Am I the only one who thinks Bruno Mars’ song ‘Grenade’ sounds like it could be a B-side from Thriller? Anyone?
(…Aaand I just Wikipedia’d him and saw that the singer/songwriter/producer is heavily influenced by Michael Jackson and Motown. RESEARCH.)
But seriously. It does.
And while I generally leave the in-depth musical analysis to my darling sister Em, I’d be remiss if I didn’t comment on at least a few of the [startlingly dark yet catchy as anything] lyrics:
In other Media Sound-Byte News Of Stuff That Bothers Me:
-Hello, Jello? Yes, thank you for your new Mousse Temptations ads, but the next time I reference anything as being “Me O’Clock” I sure as heck won’t be referencing pudding. Maybe some chips. But my point is that the “time” won’t be defined by eating. At least not entirely. (Can I eat pudding while napping?)
-Hey there, Hoverround. I agree that your electric wheelchair/scooter amalgamations sure look helpful. But perhaps we shouldn’t still be offering to send out informative VHS tapes for the first people to call in. Because really, tapes? Lemme crank up the ol’ party line and wait for the Pony Express. (I realize that those are two very different time periods. At least I’m aware that I should be aware of that. I’ll Wikipedia it in a few.) VHS is old.
-And “iRenew Bracelets?” Do you realize that, at a certain part of your infomercial, it sounds like your spokesperson is saying that the “customers” are unable to stay balanced “without irony?” I realize that he is saying the phrase “without iRenew.” I do realize that. But the fact that these Man On the Street people can barely remain standing when you tug on their arms- wearing electromagnetic frequency bracelets or not- smacks of falsity to me. Or maybe scurvy.
And sure, perhaps it’s not exactly irony so much as it is bad acting, but maybe it could be construed as irony in the Alanis Morissette-extremely-loose-definition-way?
I miss books.
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