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Posted: Fri Aug 08, 2008 8:26 pm Post subject: "I Kissed A Girl": The Tween Idol and Her Audience |
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Recently I was stuck in car outside of my driving jurisdiction and thus without the authority to change the radio station. Among the various ephemera of pop music which quickly left my head, I suddenly picked up on the refrain of "I Kissed A Girl". I too have kissed a girl, and everyone likes songs which relate to them, but the difference here may be that I am male, and thus my actions carried no titillating tease of the homoerotic. Still, it was of interest.
Now I do not condone this song. It is of course pure pop--99% sugar and 1% production, with a exploitative pitch wrapped up in a delicious but fattening layer of hypocrisy. At least so I thought on first listen. Second listen (later, in the same vehicle) proved my assumptions almost entirely correct, with one major alteration. I realized that this song was not a slightly homophobic portrait of a drunk girl doing naughty but oh so sexy things. No, it was actually a picture of a lady in moral distress, caught between society's moors and pedophilia: an accurate analogy for the relationship between Tweens (see what I did there? Eh? EH?) and their pop idols.
First for those behind the times, I give you the lyrics in questions.
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This was never the way I planned
Not my intention
I got so brave, drink in hand
Lost my discretion
It's not what, I'm used to
Just wanna try you on
I'm curious for you
Caught my attention
I kissed a girl and I liked it
The taste of her cherry chap stick
I kissed a girl just to try it
I hope my boyfriend don't mind it
It felt so wrong
It felt so right
Don't mean I'm in love tonight
I kissed a girl and I liked it
I liked it
No, I don't even know your name
It doesn't matter,
You're my experimental game
Just human nature,
It's not what,
Good girls do
Not how they should behave
My head gets so confused
Hard to obey
I kissed a girl and I liked it
The taste of her cherry chap stick
I kissed a girl just to try it
I hope my boyfriend don't mind it
It felt so wrong
It felt so right
Don't mean I'm in love tonight
I kissed a girl and I liked it
I liked it,
Us girls we are so magical
Soft skin, red lips, so kissable
Hard to resist so touchable
Too good to deny it
Ain't no big deal, it's innocent
I kissed a girl and I liked it
The taste of her cherry chap stick
I kissed a girl just to try it
I hope my boyfriend don't mind it
It felt so wrong
It felt so right
Don't mean I'm in love tonight
I kissed a girl and I liked it
I liked it |
On first glance, yeah it looks like a former Christian pop artist trying to make herself look sexy and edgy. BUT there's some real conflict going on here. What does that boyfriend think? (Answer: He probably doesn't mind too much. The song tells you homosexuality isn't real love anyway.)
Now dig deeper. See something weird? Cherry chapstick? WTF? No one over 15 uses cherry chap stick, so obviously the subject being kissed here is a girl, NOT a woman. Which could mean that Katy Perry is voicing another young child as she slowly discovers the value of vagina. But then why is she drinking so damn much? That's some pretty serious negative behavior, and would obviously indict the singer as a bad girl before she kissed anyone. We're left with the only other answer: Katy Perry, a full-grown woman, is kissing a 15 year-old.
Now that we've established the situation, we can clearly see that the inner conflict does not arise from problems of homosexuality, but instead pedophilia and the legal age. The song explores a woman's conflict as she finds herself falling for this young chapstick wearing girl. Never a good reflection on one's morals. She tries to push it away as not being love, but the doubts still linger. What first seems to be purely superficial crap now reveals itself as a soul in distress.
"I Kissed a Girl" is not only a story of woman-meets-girl, but an analogy for the relationship of the Pop Idol to her audience. As a new tween singer, Katy Perry must dress up all skanky and corsety, marketing her sexiness and image over any real talent. She is the lady, selling herself to young teenagers, where they enter an odd relationship of mutual attraction based on advertising and record sales. Even though Katy realizes the dangerous nature of presenting herself to such impressionable youth, she can't help herself, attracted as she is to their free-floating cash. Both idol and audience are caught in this relationship, so obviously wrong, but both enjoying it too much to want to break free.
Now, yes, I will admit my blood may be filled with a certain byproduct of fermentation, but that doesn't mean you shouldn't take me seriously. I have a degree in this shit. _________________
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Posted: Fri Aug 08, 2008 9:28 pm Post subject: |
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This actually reminds me of the time when someone claimed Extreme's Play With Me talked about American history. He also had viable proof, though not as solid as this.
