G finally played me SexyBack one too many times. I now not only like it, it is stuck in my head. Like so many before me, I can resist Justin no longer. *sigh*
If you "men" out there can't handle it, perhaps watching this video will sway your opinion…
From the Victoria Secret Fashion Show 2006:
Update 2006-6-26:
A friend of mine's sister & friends made this parody. It is awesome!
Some of my back muscles are so tight I feel like a cripple, despite some quality time in a hot tub and doing yoga. It just isn't enough. I need something entirely different than the way I feel today in the hopes I can get there from here.
Just released 3 days ago, this video is just too profound not to post. It is SOOO profound that YouTube has censored it! (…which is great because people are sure to watch it!) It is violent for sure, but no more gratuitous than most of our R rated action movies these days.
My interpretation of M.I.A.'s message is that we should care. We should care when there is an ethnic struggle and people of one race (or religion) are being systematically eliminated. We as in the USA, and the "first world" in general. We don't. Or we do, but barely when it is in a "third world" country. We do not take side or action, largely because there is no money involved. Those people aren't important enough. I've seen similar images to the ones in this video in news footage in the middle east and Sri Lanka, M.I.A.'s home country. Only when it is our own people, or our friends in the first world, do we take action.
When the military power portrayed is wearing the United States flag on their sleeves, and the people being rounded up are red headed kids, the message hits home a little more. We humans as a species need to become color blind. A spark of racism can ignite a fire leading to genocide. It's just not right though. M.I.A. has done us a service I think, to remind those who agree and hopefully teach others to see things from the other side of the glass.
We are all individuals. We should be judged by our actions. Not our skin, beliefs, blood, or shoe size. We should all be born free.
PS: If you want to just listen to the song without the other sounds of the video, here you go:
I can't help but look for new music all the time. The stuff I know is good, but experienced. Done. I have ridden that ride. I want to hear something new. Perhaps familiar, but different in some way.
I find it shocking when I talk to most people about music and they are still listening to the same 10 albums they've had for the past 10 years. They cannot even remember the last time they got a new one. These people do not actually like music. Or they are the kind of people who eat the exact same thing for breakfast every day. Boring! And disappointing too. Break out of your rut! Today, I have a different flavor for you to try.
Make sure to watch the video too. It is awesome. You Space Invaders out there will love it!
Whatever you do
Whatever you say
Nothing could push the feeling away
It's here in my heart and it's here in my head
I feel like I'm part of a book I've read
And every page and every paper
Seems to be part of human nature
Sending me back down on memory lane
My favorite record is playing again
Somewhere in that space between Madonna and Marilyn Manson lives Lady Gaga. I don't know as though she has the longevity of either, but who knows… she has only just begun it would appear. Her name is all over the place these days and is thus hard to ignore without some investigation by a musical slut such as myself. I wasn't terribly impressed with the first song I heard months ago, "LoveGame", but I am giving her another try. I am far more impressed this time around. I'm not even sure if the song is as good without the extreme visuals of the video. There is something very "The Dope Show" meets "Vogue" about the video for this song, and as it was with those videos, I cannot seem to take my eyes away. Approve or disapprove, original or not, good or bad there is something entertaining and bizarre, appealing and repulsive about Lady Gaga. Advert your eyes if you must, but don't feel bad if you push replay button. I did.
UPDATE 12/1/2009:
A friend and frequent visitor to TSotD.com had this to say, and I had to share…
"YES! I am so repulsively in love. LOVE that song. But, hey, did you happen to catch Poker Face yet?"
"It's great! But then take a look at the acoustic version done by Chris Daughtry. Equally or more stellar!"
Also "she's more bizarre the deeper you look. With one eye."
I heard this on the radio the other day and I must say the radio has truly been delivering lately. I am totally loving the fact that the 1980s are "IN" right now. Erasure is a must from my '80s collection. Teens today are totally eating it up. There are more and more 80s influences showing up in new music and the old music is getting a lot more air time. I have even seem more and more mohawks!
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