Sinister: won't people understand?

[Ian Turton]

Suzanne Schroeder wrote:

> > "If I had a million dollars, I'd buy you a green dress;
> >  But not a real green dress, that's cruel..."
> >
> > Music shouldn't be taken seriously all the time...
>
> That's not my problem with the friggin song, people!  I own They Might Be
> Giants' "Flood" and that cheese kicks the ass of this cheese.  I hate it.
> right now, it's third on my music hate list:
>
> 3.  Barenaked Ladies "If I had a million dollars."
>
> It sounds like a commercial jingle and any song that sounds like a
> commercial jingle must be killed.  It has created the greatest offense to
> us all by not bothering to distinguish itself from crap music old men in
> suits playing golf in their offices and thinking all 10 year olds
> skateboard, wear a walkman 24 hours a day, and say that everything is
> "Radical!"  imagine the 18-34 age bracket identify with and would happily
> use in their next cat litter campaign!  It's even worse that they sound
> exactly like studio singers you can hire and not credit on any given
> release.

This whole discussion can be put down to initial exposure to the group, me
thinks. My first BNL tune was the splendidly wry and heartfelt 'Brian Wilson'
thus;
----------
Drove downtown in the rain, 9:30 on a Tuesday night
Just to check out the late night record shop
Call it impulsive, call it compulsive, call it insane
But when I'm surrounded I just can't stop

It's a matter of instinct, it's a matter of conditioning, a matter of fact
You can call me Pavlov's dog
Ring a bell and I'll salivate, well how'd you like that
Dr. Landy tell me you're not just a pedagogue, 'cause right now I'm

Lying in bed just like Brian Wilson did
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It's shit, but it rhymes with 'it'. I love 'it'. Guess what I'm saying is heard
this tune, kinda grew on me like a big plukey spot. From then on, I was *on
their side*.  Subsequent offerings were heard through Turkish Delight filled
ears. I'm sure if I'd have heard the 'advert song' first, Brian Wilson would
have pissed me right off. Along with everything else they did.
I really think this 'initial exposure' business explains a lot of the musical
differences that occur between what are, on the face of it, like-minded people.
Admitting to yourself that you made a mistake from the off can be a pretty big
step. Like 2.15 on a Saturday morning might seem like an ideal time to type a
hideous rictous grinned load of bollocks. But really, it's my frickin' bedtime.

regards,

Turt


Lenny Kravitz, initial exposure not withstanding, can just fucking die.
Seriously. I will kick him in the nuts.

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