How does it make you feel when?...
I remember driving with a girlfriend the year before last and a song came on, I believe it was by Finger Eleven and the lyrics went thus: Well I’m not paralyzed/But I seem to be struck by you/ I want to make you move/Because you’re standing still. She squealed and turned up the radio and I was dissapointed at my lack of enthusiasm. Because while the tune was catchy, it was ultimately the lyrics that angered me. I feel the same now when I hear a popular hip-hop tune which has maybe a great sample from another artist, a fantastic beat.. aaand then the lyrics are urging me to slap that all on the flo', slap that give me some mo' . Or pointing out that "who's a ho? she's a ho? I said that you's a ho." (Apple Bottom Jeans, Boots With the Fuuur...I'll save that for later) I'd been dwelling on what makes a great song nowadays with the re-influx of pop driven hits and I remembered reading a column by John Mayer (yes, surprisingly) maybe 4 years ago...
