......

 

I think it is a great song, she has a cool voice, and I like the lyrics.

I turn the stinkin thing up every time it's on. It's like crack.

Expand your mind, holmes.

 

Loved it.

 

Just listened to both. I enjoyed it. Nice change of pace.

 

 

Do you see this as a fair or unfair criticism of rap music and/or witty lyrics from a foreign pop group that aren't necessarily meant to take shots at the rap and hip hop industries and audiences?

 

Personally I think it's at worst witty lyricism that pokes fun at the materialism of gold chains, bottle pippin' and expensive cars that are found in a good number of rap lyrics, song titles, and albums, and at best an original existentialist-type mantra about their upbringing and lifestyle even in face of their relatively modest success.

 

I don't listen to much rap music, except those times when I ride with my teen and he is blasting it.

 

I never knew this song was a criticism of rap music.

Does rap music ever criticize other lifestyles or groups of people?

 

It seems to me that country music is always criticized by others, and it's totally acceptable to do so.

Why should rap music get a pass?

Edited November 6, 201312 yr by hoops5

I see no problem with the song; I don't think she outright bashes rap music.

She's simply stating what you generally see in a hip hop video or pop videos for that

matter.

I believe I heard on TV that she wrote this song in like 45 minutes and she's the polar

opposite of the flashy show-off stuff she describes in the song. Apparently she doesn't really

want the life of a performer just enjoys making music and being an artist.

It seems to me that country music is always criticized by others, and it's totally acceptable to do so.

Why should rap music get a pass?

 

I would disagree with the thought that rap gets a pass.

I would disagree with the thought that rap gets a pass.

 

I was just going off the title to the thread. That if this is an unfair commentary on rap, (not saying that it is or is not), I don't see the big deal because other music types also get criticism as well.

But then again, I don't know much about music. (Just what I learn from you, here on BGP. :lol2:)

What am I missing? Her lyrics are dead on.

 

Or, are they just mad that she said it?

Hot....

Hot....

 

Hot....

 

November 7, 1996

 

 

Only 366 more days for ya. :lol2:

 

 

I'll read the article better next time now that I am sick at my stomach.

 

 

Lol I thought she was older.........I'll just have a seat right over here.......

^ Haha. I'm just messing around. She doesn't look as young as she is. Such is being a pop star in this day and age.

Great? I'll stick with the original.

 

Yeah Holmes! Expand your mind.

 

[video=youtube;rdv-CHlKNqI]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdv-CHlKNqI

I don't know about the meaning of the lyrics, but I find the song nearly unlistenable.

 

^THIS. I lasted about 1:21 and had more than enough. Not my cup of tea.

Country/bluegrass version. Well done.

 

Country Cover of Lorde's 'Royals' Is a Twangy Masterpiece [VIDEO]

 

Toe tapper.

 

You know what I love about this? Their harmonies send shivers down my spine. They are really, really good.