Well, you didn't ask for it, but Rachel did.
First on the list there's "You Belong to Me" by Taylor Swift. It offers the following petty annoyances:
Rhyming "If you could see that I'm the one who understands you" with "Been here all along, so why can't you..." She rhymes "you" with "you". Plus she rhymes "that" with "that" and "do" with "do". Brilliant. She also rhymes "upset" with "said", "night" with "like", "find" with "time"--oh, and about "time" which is repeated at the end of a couple of verses--she says "tsime". Don't believe me? Listen next time it comes on the radio, before you switch the station, and I bet you'll hear it.
And then there's Sean Kingston--I want to drive into a telephone pole every time I hear "Shawty fire burning on the dance floor". I can't even bother with the rest of the lyrics to that stupid song.
Thing is, the station my daughter inflicts on me plays about a dozen songs over and over, throwing in something else occasionally just to fulfill whatever Canadian content rules they have to obey as part of their broadcast license. (or did that get outlawed with the free trade pact?)
I think we've heard "I've gotta feeling" at least half of the morning commutes in the last month on that station, and considering it takes less than 25 minutes to drive in, that's one predictable radio station. (and actually, as much as I dislike Fergie, I have to admit I don't mind that song)
It may be I'm going to have to go with option 2--I get the radio and she gets her Ipod--but then it's tough to have actual conversations so I guess for now I'm stuck with autotune song after autotune song. (You know, that weird distorty voice thing that virtually every song on certain stupid stations uses--it also disguises a lack of actual singing talent.)
Oh, and one more annoyance: "Oooh Watchya Say"--I liked the Imogen Heap song with the amazing harmonies and then this comes out. Yeah, Jason Derulo, you've got a sampling and autotune setup in your basement and you are an artist. You even named your "album" "Watcha Say" as well--wow, you're a musical genius, capitalizing on that one number you sampled.
I'm so tired of the samplers who pretend they've created something original--particularly the ones who fake up their voices with autotune. Seriously, all it proves is that you've got a knack at choosing a good song to rip off and you have access to some audio technology.
Now back to nanowrimo.
7 comments:
Heh I kinda like What You Say or whatever the hell it's called. I loathe Taylor Swift though.
Actually, let me revise that comment. The only part of What You Say that I like is the Imogen Heap sample (which I didn't realize was a sample). That makes me feel a little less bad about liking it.
Yep--the song is "Hide and Seek" and she does all the voices in it. I first heard it in 2005, I think, so it's been around for a while.
You Belong to Me is my guilty pleasure song. I hate myself liking it.
HAHAHA! I laughed all the way through this post. I know exactly what you mean!
THANK YOU. you just made me so happy.
i've been listening to the BBc radio 1 live lounge mixes lately, and it is redeeming my faith in people who remix songs. they can also be hillarious. Dizzee rascal doing "thats not my name" and "hey ya" done by razoright. my all time favorite parody cover though is alanis morrisette doing "my humps". if you are a fergie "fan" you HAVE to hear it.
I have a 30 minute drive down and back the interstate from Hades and find myself pushing buttons on the radio repetitively just to escape many of the songs you have mentioned. I am impressed that you know the titles, however.
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