top 5 songs i love that i should be embarassed about…
1. kelly clarkson - since you’ve been gone
2. gwen stefani - hollaback girl
3. destiny’s child - say my name
5. kylie minogue - cant get you out of my head
6. britney spears - toxic
[download them all]
just download these songs, abandon all your pre-conceived notions about ‘originality’ or ‘artistic integrity’, and just fuckin listen.
I cant get you out of my head
i just can’t not surrender to these songs, and other bubble gum pop hits that a younger more cynical andrew would have hated just out of principle. the political economist in me decries the obvious marketing scam that all of these artists scream of. especially once-great-ska singer gwen who now names her album after her fuckin clothing line. but…
I even fell for that stupid love song. Yeah yeah. Since U Been Gone
i can barely even watch much music these days, it just seems like a never-ending synergistic advertising loop. but every so often, a song comes by that i just cant deny. i remember seeing kelly clarkson (an american idol for gods sake!) on saturday night live singing ’since u been gone’ and me and a friend were like, uhh is this a cover? it must be a cover. and then let it go at that because we just assumed she couldn’t of written (well at least performed- or at least lip-synched) such a great song.
I’m addicted to you don’t you know that you’re toxic
why can someone like outkast make a song like ‘hey ya’ that EVERYONE can enjoy because, well its an awesome song, but outkast also has some street cred from the critics and the hipsters. or how can annie make a piece of bubblegum perfection like ‘heartbeat’ but she has some sort of indie cred because pitchfork got to her before entertainment weekly did?
This my shit. This my shit.
im not gonna hate a song just because it’s a marketing ploy. none of these artists deserve my hard earned* dollar, and none of them get it. but i will be embarassed NO MORE!
If no one is around you, say baby I love you
* hard-earned being a very relative term.
** whats even sadder than me liking this music was taking the time to make that useless montage
*** wow this blog has taken a real tits an ass swing lately, celebrity or otherwise, and i apologize.
it is very possible that your infactuation through ear is blinded by the sense of sight….yummy compilation picture.
i have a crush on new kelly clarkson, old kelly was far too virginally chubby.
whaamy
Comment by mister jason eano — August 11, 2005 @ 9:37 am
Fuck! I love Since You’ve Been Gone so much. I lock my doors and close my curtains and just rock out. I dance. it makes me feel good, but when I tell people they are geniunely disgusted, but what do they know? I’m a little giddy just thinking about it actually. I have to go home and dance now. seriously. goosebumps. i don’t care what anyone says.
Comment by sarah — August 12, 2005 @ 12:57 am
you are absolutely hilarious
Comment by spadafoooo — August 12, 2005 @ 2:20 am
i love it too sarah, and if an american idol can make a song that i love, then all bets are off!
Comment by andrew — August 12, 2005 @ 12:05 pm
I agree 100% with 2, 5, n’ 6.
Especially 5.
Comment by b rock — August 15, 2005 @ 6:22 pm
perhaps not unpredictably, mister jason eano beat me to the obvious point here … but are we sure your guilty love for the songs of gwen, kellie, kylie et al has *anything* to do with the music????
Oh, and hi Andrew … nice blog. :-)
Comment by Chris in NF — August 15, 2005 @ 9:38 pm
prof lockett! oh wait, i guess its “chris” now… thanks for stopping by… and while yes, of course, all these ladies are gorgeous, i would like all their music if it was just about looks, but its just these songs… plus i got a much bigger thing for karen o and meg white and emily haines… aaaand i just noticed that i wrote 1,2,3,5,6…
Comment by andrew — August 17, 2005 @ 9:37 am