhh, girl"
Here again, a man throwing money at a woman (who doesn't seem to be a stripper)! Ladies, if a man throws money in your direction and you're not dancing on a stage, please go kick him in the balls! That's incredibly disrespectful.
"Shawty we gon make a movie
Got me lovin it when I'm feelin on the booty
Especially when I can blame it on the alcohol
Coz it do some thing to me
She look better than any chick in my perimeter
Sexy, I wish I could film every bit of her
Kiss her neck down to her stomach and then I'ma
Tell her we could be in a personal cinema"
Sleezy, scummy. Moving on.
"I let you hold the camera first and then I hold it then
Cuz I wanna see how its coming out and goin in
Let you see such a freak in me, I hope this never leak on TMZ this is 50 world star or CNN
Baby girl you kick the world off the axis
Im yo director, filming you for practice
And you know I think you a hell of a actress
Especially when I'm shooting you on a matress
Shawty straight to the top thats where we headed
And I'ma see my name in the credits
And be the sh*t if you let it
See somethin that you not really feelin
Then we can always go back and make an edit
I'll be sippin on patron platinum
She knew about the rapping
But didn't know I'd be on acting
Now a personal reality show
So then, get the tape in, get the cameras in (oh oh oh ohhh)"
"I wanna see how it's going out and going in" Unnecessarily graphic.
This song shouldn't be played before 9pm, and I honestly feel it shouldn't be on the radio at all. Why do we need such explicit and nasty stuff invading our ears? On a pop level, the beat is forgettable and the chorus is weak. Twista also seems to be moving at a slower, languid pace compared to previous efforts. (Try "Slow Jams" and Def Jam Rapstar and then sing along with this track. You'll find this one is much more simple.)
Now, as long as we've had the ability to record movies, naked people have been something we've taped. However, with the rise of the internet, it has become more readily available, and easier to produce at home. Add in the allure of folks like Kim Kardashian getting famous for making a tape of themselves, and more and more guys and gals are filming themselves getting busy. Now we have another song to promote it!
"Twista got cars
Big swagger
I'm a rock star like Mick Jagger
And I got bars that I spit faster
You a hot star no b*tch badder
So let me take you on a ride
On a journey with the one that you call daddy
Who gon make you get it wet
But this time we gon do something romantic and different
I'll tell you about it when we get on the movie set"
I'm gonna deliver a Jean Claude Van Damme style to the next person who rhymes "swagger" with "Jagger." It started in "Swagger Like Us" moved on to "Tik Tok" and shows up again here. After bragging about his swagger and speedy rhyming, he then attempts to complement the girl by calling her... a female dog? How do women hear that and not take offense? Oy, last week we had a guy calling a girl mommy, and now we have a woman calling her guy "daddy." I've never understood that. I've heard it's a porn trope, started by starlets with daddy issues, which kind of seeded itself into common dirty talking because more and more men were watching porn and exposing women to it.
"I was thinking that we could just make a sex tape
Plus I think yo face cute when its a HD
Maybe I could tape you and you could tape me
When I pull my h2 up to your h3
You know that you want to be in this movie
So dont be acting like a trippin with a stranger mission
Recording you while you lovin me down below
Switching the camera angle when we change positions
You could be the director aiming the camera down at me
Filming me licking until you say cut
Ready for any footage you wanna get
Ain't gotta call nobody else because
I do my own stunts
Its the X rated version of a box office hit
I see you ready to strip for this"
Twista wastes no time in trying to talk the woman into this ill-advised venture. He comes right out and says he wants to make a sex tape. I guess when you're that blatant, we end up with explicit lyrics that don't leave anything to the imagination. This should have stayed on the album and been the song couples play with each other. Why is this playing on radio stations during drive time hours when children can hear it?
Now we move on to the chorus by Chris Brown. I'm no fan of Chris Brown. I found him a sort of bland pop musician, but then he beat up a woman, and I lost all respect for him. (for more anti-Chris Brown funnies, check out Todd in the Shadows)
"So let me get the music in, get the tape in, get the cameras in (oh oh oh ohhh)
Baby we dont need no script for this
I'ma throw a couple thousand baby strip for this
Let me pull my camera and make a movie yeah
Starring you and me yehhh
Baby we dont need no actresses
Let me tell you what I'm working with, I'ma break your back with this
Let me pull my camera out lets make a movie yehhh
Starring you and me yehhh yehhh, girl"
Here again, a man throwing money at a woman (who doesn't seem to be a stripper)! Ladies, if a man throws money in your direction and you're not dancing on a stage, please go kick him in the balls! That's incredibly disrespectful.
"Shawty we gon make a movie
Got me lovin it when I'm feelin on the booty
Especially when I can blame it on the alcohol
Coz it do some thing to me
She look better than any chick in my perimeter
Sexy, I wish I could film every bit of her
Kiss her neck down to her stomach and then I'ma
Tell her we could be in a personal cinema"
Sleezy, scummy. Moving on.
"I let you hold the camera first and then I hold it then
Cuz I wanna see how its coming out and goin in
Let you see such a freak in me, I hope this never leak on TMZ this is 50 world star or CNN
Baby girl you kick the world off the axis
Im yo director, filming you for practice
And you know I think you a hell of a actress
Especially when I'm shooting you on a matress
Shawty straight to the top thats where we headed
And I'ma see my name in the credits
And be the sh*t if you let it
See somethin that you not really feelin
Then we can always go back and make an edit
I'll be sippin on patron platinum
She knew about the rapping
But didn't know I'd be on acting
Now a personal reality show
So then, get the tape in, get the cameras in (oh oh oh ohhh)"
"I wanna see how it's going out and going in" Unnecessarily graphic.
This song shouldn't be played before 9pm, and I honestly feel it shouldn't be on the radio at all. Why do we need such explicit and nasty stuff invading our ears? On a pop level, the beat is forgettable and the chorus is weak. Twista also seems to be moving at a slower, languid pace compared to previous efforts. (Try "Slow Jams" and Def Jam Rapstar and then sing along with this track. You'll find this one is much more simple.)
Monday, February 21, 2011
Fergie - Big Girls Don't Cry
Never let it be said that I don't go after old songs. Especially when said old song is the worst song I heard all day.
I'm not gonna break down the lyrics, but I will say they sound like some "Your Best Life Now" self help nonsense."To be with myself and center, clarity, Peace, Serenity."
