The Cold and Sadistic

Annie “I Know Ur Girlfriend Hates Me” – Wow, Jezebel is right — this is a really good song! It’s hip-switchin’, gum-snappin’, tit-perkin’, and everything! (I love it when songs are tit-perkin’!) Anyway, even though Slut Machine is pretty right-on about the song — gee, it’s just like that thing Tyra Banks says! — some of the folks in their comment box are a little off-base.

For example:

Gundam_Halo: That video was hypnotic. I’m a sucker for choreography. Damn, I’m a self-loathing, depressing person. I’m not supposed to entertained by something as pop (or whatever the label is) as this.

Awww! I’ve got good news and bad news for you, Gundam_Halo — you’re not wrong to enjoy well-crafted pop songs or music videos with choreography! Unfortunately, the bad news is that if you have successfully convinced yourself that somehow pop music and dancing are inherently shameful things, you actually have a good reason to be depressed and loathe yourself!

CreoleSugar: Isn’t this woman a bit old to be singing about how someone’s girlfriend hates her?

Maybe? Probably not?

goodcheapfun: This is the perfect genre for an entertainer long on looks and short on talent.

Really? Because this is pretty much the same genre as Prince, and there are melodic turns in this that rival some of his finest work. But in fairness, that little fucker was always getting by on the strength of his ‘stache.

There’s actually about 30+ iterations of this point, but I’ll go with this one —

Miss Smith Drank Your…: I’m glad y’all are posting about the ugliness of the lyrics. As soon as I saw the title I did an eyeroll. Enough of the girl fighting over man! Srsly. And Avril/others – if “her” BF really wanted you, he would be with you and not her.

Okay, so you know how Europeans are always like “ugh, Americans don’t understand irony,” and it’s really smug, and you want to get defensive and say “hey, I can process irony, and I can tell when someone is kinda taking the piss, especially in a pop song!”? Well, as it turns out, for the most part, they’ve got a good point. I understand and relate to feeling a great deal of fatigue with regards to the sentiment of the song, but is it so hard to tell that the song is not 100% serious? And that, maybe just maybe, it’s a parody?

Sigh! I could keep going through these all day, but you know, whatever, it’s the internet.

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