Sadness

[koganbot]

Trevor says, in his writeup about JJ Project's "Bounce," that:

"For me, there's nothing sadder than, say, a couple of self-described 'punks' arguing about what 'real punk rock' is and is not."

Guess you have to count me among the sad, then, since that's exactly what I was doing the other day when talking about Screeching Weasel and Britney in my "Are We NOT MEN?" post. (Ctrl-F "Screeching Weasel" and don't neglect to click the link to my 2007 Blackout ballot.)

I don't dislike "Bounce" (especially not outraged by any genre busting), though the track doesn't drive me, either. But the more abstract Trevor gets in his reasoning, the more I want to argue with it. Except what I'd rather do is prod him to argue with himself. So what I'd say to Trevor is: Ask yourself what questions would be most troublesome for your argument, and what counterarguments would be the strongest, richest, and deepest. I'll say as an aside — and this is an observation, not a criticism — that at least some of the terms you use to praise JJ Project feel very Sixties, very rock.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0eTeKT44mc [This video is age restricted and only watchable on YouTube, so click the link.]

Comments

I Go Britney Because Of You (part two)

[koganbot]

Speaking of Britney, what do you think of SNSD's "Oscar"?

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Re: I Go Britney Because Of You (part two)

[skyecaptain.livejournal.com]

Less punk than "Gimme More," I'd say. Still like it, though. (What does "Oscar" refer to? A guy named Oscar?)

Re: I Go Britney Because Of You (part two)

[koganbot]

Research into O S C A R isn't getting me much in the way of song meanings. Here's a link to an English translation of the lyrics, however:

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20111026180518AA68QHA

Doesn't seem to be Oscar The Grouch. Could be the statuette, though I don't know how "up in the sky" and bass volumes and audio frequencies would relate to that.