Clearly I'm not the audience for this song, but it presents itself to me on the radio, and I can't help but shudder. Aside from childish, flat out annoying lyrics, there's no strong beat or melody. Also, Fergie cannot sing. This was made especially clear on their Superbowl performance, when not even Autotune could save her crappy caterwauling.
I'm not gonna break down the lyrics, but I will say they sound like some "Your Best Life Now" self help nonsense."To be with myself and center, clarity, Peace, Serenity."
Clearly I'm not the audience for this song, but it presents itself to me on the radio, and I can't help but shudder. Aside from childish, flat out annoying lyrics, there's no strong beat or melody. Also, Fergie cannot sing. This was made especially clear on their Superbowl performance, when not even Autotune could save her crappy caterwauling.
Thursday, February 17, 2011
Good Tunes Thursday Pearl Jam - Jeremy
Enjoy the 1991 grunge classic Jeremy, by Pearl Jam. This song was on early in the drive to work. That was good, because the rest of the drive was an abysmal mishmash of bad pop music and annoying morning drive time shows. (I like Even Flow better than Jeremy, but I don't program the stations, so I'll take what I can get.)
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
Programming Note
I hate to take days off from blogging, especially a Thursday, but something has come up. I'm helping out with a church trip, and won't be near a computer again until Sunday night.
Tentatively I'll give the radio dials a spin on Thursday morning and try and hash out a post at lunch.
Tentatively I'll give the radio dials a spin on Thursday morning and try and hash out a post at lunch.
Nicki Minaj - Your Love
I know this is an slightly older single, but I heard it on the radio today, and it's the worst song I heard, so it's today's song.
"Shawty Imma only tell you this once, you the illest
And for your lovin' Imma Die Hard like Bruce Willis
You got spark, you, you got spunk
You, you got something all the girls want
You're like a candy store
And I'm a toddlor.
You got me wantin' more and ma ma more of"
You, you got something all the girls want
You're like a candy store
And I'm a toddlor.
You got me wantin' more and ma ma more of"
"For your lovin Imma Die Hard like Bruce Willis". AAAHHHHHHH!!!!!!!! This is the clever wordplay of today? I've heard people say that Nicki Minaj is a great rapper, but all I hear on this song is mediocre singing from the start. Also, it's pronounced like it's spelled. "Toddler." Why did she try and mangle toddler to make it rhyme with store?
"Yo
He the type to pop tags and be cockin the brim
Might breeze through The Ave, might stop at the gym
And he keep a du rag, keep his wave on swim
Wa-waves on swim so they hate on him
Anyway I think I met him sometime before
In a different life or where I record
I mean he was Adam, I think I was Eve
But my vision ends with the apple on the tree
'S' on my chest cuz I'm ready to save him
Read to give up on anybody that plays him
And I think I love him, I love him just like I raised him
When he call me mama, lil mama, I call him baby"
He the type to pop tags and be cockin the brim
Might breeze through The Ave, might stop at the gym
And he keep a du rag, keep his wave on swim
Wa-waves on swim so they hate on him
Anyway I think I met him sometime before
In a different life or where I record
I mean he was Adam, I think I was Eve
But my vision ends with the apple on the tree
'S' on my chest cuz I'm ready to save him
Read to give up on anybody that plays him
And I think I love him, I love him just like I raised him
When he call me mama, lil mama, I call him baby"
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
Travis Porter - Go Shorty Go
I was almost home. I was mentally composing a Black Eyed Peas - Just Can't Get Enough tear down, and I hit the change station button and heard... this:
Why?!?! I've been writing this blog for three weeks now, and each week I've had my ear assaulted by one Travis Porter song after the next. Make it Rain, Bring it Back, and now Go Shorty Go.
Before I get into the "lyrics" of this song, can I just say that Justin Beiber has a deeper voice than this prepubescent sounding rapper. Geez, his voice is just... nasally and high pitched and irritating to listen hear.
"I was walking through the crowd and I seen her with her team
I tapped her on the shoulder and said girl I like them jeans
I told her,go shorty shorty go, shorty shorty go!
ahh goooooo, go shorty shorty go, shorty shorty go
she was dancing like a stripper so I had to throw some ones
she winked her eye at me and said its time to have some fun
I told her,go shorty shorty go, shorty shorty go!
ahh goooooo, go shorty shorty go, shorty shorty go"
This is in the running with "Pretty Boy Swag" for most annoying chorus of all time. Also, he throws money at a random woman. I repeat he throws money at a random woman. She might have been dancing like a stripper, but that doesn't mean she is one.
"hopped off the stage
walked through the crowd
drunker than a white boy
blowin on that loud
shorty said something
but the music was too loud
I told her come here
girl get out this crowd
and uhh
bring your team
come fu*k with my team
tell the waitress 4 bottles of goose and 30 wings
and now she all up on me wisperin these dirty things"
So he's trying to hit on the girl in question and orders chicken wings... not exactly a food to be chowing down on while trying to attract a girl. Seriously, watch someone eat chicken wings. No one can do that and not get grease and sauce on their hands and face. Also, isn't 4 bottle of Grey Goose vodka a little much? I don't know how many people are on their respective "teams," but that sounds like a recipe for alcohol poisoning.
"want me to make her sing
just like da birdy sings, la la la la
lip ring tongue ring, girl you a freak
wink a eye at me and said bring quez and li
TRAVYYYY
ok cool shorty we gon party round three
and now I got tha whole team screamin, TRAVYYYYY!"
I'm not exactly sure what is going on here. Perhaps it's bad internet lyrics, but "want to make her sing just like da birdy sings" doesn't mean anything!
"wassup, wassup, girl wat u gon do to me
tell your friends we got bottles so come meet me in V.I.P.
i told her that i want her and i asked her "can i have her?"
booty lookin big i hope you dont mind if i grab ya
cuz i came just ta
have fun and a
I took her home and I smashed her and then im done with her
cause this happens every night, oooooo yeaa yeaa!"
It's like open mic night at a drunken frat party. Drunk guy offers alcohol, grabs rump, has one night stand. Repeat. Most guys who are out for one night stands like to at least offer the illusion that they care, but not Travis Porter. He publicly admits to being a serial hit and quit artist.
"go shorty shorty go shorty shorty goooo
I know I seen you shorty shorty in this club before
I was walkin round the club cause i aint have nuthin to dooo
I tapped her on the shoulder and said girl i like them trues
she was dancin like she worked at magic city
said her name was tasha and her home-girl name was brittany
man started callin so you know we got 40s
so I told her go
man that was for encouragement!
