These Young Kids Today
Through the speakers in the locker room downstairs at the gym: Marvin Gaye, "What's Goin On." Thank you very much, this pleases me.
Through the speakers in the workout area upstairs at the gym: Somebody singing the new hit song, "Laffy Taffy," featuring the chorus, "Laffy taffy, shake that laffy taffy, laffy taffy, shake that laffy taffy, girrrrrrrl shake that...". And this doesn't so much displease me as it confuses the hell out of me.
Is it age? Is it marketing? Is it the state of the music industry?
You know what? Don't answer any of those. I'm just glad that Marvin Gaye existed and that I know about him and can choose to listen to Marvin whenever the hell I want. Except when I'm on the treadmill at the gym, in which case I listen to Laffy Taffy, but I'm thinking about Marvin.
posted by Teodoro Callate @ 9:06 PM
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4 Comments:
"Is it age? Is it marketing? Is it the state of the music industr"
yes
Maybe I'm young at heart, but I will admit that I am a sucker (or, in this case, "sucka") for both the groove on "Laffy Taffy" and, I admit in some shame, "Milkshake". Both songs are completely profane, but I can't help it - I gotsa dance. Same deal with Usher's "Yeah!" and Nelly's "Hot in Here".
Teo, I don't think your ready for this jelly. That's okay, though. Neither am I.
usher's 'yeah' and nelly's 'hot in here,' i'm down with. these other songs, i don't even know. and i have young friends who know all these songs, and i'm just like... ummm. i'm old. i'm my dad. i'm so out of it. i'm of the opinion that if you can hear the beat in a song, you can dance to it, so i can dance to these, but...i just prefer rock and roll or rock to hip hop, really. and the hip hop songs i like have hooks, grooves, melodies, some pop or rock elements to them....
but yeah. we dance, and i'm always like: who's this? who's this? what's this? what? they know all the lyrics and i'm just like???? don't listen don't listen, you'll be so offended.
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