Pasquinade ([info]pats_quinade) wrote,
@ 2008-08-01 16:34:00
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"Taste of Her Cherry Chapstick" was a nice touch, though.
Sad sucker for the Daily Dish that I am, I was confused that someone made a song called "I Kissed a Girl" and that it was a recent smash hit, because I am old, and I remember "I Kissed a Girl" as this cute little goofy song that came out back when I was in high school. I eventually gave in and decided to find out what the fuss was about.

Oh.

Really?

I see that some people are trying to play this up as a thoughtful exploration of gender and permissiveness, and I wish them the best of luck. To me, it looks a bit more like this. I understand. I'm a guy. I am the target demographic. You show me a cute girl lounging on a bed and grinding her legs together while wearing heels and a short miniskirt and quasi-50s makeup, sure, you have my attention. But do we absolutely need to go to faux-lesbianism? We have actual lesbians. They're people. They've got enough issues, like my former state, bastion of liberality, fighting tooth and nail to stop them from getting married despite the damn Supreme Court of California saying that it wasn't a deal. They don't need straight girls grasping for attention by aping their behavior to get the guys looking.

Also, holding the cat was a bit excessive. We understand the subtle metaphor you're making, but hey, if you're concerned that you might be too subtle, you could always chew on a carpet square or something just to hammer the point home some more.

Also, learn to sing. It's customary to go up and down in pitch and not just get, you know, louder during the chorus.




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[info]fuzzbean
2008-08-02 02:23 am UTC (link)
Heh. That song just earwormed its way into my...um...ears in the last couple days, and I agree with your conclusion. Damned earwormy though.

This, on the other hand, *is* a pretty interesting exploration of gender and permissiveness.

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[info]pats_quinade
2008-08-03 03:33 pm UTC (link)
It IS earwormy. I figure that the guys who write songs for the nymphets have scientifically worked out the three chords that people will remember and that the nymphets can actually sing.

That's how I suspect most American-Idol-winner CDs are written, anyway.

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Hammer, meet nail.
[info]halo_ov_fire
2008-08-02 08:09 am UTC (link)
I'm glad I'm not the only one that remembers the first I kissed a girl song. The Onion was a nice touch, too.

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Re: Hammer, meet nail.
[info]pats_quinade
2008-08-03 03:32 pm UTC (link)
It was honestly the first thing that occurred to me.

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[info]amysisson
2008-08-02 07:30 pm UTC (link)
I enjoy the "let's piss off the self-righteous conservative prigs" aspect of the song, but other than that, yeah. Not really all that helpful, is it?

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[info]pats_quinade
2008-08-03 03:39 pm UTC (link)
I can see the prig-poking. I guess I was so annoyed at how... clumsy, I guess, it was, that it didn't really register at the time. It felt like the musical equivalent of an ankle tattoo that reads, "I'm rebelling against my parents!" There's nothing wrong with an ankle tat, but a message beyond, "Oooh! Oooh! I'm unique and dangerous and edgy!" might be nice.

I think the problem with this song is that my first experience with it was listening to it over computer headphones. This feels like a song that is best experienced in a club while staring at someone very lithe wearing glitter makeup and a halter top.

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[info]amysisson
2008-08-03 04:59 pm UTC (link)
Great analogy on the "I'm rebelling" tattoo! :-)

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