I told ha go go!"
I figured in verse three we would at least hear a little something interesting to finish off the song, but it's more of the same. The girl dances like a stripper, and you want to bang her. We got it after the opening chorus.
I don't understand the constant spins this one gets. The chorus is gratingly nasal, the lyrics are stupid, and the beat is weak. Oh how I long for Thursday, when I can skip over crap like this and listen to something that doesn't cause brain and ear damage.
Why?!?! I've been writing this blog for three weeks now, and each week I've had my ear assaulted by one Travis Porter song after the next. Make it Rain, Bring it Back, and now Go Shorty Go.
Before I get into the "lyrics" of this song, can I just say that Justin Beiber has a deeper voice than this prepubescent sounding rapper. Geez, his voice is just... nasally and high pitched and irritating to listen hear.
"I was walking through the crowd and I seen her with her team
I tapped her on the shoulder and said girl I like them jeans
I told her,go shorty shorty go, shorty shorty go!
ahh goooooo, go shorty shorty go, shorty shorty go
she was dancing like a stripper so I had to throw some ones
she winked her eye at me and said its time to have some fun
I told her,go shorty shorty go, shorty shorty go!
ahh goooooo, go shorty shorty go, shorty shorty go"
This is in the running with "Pretty Boy Swag" for most annoying chorus of all time. Also, he throws money at a random woman. I repeat he throws money at a random woman. She might have been dancing like a stripper, but that doesn't mean she is one.
"hopped off the stage
walked through the crowd
drunker than a white boy
blowin on that loud
shorty said something
but the music was too loud
I told her come here
girl get out this crowd
and uhh
bring your team
come fu*k with my team
tell the waitress 4 bottles of goose and 30 wings
and now she all up on me wisperin these dirty things"
So he's trying to hit on the girl in question and orders chicken wings... not exactly a food to be chowing down on while trying to attract a girl. Seriously, watch someone eat chicken wings. No one can do that and not get grease and sauce on their hands and face. Also, isn't 4 bottle of Grey Goose vodka a little much? I don't know how many people are on their respective "teams," but that sounds like a recipe for alcohol poisoning.
"want me to make her sing
just like da birdy sings, la la la la
lip ring tongue ring, girl you a freak
wink a eye at me and said bring quez and li
TRAVYYYY
ok cool shorty we gon party round three
and now I got tha whole team screamin, TRAVYYYYY!"
I'm not exactly sure what is going on here. Perhaps it's bad internet lyrics, but "want to make her sing just like da birdy sings" doesn't mean anything!
"wassup, wassup, girl wat u gon do to me
tell your friends we got bottles so come meet me in V.I.P.
i told her that i want her and i asked her "can i have her?"
booty lookin big i hope you dont mind if i grab ya
cuz i came just ta
have fun and a
I took her home and I smashed her and then im done with her
cause this happens every night, oooooo yeaa yeaa!"
It's like open mic night at a drunken frat party. Drunk guy offers alcohol, grabs rump, has one night stand. Repeat. Most guys who are out for one night stands like to at least offer the illusion that they care, but not Travis Porter. He publicly admits to being a serial hit and quit artist.
"go shorty shorty go shorty shorty goooo
I know I seen you shorty shorty in this club before
I was walkin round the club cause i aint have nuthin to dooo
I tapped her on the shoulder and said girl i like them trues
she was dancin like she worked at magic city
said her name was tasha and her home-girl name was brittany
man started callin so you know we got 40s
so I told her go
man that was for encouragement!
I told ha go go!"
I figured in verse three we would at least hear a little something interesting to finish off the song, but it's more of the same. The girl dances like a stripper, and you want to bang her. We got it after the opening chorus.
I don't understand the constant spins this one gets. The chorus is gratingly nasal, the lyrics are stupid, and the beat is weak. Oh how I long for Thursday, when I can skip over crap like this and listen to something that doesn't cause brain and ear damage.
Monday, February 14, 2011
Orianthi - According to You
In honor of Valentines Day, I bring you:
A childish " post breakup track told from a woman's perspective.
"According to you I'm stupid, I'm useless
I can't do anything right
According to you I'm difficult, hard to please
Forever changing my mind
I'm a mess in a dress, can't show up on time
Even if it would save my life
According to you, according to you"
There's nothing like the end of a relationship to make you reflect on everything that was wrong with it. Here we have a woman who tells us what an awful guy her now ex is. I question why she put up with being peppered with insults. If she cared enough about the ex to write a song about him, we can infer this was a relationship of some length. Why did she stay so long? What compelled the songwriter to stay with a jerk who mistreated and verbally abused her?
"But according to him I'm beautiful, incredible
He can't get me out of his head
According to him I'm funny, irresistible
Everything he ever wanted
Everything is opposite, I don't feel like stopping it
So baby tell me what I got to lose
He's into me for everything I'm not
According to you"
The compare and contrast portion. Wherein we learn the new boyfriend acts like a normal human being in a relationship!
"According to you I'm boring, I'm moody
And you can't take me any place
According to you I suck at telling jokes
'Cause I always give it away
I'm the girl with the worst attention span
You're the boy who puts up with that
According to you, according to you"
We get it. He was insulting you and he found your quirks annoying. Instead of writing a song about it, move on.
"I need to feel appreciated
Like I'm not hated, oh no
Why can't you see me through his eyes?
It's too bad, you're making me dizzy"
The ex can't see you through the new guy's eyes because he's your idiot exboyfriend. It seems that you're still hung up on the ex since you're so set on telling him how great the new guy is because of how he treats you.
This is like a middle school lite version of "Since You've Been Gone."
(Honestly it was difficult to find a decent terrible song today because of Valentine's Day. The programmers put on the love song playlists.)
A childish " post breakup track told from a woman's perspective.
"According to you I'm stupid, I'm useless
I can't do anything right
According to you I'm difficult, hard to please
Forever changing my mind
I'm a mess in a dress, can't show up on time
Even if it would save my life
According to you, according to you"
There's nothing like the end of a relationship to make you reflect on everything that was wrong with it. Here we have a woman who tells us what an awful guy her now ex is. I question why she put up with being peppered with insults. If she cared enough about the ex to write a song about him, we can infer this was a relationship of some length. Why did she stay so long? What compelled the songwriter to stay with a jerk who mistreated and verbally abused her?
