Music: August 2008 Archives

I mentioned that Katy Perry song a few days ago (not gonna link to the YouTube video; I'm not that cruel). But I keep hearing it on the radio, which gives me further opportunity to ponder what exactly it is that annoys me so much.

1. The singing. It's so unsubtle. She's shouting, and it's unpleasant. There was another song that came out about 15 years ago, also called "I Kissed a Girl", by Jill Sobule, and while I wasn't particularly fond of that one either (it was also overplayed), the singing was much sweeter, and it had some humor. Which brings me to...
2. The lyrics. "I kissed a girl and I liked it / The taste of her cherry chap stick / I kissed a girl just to try it / I hope my boyfriend don't mind it" HURLGHHHH. Makes the 1980s hit "Boom Boom Boom" ("Boom boom boom / Let's go back to my room / So we can do it all night / And you can make me feel right" seem downright subtle.
3. The message. It's 2008, people. Kissing a girl, even when done by another girl, is not shocking. Or it shouldn't be. "It's not what / Good girls do / Not how they should behave" Um, yeah. the "hee hee, I'm being naughty" message in the song is annoying at best.

Maybe I'm just a humorless old fart, but it makes me want to scrub my brain out with some good music. Like the Magnetic Fields.

Listening to La Grosse Radio, I heard track, a catchy little ditty by somebody named MoOt. Lyrically, it seems to detail the cab ride from hell, but the cheerful Beatles-ish music makes it sound fun...