And the best is no one knows who you are, just another girl alone at the bar

Nitsuh writes about my homies in the 303:

It's not like there's anything new about boyish white guys trying on the kind of masculinity they're getting out of hip-hop - in these cases it can lead to some incredibly boyish bullshit. No, the bits that get me are the really pop ones, these 3OH!3 choruses that represent pretty much the only place you can hear boyish white "rock" guys singing the kinds of pop hooks you could almost expect from a Gaga or Britney song. (Or, you know, Ke$ha or Katy Perry collaboration.)

And Nitsuh says much more as well. Cites FOB and MCR as precursors but thinks of 3OH!3 as breaking a barrier. Then he gives us 140 characters to say what we think, so I write this:

Stooges-Eminem (self)contempt but deliberately paper thin; Kelly C crucial precursor for tune-rock, Megan McC "Tap That" for tune-rap-rock

Meanwhile Tom, expanding luxuriously in his tumblr lair, writes:

3OH!3 and Ke$ha and even Katy Perry (still not heard Brokencyde) are the first pop to make me feel old. Maybe just 3OH!3 Not in a "I don't get this" or "I couldn't get this" way, I think I get it OK even if I couldn't articulate it - but I don't think getting it could feel natural.

Tom also points out that grime-pop amalgams are hot atop the Brit charts these days.

( I cite the Stooges and reflect on my inability to get old )

Megan McCauley's Tap That

I link Megan McCauley's "Tap That" wherever necessary, but I've decided it's time to embed it. Think of it as mandatory listening for those wanting to participate in the Ke$ha-3OH!3 convos - Max Martin and Dr. Luke combining Salt-N-Pepa style hip-hop with hard-rock tune-pop back in 2006. (Dr. Luke is a producer and co-writer of Ke$ha's "TiK ToK.")

"Tap That- Megan McCauley" (Watch on YouTube)