"But according to him I'm beautiful, incredible
He can't get me out of his head
According to him I'm funny, irresistible
Everything he ever wanted
Everything is opposite, I don't feel like stopping it
So baby tell me what I got to lose
He's into me for everything I'm not
According to you"
The compare and contrast portion. Wherein we learn the new boyfriend acts like a normal human being in a relationship!
"According to you I'm boring, I'm moody
And you can't take me any place
According to you I suck at telling jokes
'Cause I always give it away
I'm the girl with the worst attention span
You're the boy who puts up with that
According to you, according to you"
We get it. He was insulting you and he found your quirks annoying. Instead of writing a song about it, move on.
"I need to feel appreciated
Like I'm not hated, oh no
Why can't you see me through his eyes?
It's too bad, you're making me dizzy"
The ex can't see you through the new guy's eyes because he's your idiot exboyfriend. It seems that you're still hung up on the ex since you're so set on telling him how great the new guy is because of how he treats you.
This is like a middle school lite version of "Since You've Been Gone."
(Honestly it was difficult to find a decent terrible song today because of Valentine's Day. The programmers put on the love song playlists.)
Saturday, February 12, 2011
I'm sorry for the lack of updates the past two days
After Thursday's double post because of caring for my sick wife, there was no Friday post because of a sick kid. I figured his cough was gonna disappear, but he came in to our bedroom a few minutes after midnight wracked with coughing and complaining of a sore throat. Friday was spent hanging with my awesome son, so I didn't listen to the radio, and thus couldn't find a song to skewer.
I planned on writing a post about a favorite album, but the day was spent at a train expo with my wife and son. As much as I enjoy writing on this blog, family naturally comes first.
I'll be back on Monday with a new target. I'm kind of hoping I'll hear "Tonight I'm Loving You" or "Astin Martin Music."
I planned on writing a post about a favorite album, but the day was spent at a train expo with my wife and son. As much as I enjoy writing on this blog, family naturally comes first.
I'll be back on Monday with a new target. I'm kind of hoping I'll hear "Tonight I'm Loving You" or "Astin Martin Music."
Thursday, February 10, 2011
Good Tunes Thursday - Led Zeppelin - Kashmir
I got in my car to drive home and had a brief feeling of dread. "Oh no!" I thought, "I'll have to listen to crap and write two posts!" I didn't post yesterday as my evening writing time was taking up by caring for my wife who was sick. Glumly I turned on the radio, and then I remembered... IT'S THURSDAY! I can skip the crap and look for an awesome song! I heard plenty of awesome songs today ("In Bloom," "Devil's Haircut," and many more), but the decision was made for me as soon as I heard the riff coming through my speakers:
Page and Plant perfection. Those sweeping strings! That killer riff! That drum beat that just marches forward. The song is equal parts foreboding and emboldening. Let's ignore Puff Daddy lifting it for a song from the Godzilla 2000 soundtrack, and just bask in the awesome tune. Enjoy folks!
Page and Plant perfection. Those sweeping strings! That killer riff! That drum beat that just marches forward. The song is equal parts foreboding and emboldening. Let's ignore Puff Daddy lifting it for a song from the Godzilla 2000 soundtrack, and just bask in the awesome tune. Enjoy folks!
Travis Porter - Bring It Back
If you thought "Make It Rain" was awful, let your ear holes listen to this:
Chorus time!
"Run and hit that p*ssy like a crash dummy
Bend it over, touch ya toes
Shake that *ss for me
Bounce that *ss on the flo', bring it back up
Hit a split on the d*ck, shawty act up
Now bring it back
You can act
Act a fool, Bring it back"
It's pretty clear that Travis Porter doesn't exactly have a very high opinion of women, and this song really shows that. Hit it like a crash dummy? Now, there are two ways to take this. One is that he likes violent sex. The other is that he gets aroused by crash dummies. You remember what they look like, right?
"Shawty goin hard, concrete
She can shake her *ss, one cheek, two cheeks
Both cheeks, both cheeks
I got a white girl freak she got no cheeks
Got a police b*tch on a short leash
Got good mouth like she got no teeth
She a sl*t, she a dog, she a b*tch with it
Man you see the way she work she super thick with it
Have them hoes throwin salt
Tell the b*tch get it
Started playin with her p*ssy
Tell the b*tch split it
Pop that p*ssy, I just wanna f*ck you
If you ain't with it, you cute but shawty f*ck you"
And post chorus it gets worse. He's appreciates the skill it takes to shake a butt, but if a girl is a freak he'll excuse a lack thereof. Also, there seems to be a police officer who has no self respect and sleeps with him. You'd think a professional law enforcement officer would be over sleeping with a guy just because he's a bad boy, but it seems that's not the case. If she were smart she'd listen to this song and notice that he will have sex with anything that understands he wants sex and submits.
"Back that *ss up like a dump truck
If you havin fun in the club, throw ya pumps up
All my ballas in the building throw ya 1s up
If you ain't throwin no money then get ya funds up
I asked her whats her name and she said her name Nicki
Got a real big booty and some real big t*tties
Say she don't really come out to the city
Cuz she a country girl and she like to get busy
She got a good job and she say she 24
I said "Ok" then shawty hit the flo'
And I was like "whoa"
Then I threw some 1s just to let shawty know
Just to let shawty know that I'ma"
Here again we have Mr. Porter throwing money, though instead of throwing it at women, he's throwing it up because he's having fun. This isn't much of an improvement though, since throwing money at random is a waste of money. Part of being rich is knowing how to act, and tossing cash just because you can is a sure fire route back to the poor house. None of these rappers who claim to have tons of money actually have very much, and intelligent people (like those of you reading this!) know that. However, there are people who listen to this song and will attempt to emulate it. Sad.
"Bring that *ss back like you left some
Shawty so hot she can melt some
Feel like I wanna smack her with a belt or some
So I told her come here so I can tell her some
I wanna see ya big booty on my upper leg
And I'll throw a couple dollars at ya upper head
How bout you and ya friends just give me double head
at breakfast time she gave me supper head
And that's a great feeling
And I f*ck with her because she so willing
Watch her I do whatever that I tell her
So I broke her down and this is what I tell her"
Women, please don't make yourself a target of opportunity. There are plenty of guys like this who don't like you. They will sleep with you if you make yourself available though. Public Service Announcement: STOP IT!
I have a feeling any more Travis Porter single that get released will end up on this blog as soon as I hear them. This guy is despicable, with nothing redeeming about his lyrics. You figure he could at least be inventive in how he insults women.