I'm going to keep this very, very simple:
This is win. _________________
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"Butt rock." |
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Posted: Wed Aug 13, 2008 12:42 am Post subject: |
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Well First off, modern pop has no talent required. You have to be pretty and be able to mime to a backing track, its almost as talentless as RnB (thats a whole different story all together now). Imagine if meatloaf was trying to get a label today, he would get no where because you can't market his image, despite his fantastic voice.
This being said, i think most pop songs now days have no real meaning. So, what she kissed a girl?? I would of preferred to see her kiss the actual girl rather then hear a song about it, oh well thats why we have porn.
Also, i doubt she wrote the song herself. Someone properly wrote the lyrics, someone else wrote the music and she simply sells it.
The point i' m trying to make here is - Main stream music sucks and should not be taken seriously. _________________ there he goes. One of God's own prototypes. A high-powered mutant of some kind never even considered for mass production. Too weird to live, and too rare to die. |
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Posted: Wed Aug 13, 2008 2:31 am Post subject: |
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Archy wrote: |
I'm going to keep this very, very simple:
This is win. |
I don't think there's a better way to respond to this. _________________ "There is no normal life, there's just life. Now get on with it" |
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Posted: Wed Aug 13, 2008 3:18 am Post subject: |
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Another one of her songs is called "Ur So Gay", so perhaps she is homophobic. "Gay" here meaning "stupid" or "idiotic", for you geezers out there. |
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Posted: Wed Aug 13, 2008 3:46 am Post subject: |
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Clearly pedophilic, and too catchy for it's own good. I say we burn her at the stake. |
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Posted: Sat Aug 16, 2008 12:02 pm Post subject: |
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I'll have you know that my 22 year old girlfriend, her 21 year old best friend, and I all wear cherry chapstick Shrew. Are you accusing me of being a 15 year old girl? _________________
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Posted: Sat Aug 16, 2008 2:43 pm Post subject: |
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Scarlet Assassin wrote: |
I'll have you know that my 22 year old girlfriend, her 21 year old best friend, and I all wear cherry chapstick Shrew. Are you accusing me of being a 15 year old girl? |
Absolutely. Is there some reason we shouldn't be doing so? I mean..cherry chapstick. |
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Posted: Sat Aug 16, 2008 3:42 pm Post subject: |
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My lips chap very badly in the winter because I live on an island in the Atlantic, we get cold winds. I wear it because it protects my lips and I happen to love anything cherry flavored. Why must you destroy everything I love ninjar? _________________
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Posted: Sat Aug 16, 2008 9:12 pm Post subject: |
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I disagree with this. I don't think Katy Perry is smart enough to think of deeper meanings behind her songs and they're exactly as they seem. Plus, I know lots of girls over 20 who wear cherry chapstick. Aside from the chapstick, it doesn't really have any indication of she's talking about a 15-year old. |
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Posted: Sat Aug 23, 2008 9:31 pm Post subject: |
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Scarlet Assassin wrote: |
I'll have you know that my 22 year old girlfriend, her 21 year old best friend, and I all wear cherry chapstick Shrew. Are you accusing me of being a 15 year old girl? |
try strawberry-kiwi, mint, or flavorless or beef. that'll be a manly chap stick. _________________ few runes short of a set of 27
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Posted: Mon Aug 25, 2008 5:44 pm Post subject: |
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Why would I do that when I love the taste of my own cherry chapstick? I'm comfortable enough with my level of manliness to wear it and enjoy it. _________________
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Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2008 12:24 pm Post subject: |
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Shrew, I want you to bear my children. _________________
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Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2008 10:09 pm Post subject: |
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Ah yes.
It all makes sense now. Thanks, Shrew. _________________
He's a victim - not a perp - and I'm choosing to let him go. |
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Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2008 4:13 am Post subject: |
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Gaara wrote: |
I disagree with this. I don't think Katy Perry is smart enough to think of deeper meanings behind her songs and they're exactly as they seem. Plus, I know lots of girls over 20 who wear cherry chapstick. Aside from the chapstick, it doesn't really have any indication of she's talking about a 15-year old. |
Altho when asked if she would kiss Miley Cyrus (That Hannah Montana chick) she said she "like, totally would" or something. That girl has to be like 15-16. _________________
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