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Friday June 27, 2008 at 08:00 AM |
From Joe S.'s blog (second great post this week, Joe!)
Sexy Subtlety
Call me old fashioned (or just dull) but is anyone else tired of the lack of subtlety in today's popular music?
I spend a lot of time with my teens. I'm pretty open about their tastes and interests. A recent road trip gave opportunity to listen to and talk about music. Due to the overwhelming popularity of Lil' Wayne's song Lollipop we listened to it regularly about once every 40 minutes.
The radio plays the clean version yet anyone with even a limited imagination can figure out what this song is about. I began thinking of what was sexy and interesting about music as I was growing up. My mind immediately went to Marvin Gaye. Admittedly I'm a fan, but in this context his "subtlety" amazes me. Now back then it was anything but subtle but it was classy. Well, you've got real class and then you've got Lil' Wayne.
So what am I trying to say here...well to be blunt, most rap and hip hop (which used to be culturally relevant) are mostly now only fluff and braggadocio over killer beats. It's feels cheap and egocentric exactly like sex without the foreplay.
Where Marvin Gaye is candles, wine and a hottub... Lollipop is four minutes of strip, rip and that's it!
In the immortal words of David Bowie - "Wam bamb thank you mame".
This video set is a comparison of Sexual Healing and the uncensored version of Lollipop. And just to recover I've added a live performances of Let's Get It On and I Want You.
Enjoy!
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