Chorus time!
"Run and hit that p*ssy like a crash dummy
Bend it over, touch ya toes
Shake that *ss for me
Bounce that *ss on the flo', bring it back up
Hit a split on the d*ck, shawty act up
Now bring it back
You can act
Act a fool, Bring it back"
It's pretty clear that Travis Porter doesn't exactly have a very high opinion of women, and this song really shows that. Hit it like a crash dummy? Now, there are two ways to take this. One is that he likes violent sex. The other is that he gets aroused by crash dummies. You remember what they look like, right?
"Shawty goin hard, concrete
She can shake her *ss, one cheek, two cheeks
Both cheeks, both cheeks
I got a white girl freak she got no cheeks
Got a police b*tch on a short leash
Got good mouth like she got no teeth
She a sl*t, she a dog, she a b*tch with it
Man you see the way she work she super thick with it
Have them hoes throwin salt
Tell the b*tch get it
Started playin with her p*ssy
Tell the b*tch split it
Pop that p*ssy, I just wanna f*ck you
If you ain't with it, you cute but shawty f*ck you"
And post chorus it gets worse. He's appreciates the skill it takes to shake a butt, but if a girl is a freak he'll excuse a lack thereof. Also, there seems to be a police officer who has no self respect and sleeps with him. You'd think a professional law enforcement officer would be over sleeping with a guy just because he's a bad boy, but it seems that's not the case. If she were smart she'd listen to this song and notice that he will have sex with anything that understands he wants sex and submits.
"Back that *ss up like a dump truck
If you havin fun in the club, throw ya pumps up
All my ballas in the building throw ya 1s up
If you ain't throwin no money then get ya funds up
I asked her whats her name and she said her name Nicki
Got a real big booty and some real big t*tties
Say she don't really come out to the city
Cuz she a country girl and she like to get busy
She got a good job and she say she 24
I said "Ok" then shawty hit the flo'
And I was like "whoa"
Then I threw some 1s just to let shawty know
Just to let shawty know that I'ma"
Here again we have Mr. Porter throwing money, though instead of throwing it at women, he's throwing it up because he's having fun. This isn't much of an improvement though, since throwing money at random is a waste of money. Part of being rich is knowing how to act, and tossing cash just because you can is a sure fire route back to the poor house. None of these rappers who claim to have tons of money actually have very much, and intelligent people (like those of you reading this!) know that. However, there are people who listen to this song and will attempt to emulate it. Sad.
"Bring that *ss back like you left some
Shawty so hot she can melt some
Feel like I wanna smack her with a belt or some
So I told her come here so I can tell her some
I wanna see ya big booty on my upper leg
And I'll throw a couple dollars at ya upper head
How bout you and ya friends just give me double head
at breakfast time she gave me supper head
And that's a great feeling
And I f*ck with her because she so willing
Watch her I do whatever that I tell her
So I broke her down and this is what I tell her"
Women, please don't make yourself a target of opportunity. There are plenty of guys like this who don't like you. They will sleep with you if you make yourself available though. Public Service Announcement: STOP IT!
I have a feeling any more Travis Porter single that get released will end up on this blog as soon as I hear them. This guy is despicable, with nothing redeeming about his lyrics. You figure he could at least be inventive in how he insults women.
Tuesday, February 8, 2011
Chalie Boy - I Look Good
We continue the bad regional rap theme with today's pick:
Now, up till now I haven't made any comments on the videos, but this video just screams "10 dollar budget." Neighborhood men, women, and children dancing while the "star" drives in a pimped out car that is probably rented. As lame as the song is, the video was probably fun to shoot.
Now, on to the stupid!
"Oh My Momma (Momma)
On My Hood (Hood)
I Look Fly (Yeah)
I Look Good (Good)
Touch My Swag (Swag)
Wish You Could (Could)
I Look Fly (Yeah)
I Look Good (Good) (x9)"
This is just such an abusurb song. It's metrosexual rap. Men rapping about how good they look. Prehaps he's aiming to be on the Pretty Girl Rock remix?
"Hundred on a neck ware
Fifty on a stop-watch
stare'in at the diamonds make ya bust it baby hop-scotch
Over here to my spot
Say she wanna party
I do it big baby like my L.R.G."
Looking at the video, does anyone believe this guy has 100k to spend on a necklace or 50k for a watch? Aside from that, this is 6th grade lyricism.
"Show the air-harded winner
Feeling like a rock band
Eighty-seven jeans and white-T when on the block man
Jay´s still rocking
Forces still moving
Chuck Taylor´s killing
Adidas still grooving"
Well, the guy loves shoes. Metrosexual rap at it's finest.
"Locs on my face
But that´s just the front
Take em off and show the haters when I wanna stunt
Get´cha high like a blunt
Rolling up the best
Fruity Pebbles got a hands rolling up my chest
With me you don´t wanna mess mayne touch my (swag)
Thousand dolla bandanna make ya throw the white (flag)
Get it to the whip game
Momma had the bread
Paint grain woman this swank thang make ya mad
Mayne!"
You know, crap like this drops my IQ a few points when I hear it.
"Ballin´ is a drug
That I don´t mind abusing
Gucci on my body Jay walking in the fusions
Hit the La-Tex get it poppin´ in the illusions
Tell ya right now plex-c catch contusions
Cool as a fan
Hot like a flame
Boys throw a Haterade on me still ain´t his thang
Double shots rain
Hand on patron
Round of that white and all the depend what´cha own"
Stupid stupid stupid, and tired old bragging about clothes. Who cares about wearing Gucci anymore? Also, I love the obligatory Patron reference.
"Shawty jocking my calone
Greed it´ll make ya hurt
Three hundred a bottle
Thirty dollars for a squirt
Got´cha sweating out´cha shirt
You can get the biz
Sumthin´ on ya mind
What it do what it is
Can´t close your eye lids
See the fid in the fiddy
Yup guilty I´m ballin´ but I better get acquitted
Gone in a minute
Probably hate though
I put it in ya face bro I stay throwed"
Any clue what this even means?
