Okay man, this is the third time today you've stopped on this song while scanning radio stations. E
ven allowing room for curiosity, it's now clear that you're totally into this tune. And it's not okay. This is pop music. Pop music is irrelevant fluff. Not only that, but the lyrics don't even make sense. This wouldn't necessarily be a problem if every single verse wasn't repeated twice. Hell, half of the lyrics in the chorus are replaced by, of all things, sound clips of gunshots and cash registers. And now every white kid on the street claims to have "swagger". Why are you listening to this stuff?Yeah but dude, listen to that bass. It's great.
Sure it is. Repeating eighth notes over three pitches. I'm sure only Stanley Clarke could play that, or perhaps Larry Graham if he got lucky. Yeah. Looking beyond the massively complex technical details of the arrangement, doesn't it bother you that the editing is shaky? Listen to that poor edit right before the first chorus. There's a huge, choppy blip right there. No one noticed that when they were copying each verse twice? Serious studio wizardry this ain't. There's no way you can like this song.
Yeah but man, it's catchy.
Catchy, sure. So is the Arthur TV theme. Listen, this song sounds pretty violent. Those gunshots have to be glorifying armed robbery. At the very least. Are those kids singing that part? And there's a KGB reference, so now we're internationally offensive. Hey, the song is... it's talking about murdering people right there! The singer murders people! This part here, hey!True, but some-a-some she lets go-o.
You are so unbelievably frustrating. Fine. How about this, then? The entire song is one looped sample of the intro of "Straight to Hell" by The Clash. The whole thing. There isn't a single original musical contribution in this piece, just lifted ideas from someone else. It's all been done before. You cannot possibly think this is a great song.
Yeah but dude... it's The Clash.
Ah. Touche, then.
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