FIRST
There's a new song out that's really popular; it's called "Just Dance" and it's by some whos-it-sluts-it named Lady Gaga. Okay, now I will certainly admit this song has a good beat, catchy tune, and chimes out: "JUST DANCE!" so if you're not paying any attention (or if you're like the girl in the song) that's all you need to hear to get yo' booty on the floor and bop to some happenin' jams. BUT...
One day I was driving and this song came on the radio and I actually heard the rest of the lyrics. It's revolting! It's about this airhead chick who's so drunk that the only thing she can do is rub up on a million dudes on the dance floor. Now, I understand that almost every hip-hop or chart-topping song out there these days has an element of humor in it. For example: (I hope these are jokes... right?) "My Humps" by Black Eyed Peas, "Soulja Boy" by Soulja Boy, "Lollipop" by Lil' Wayne, "I Kissed A Girl And I Liked It" by Katy Perry, etc. That's cool-- your music still sounds like a steamy pile-- but cool. But "Just Dance" crosses a line between Silly and Trashy... and the side it crosses into is none other than Trashy.
The lyrics are so explicitly stupid that you can't possibly avoid how moronic and trashy they are:
"Where are my keys, I've lost my phone..."
Seriously, this song just sounds like Paris Hilton's autobiographical screenplay put to music.
"What's going on on the floor?
I love this record baby
But I can’t see straight anymore
Keep it cool, what's the name of this club?
I can't remember but it's alright, alright"
Seriously?! Seriously. Does this "musical artist" (more like "musical HARLOT") realize how slutty she sounds? Oh, wait, that's right, she's being 'edgy'. Well I have news for YOU, Miss Gaga-- if that IS your REAL name-- you sound like an idiot. More than Fergie, more than Lil' Wayne, even more than Soulja Boy. You sound like an alcoholic floozy, and not in a fun way; I mean in a "oh my gosh she just banged her head on the table and her dress flew up but she's not wearing underwear oh God she's bleeding should we call an ambulance" way. You drunken whore.
WORST PART:
[Are you ready for this?]
WORST PART:
[Are you ready for this?]
Tiny people are listening to this smut! I'm talking pre-teens and early teens! They shouldn't even know what being drunk IS! Their parents forbid them from listening to "Put It In My Mouth" because, obviously, it's inappropriate content for little Ashley or innocent Stephanie. But "Just Dance" is just so gosh-darn fun; and what's wrong with dancing?; so the song slides under the radar to join its cohorts Hannah Montana and... Metro Station *shudder*. But parents-- and I know exactly 0 of you are reading this-- do you want your little girl to be jumping around to lyrics like
"Wish I could shut my Playboy mouth
How'd I turn my shirt inside out?
...And we're all gettin' hosed tonight"
"Wish I could shut my Playboy mouth
How'd I turn my shirt inside out?
...And we're all gettin' hosed tonight"
And at the beginning she sings "Red One" but it definitely sounds like "red wine."
It makes me think of "Mean Girls" (an ingenius movie that boys don't understand) with Regina George's kid sister in the background, watching "Girls Gone Wild" and imitating them by throwing her shirt up.
I can't hold a hip-hop dance song accountable for having shameless and air-headed content, but I draw the line when such a song reaches young girls and corrodes their innocence far earlier than needs be. A 12-year-old girl does not need to burden herself with three coats of mascara, curse words and the pressure to be good at freak dancing and having sex. I hate to make myself out to be the 'Golden Child', but none of these things were REMOTELY on my mind in middle school. And to this day, some of them still aren't.
All teens go through that phase of experimentation to "find themselves," but it should not be to such a degree at such a young age as it's perpetuating, thanks to smut like "Just Dance." I've seen worst-case scenarios of such upbringing, and it's disgusting. This girl-- who shall remain anonymous-- is a 14-something twig with a fake tan, fried hair from all the straightening, short skirts, tight shirts, and buckets upon buckets of cosmetics. It's terrible, because there's nothing you can do when she's made herself out to be such a person... you just have to let her make awful mistakes and regrets until she realizes, "Oh yeah, I guess it WAS all bullcrap."
*checks watch* Well, it seems I have killed this issue in such a heat of passion that I can't really remember what other topics I wanted to go over. One topic tonight. Or two; however you count it.
On a side note: If you read this and want to listen to the song, that is none of my concern. I don't care how much publicity I give or don't give good ol' Gaga-kins, just as long as people know that I dislike her music.
...And THAT, friends, is the true meaning of Christmas.
All teens go through that phase of experimentation to "find themselves," but it should not be to such a degree at such a young age as it's perpetuating, thanks to smut like "Just Dance." I've seen worst-case scenarios of such upbringing, and it's disgusting. This girl-- who shall remain anonymous-- is a 14-something twig with a fake tan, fried hair from all the straightening, short skirts, tight shirts, and buckets upon buckets of cosmetics. It's terrible, because there's nothing you can do when she's made herself out to be such a person... you just have to let her make awful mistakes and regrets until she realizes, "Oh yeah, I guess it WAS all bullcrap."
*checks watch* Well, it seems I have killed this issue in such a heat of passion that I can't really remember what other topics I wanted to go over. One topic tonight. Or two; however you count it.
On a side note: If you read this and want to listen to the song, that is none of my concern. I don't care how much publicity I give or don't give good ol' Gaga-kins, just as long as people know that I dislike her music.
...And THAT, friends, is the true meaning of Christmas.
Lady GaGa Lyrics
Just Dance Lyrics
No comments:
Post a Comment