"Shawty´s in the club yeah
See a lot of beep beep
Gucci and Nechay and B.C.B.G
Dolce & Gabbana oh I want em I´m a pardon me
Rocking your republic Apple Bottom in that Marten-V
Slowly to some R&B
Think we need some R&R
Take me to the V.I.P. and drive me like a foreign car
Poppin my purple label
Ralph Lauren collar
Look like money
Smell like dollars
Shawty look sexy
Smell like Prada
Christian Louboutin make ya hating hoes holla
Pop a Grey Goose bottle
And let´s carry on
Grip ya baby fat back
Trojan me carry me home
Thuggin´ make ya momma moan
Got a Blackberry phone
Try´na catch me sliding in a hostel-dairion
Ya make the band like Sean Cole
Two fly to be shown
C.H.A.L.I.E. I´m gone
Mayne!"
Brand name dropping. This entire verse is dropping brand names and not getting paid. How DUMB do you have to be to not get paid for the endorsements?
In conclusion, this is one of the most shallow, materialistic songs I've heard in ages. Props for zero profanity, but that's the only commendable thing about it.
Now, up till now I haven't made any comments on the videos, but this video just screams "10 dollar budget." Neighborhood men, women, and children dancing while the "star" drives in a pimped out car that is probably rented. As lame as the song is, the video was probably fun to shoot.
Now, on to the stupid!
"Oh My Momma (Momma)
On My Hood (Hood)
I Look Fly (Yeah)
I Look Good (Good)
Touch My Swag (Swag)
Wish You Could (Could)
I Look Fly (Yeah)
I Look Good (Good) (x9)"
This is just such an abusurb song. It's metrosexual rap. Men rapping about how good they look. Prehaps he's aiming to be on the Pretty Girl Rock remix?
"Hundred on a neck ware
Fifty on a stop-watch
stare'in at the diamonds make ya bust it baby hop-scotch
Over here to my spot
Say she wanna party
I do it big baby like my L.R.G."
Looking at the video, does anyone believe this guy has 100k to spend on a necklace or 50k for a watch? Aside from that, this is 6th grade lyricism.
"Show the air-harded winner
Feeling like a rock band
Eighty-seven jeans and white-T when on the block man
Jay´s still rocking
Forces still moving
Chuck Taylor´s killing
Adidas still grooving"
Well, the guy loves shoes. Metrosexual rap at it's finest.
"Locs on my face
But that´s just the front
Take em off and show the haters when I wanna stunt
Get´cha high like a blunt
Rolling up the best
Fruity Pebbles got a hands rolling up my chest
With me you don´t wanna mess mayne touch my (swag)
Thousand dolla bandanna make ya throw the white (flag)
Get it to the whip game
Momma had the bread
Paint grain woman this swank thang make ya mad
Mayne!"
You know, crap like this drops my IQ a few points when I hear it.
"Ballin´ is a drug
That I don´t mind abusing
Gucci on my body Jay walking in the fusions
Hit the La-Tex get it poppin´ in the illusions
Tell ya right now plex-c catch contusions
Cool as a fan
Hot like a flame
Boys throw a Haterade on me still ain´t his thang
Double shots rain
Hand on patron
Round of that white and all the depend what´cha own"
Stupid stupid stupid, and tired old bragging about clothes. Who cares about wearing Gucci anymore? Also, I love the obligatory Patron reference.
"Shawty jocking my calone
Greed it´ll make ya hurt
Three hundred a bottle
Thirty dollars for a squirt
Got´cha sweating out´cha shirt
You can get the biz
Sumthin´ on ya mind
What it do what it is
Can´t close your eye lids
See the fid in the fiddy
Yup guilty I´m ballin´ but I better get acquitted
Gone in a minute
Probably hate though
I put it in ya face bro I stay throwed"
Any clue what this even means?
"Shawty´s in the club yeah
See a lot of beep beep
Gucci and Nechay and B.C.B.G
Dolce & Gabbana oh I want em I´m a pardon me
Rocking your republic Apple Bottom in that Marten-V
Slowly to some R&B
Think we need some R&R
Take me to the V.I.P. and drive me like a foreign car
Poppin my purple label
Ralph Lauren collar
Look like money
Smell like dollars
Shawty look sexy
Smell like Prada
Christian Louboutin make ya hating hoes holla
Pop a Grey Goose bottle
And let´s carry on
Grip ya baby fat back
Trojan me carry me home
Thuggin´ make ya momma moan
Got a Blackberry phone
Try´na catch me sliding in a hostel-dairion
Ya make the band like Sean Cole
Two fly to be shown
C.H.A.L.I.E. I´m gone
Mayne!"
Brand name dropping. This entire verse is dropping brand names and not getting paid. How DUMB do you have to be to not get paid for the endorsements?
In conclusion, this is one of the most shallow, materialistic songs I've heard in ages. Props for zero profanity, but that's the only commendable thing about it.
Monday, February 7, 2011
Treal Lee & Prince Rick - Throwed Off (F*** Everybody)
I think we've reached a new low. Observe:
I don't see this currently on the Billboard 100 or in the top 15 of Rap or Hip-Hop songs (through the top 15 is the most you can view without a subscription to Billboard), so I'm thinking it may be one of those regional things. This makes me sad that this trash is popular in the south, but hopeful that maybe... just maybe the rest of the country will be spared. For those of you who haven't had the, ahem pleasure, please join me in reviewing the masterful wordsmithing of "Throwed Off (F*** Everybody)"
"Walk around the Club, F*** everybody
Can't see can't walk, F*** everybody
Walk around the Club, F*** everybody
Can't see, can't walk, F*** everybody
Don't give a fuck, F*** everybody
Can't speak, Can't talk, F*** everybody"
I can't think of a more pointlessly aggressive opening to a song. This out does "Move B****" by Ludacris in spades. What kind of attitude is that to have? Also, what have you done to put yourself in such a state that you cannot walk or see?!?! How much have you had to drink? What illegal substances have you imbibed? Moving on
"I'm in my own zone, I'm in my own zone,
I'm in my own zone, He got me throwed off (x2)"
Sadly, this little chant is the longest portion of the song with no profanity.
"Hey, you better leave me alone
I don't like these n*ggas,
put it on my momma
I fight these n*ggas
you ain't VIP f*** VIP
Run up in your sh*t, may b-I-E
It's Mr. Call Tommy goon, now I'm in my zone,
you got me f***ed up, you get slapped right in the zone
run up on me last week, Now I'm with my peeps
now I'm wopping through this b*tch I say about thirty deep"
Again with the pointless anger. Maybe it's the awful rap name "Treal Lee" that has him in such a bad mood? Don't mess with him though, he's put it on his momma that he'd fight you! Let's continue this ridiculousness.
"I don't give a f*** n*gga, F*** everybody
you don't need that b*tch everybody, f*** everybody
you a scary n*gga, you scared everybody
if she a scary b*tch, she scared of everybody
It's Treal Lee n*gga, Triple D n*gga,
Ain;t sh*t about my city you can tell me n*gga,
b*tch im the sh*t you can smell me n*gga,
Ain't nothing in these streets you can sell me n*gga"
On second thought, this song isn't seeming like such a good idea to ridicule. It makes fun of itself!
"I'm in my zone I'm in my zone I'm in my zone
she better leave me alone leave me alone leave me alone leave me alone,
she took me to the bed I don't know what we did
All I remember is she tried to swallow all my kids
F*** you
and you and you
n*gga if you ain't sippin' then n*gga f*** you
you know status stay pimpin' then that's what I do
get her tipsy then I make her sell skin like balloon
man I'm all the way loud"
Wow, "get her tipsy then I make her sell skin like balloon." You get women drunk and then pimp them out! What wonderful morals and ethics!
There is one bright spot at the end of this song. The women he consorts with swallow! This means he won't be reproducing, and upon reading the lyrics and listening to this song I think we can all agree that is a great thing,
I don't see this currently on the Billboard 100 or in the top 15 of Rap or Hip-Hop songs (through the top 15 is the most you can view without a subscription to Billboard), so I'm thinking it may be one of those regional things. This makes me sad that this trash is popular in the south, but hopeful that maybe... just maybe the rest of the country will be spared. For those of you who haven't had the, ahem pleasure, please join me in reviewing the masterful wordsmithing of "Throwed Off (F*** Everybody)"
"Walk around the Club, F*** everybody
Can't see can't walk, F*** everybody
Walk around the Club, F*** everybody
Can't see, can't walk, F*** everybody
Don't give a fuck, F*** everybody
Can't speak, Can't talk, F*** everybody"
I can't think of a more pointlessly aggressive opening to a song. This out does "Move B****" by Ludacris in spades. What kind of attitude is that to have? Also, what have you done to put yourself in such a state that you cannot walk or see?!?! How much have you had to drink? What illegal substances have you imbibed? Moving on
"I'm in my own zone, I'm in my own zone,
I'm in my own zone, He got me throwed off (x2)"
Sadly, this little chant is the longest portion of the song with no profanity.
"Hey, you better leave me alone
I don't like these n*ggas,
put it on my momma
I fight these n*ggas
you ain't VIP f*** VIP
Run up in your sh*t, may b-I-E
It's Mr. Call Tommy goon, now I'm in my zone,
you got me f***ed up, you get slapped right in the zone
run up on me last week, Now I'm with my peeps
now I'm wopping through this b*tch I say about thirty deep"
Again with the pointless anger. Maybe it's the awful rap name "Treal Lee" that has him in such a bad mood? Don't mess with him though, he's put it on his momma that he'd fight you! Let's continue this ridiculousness.
"I don't give a f*** n*gga, F*** everybody
you don't need that b*tch everybody, f*** everybody
you a scary n*gga, you scared everybody
if she a scary b*tch, she scared of everybody
It's Treal Lee n*gga, Triple D n*gga,
Ain;t sh*t about my city you can tell me n*gga,
b*tch im the sh*t you can smell me n*gga,
Ain't nothing in these streets you can sell me n*gga"
On second thought, this song isn't seeming like such a good idea to ridicule. It makes fun of itself!
"I'm in my zone I'm in my zone I'm in my zone
she better leave me alone leave me alone leave me alone leave me alone,
she took me to the bed I don't know what we did
All I remember is she tried to swallow all my kids
F*** you
and you and you
n*gga if you ain't sippin' then n*gga f*** you
you know status stay pimpin' then that's what I do
get her tipsy then I make her sell skin like balloon
man I'm all the way loud"
Wow, "get her tipsy then I make her sell skin like balloon." You get women drunk and then pimp them out! What wonderful morals and ethics!
There is one bright spot at the end of this song. The women he consorts with swallow! This means he won't be reproducing, and upon reading the lyrics and listening to this song I think we can all agree that is a great thing,
Friday, February 4, 2011
Good Tunes Thursday Weezer - Undone - The Sweater Song
This was the perfect song for Thursday. A much longer than usual ride home due to Atlanta drivers not understanding the strange water falling from the sky was soothed somewhat by this classic from 1994:
Such a great song. No matter what you may think of Weezer and Rivers Cuomo current musical output, this song from their debut album still holds up today.
I'm sorry for Thursday's update being delayed until Friday. I had to clean up my house Thursday evening.
I apologize in advance, there will be no post for Friday's worst song. I have an engagement for the weekend (The Connect Conference at my church), which will keep me from my computer.
Please tune in next week folks! There will be a full week of updates, and next Saturday will potentially bring a new feature so I have some content on Saturday's.
Such a great song. No matter what you may think of Weezer and Rivers Cuomo current musical output, this song from their debut album still holds up today.
I'm sorry for Thursday's update being delayed until Friday. I had to clean up my house Thursday evening.
I apologize in advance, there will be no post for Friday's worst song. I have an engagement for the weekend (The Connect Conference at my church), which will keep me from my computer.
Please tune in next week folks! There will be a full week of updates, and next Saturday will potentially bring a new feature so I have some content on Saturday's.
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
Britney Spears - Hold It Against Me
Let's dive in:
zz... uh, huh oh, I'm supposed to be talking about this crap, huh? Ok, let's get down to the nitty-gritty. The reason that this, above everything else I heard on the radio today, was the worst song of the day, stems from the dang title.
This song is based on a corny pickup line frat boys use on drunk girls at house parties. If I said you had a nice body, would you hold it against me? This junk hit number one? There's nothing objectionable in the lyrical content, it's just dumb. Just take a look at this repetitive garbage.
Add in a boring samey technoish beat and you have a recipe for a snoozer of a song that is popular likely only because people have a bit of nostalgia for the Britney of old, songs like "Baby, One More Time" or "Toxic." Those songs come on and people still dance and sing along. This song just continues to signal Britney's continuing slide into irrelevancy. She won't be a Madonna or Janet Jackson. She's running out of time to parade a lithe body around in skimpy outfits doing silly dances.
At least I never have to listen to this crap again.
zz... uh, huh oh, I'm supposed to be talking about this crap, huh? Ok, let's get down to the nitty-gritty. The reason that this, above everything else I heard on the radio today, was the worst song of the day, stems from the dang title.
This song is based on a corny pickup line frat boys use on drunk girls at house parties. If I said you had a nice body, would you hold it against me? This junk hit number one? There's nothing objectionable in the lyrical content, it's just dumb. Just take a look at this repetitive garbage.
Add in a boring samey technoish beat and you have a recipe for a snoozer of a song that is popular likely only because people have a bit of nostalgia for the Britney of old, songs like "Baby, One More Time" or "Toxic." Those songs come on and people still dance and sing along. This song just continues to signal Britney's continuing slide into irrelevancy. She won't be a Madonna or Janet Jackson. She's running out of time to parade a lithe body around in skimpy outfits doing silly dances.
At least I never have to listen to this crap again.
Tuesday, February 1, 2011
Travis Porter - Make it Rain
Oh...my...goodness. What is this mess? Take a listen:
I just... I ... Just look at the way the song starts!
"You wanna see some @ss
I wanna see some cash
Keep them dollars comin
And that's gonna make me dance
And that's gonna make me dance
And that's gonna make me dance"
Who are the women that these "artists" get to repeat such garbage? A straight up exchange of money for flesh. Disgusting. I imagine there are women who sing along to this song, putting aside the degrading lyrics for the sake of dancing. Do we as a collective people have that little sense in our heads that we take this for entertainment? Sorry to moralize for a moment, but that stripper who is selling herself for your benefit is someone's daughter. There are women who choose to be strippers of their own free will, but there are also women who are forced into that "career."
"Make it rain trick make it make it rain trick
Make it rain trick make it make it rain trick
Make it rain trick make it make it rain trick
Make it rain trick make it make it rain trick"
Repeated, ad nauseum. Robotic. Training people. Follow it up with more robo-talk:
"I'm make it rain b*tch
I'm make I rain
I'm make it rain b*tch
I'm make it rain
I'm make it rain b*tch
I'm make it rain
I'm make it rain b*tch
I'm make it rain"
They speak as though hypnotized, and it's a little creepy. I've seen article talking about artists like Kanye appearing hypnotized by strippers, and this song seems to be trying to invoke that.
"I'ma make it rain b*tch
I'ma make it rain b*tch
I'ma throw some 20's ain't got no mutha f*ckin change b*tch
Do you want this money (yeah)
Then she keep on hollen (yeah)
Then she said she wanna go
And where's da after party
At my f*ckin house h*e
Put it in yo mouth h*e
I'm make it rain call me "Mr. Dark Cloud" h*e
We so f*ckin wild son
That's my f*ckin style h*e
Then I bend her over and say was up with that h*e"
Really? This is on a level of stupid and offensive surpassing "No Hands."
"Rain rain that's what da h*es be screamin
Blang blang that's when my diamonds be gleaming
Cam in dis thang throwin' cash like a pass
Den I pop me some champagne soaked her @ss then I laughed
(Make it make it rain trick)
Money ain't a thang b*tch
Go on shake that @ss ain't no shame in yo game b*tch
Take you to da crib and knocked yo p*ssy out da frame b*tch
I'm make it rain b*tch, wats dat sh*t you sayin b*tch "
Wow, b*tch and h*e. That's what you call women? Classy! This is degrading crap masquerading as musical entertainment, and I don't see how it stays on the air. It was only back in 1990 that we were trying to ban 2 Live Crew from the radio. Now we don't bat an eyelash. How many kids hear this? Even edited for the radio it's a travesty this is even remotely popular.
I don't even want to cover the rest of the song. It's going to lead to more ranting about how morally bankrupt this song is. It's a truly disgusting little ditty, and I'm happy that, having written about it once, I can now change the station when it comes on.
I just... I ... Just look at the way the song starts!
"You wanna see some @ss
I wanna see some cash
Keep them dollars comin
And that's gonna make me dance
And that's gonna make me dance
And that's gonna make me dance"
Who are the women that these "artists" get to repeat such garbage? A straight up exchange of money for flesh. Disgusting. I imagine there are women who sing along to this song, putting aside the degrading lyrics for the sake of dancing. Do we as a collective people have that little sense in our heads that we take this for entertainment? Sorry to moralize for a moment, but that stripper who is selling herself for your benefit is someone's daughter. There are women who choose to be strippers of their own free will, but there are also women who are forced into that "career."
"Make it rain trick make it make it rain trick
Make it rain trick make it make it rain trick
Make it rain trick make it make it rain trick
Make it rain trick make it make it rain trick"
Repeated, ad nauseum. Robotic. Training people. Follow it up with more robo-talk:
"I'm make it rain b*tch
I'm make I rain
I'm make it rain b*tch
I'm make it rain
I'm make it rain b*tch
I'm make it rain
I'm make it rain b*tch
I'm make it rain"
They speak as though hypnotized, and it's a little creepy. I've seen article talking about artists like Kanye appearing hypnotized by strippers, and this song seems to be trying to invoke that.
"I'ma make it rain b*tch
I'ma make it rain b*tch
I'ma throw some 20's ain't got no mutha f*ckin change b*tch
Do you want this money (yeah)
Then she keep on hollen (yeah)
Then she said she wanna go
And where's da after party
At my f*ckin house h*e
Put it in yo mouth h*e
I'm make it rain call me "Mr. Dark Cloud" h*e
We so f*ckin wild son
That's my f*ckin style h*e
Then I bend her over and say was up with that h*e"
Really? This is on a level of stupid and offensive surpassing "No Hands."
"Rain rain that's what da h*es be screamin
Blang blang that's when my diamonds be gleaming
Cam in dis thang throwin' cash like a pass
Den I pop me some champagne soaked her @ss then I laughed
(Make it make it rain trick)
Money ain't a thang b*tch
Go on shake that @ss ain't no shame in yo game b*tch
Take you to da crib and knocked yo p*ssy out da frame b*tch
I'm make it rain b*tch, wats dat sh*t you sayin b*tch "
Wow, b*tch and h*e. That's what you call women? Classy! This is degrading crap masquerading as musical entertainment, and I don't see how it stays on the air. It was only back in 1990 that we were trying to ban 2 Live Crew from the radio. Now we don't bat an eyelash. How many kids hear this? Even edited for the radio it's a travesty this is even remotely popular.
I don't even want to cover the rest of the song. It's going to lead to more ranting about how morally bankrupt this song is. It's a truly disgusting little ditty, and I'm happy that, having written about it once, I can now change the station when it comes on.
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