{"id":1048,"date":"2010-07-05T09:06:44","date_gmt":"2010-07-05T13:06:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/avidbruxist.com\/blog\/?p=1048"},"modified":"2010-07-05T09:06:44","modified_gmt":"2010-07-05T13:06:44","slug":"ktd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/avidbruxist.com\/blog\/2010\/07\/05\/ktd\/","title":{"rendered":"KTD"},"content":{"rendered":"

File this one under Kids These Days.<\/p>\n

After the juice in my iPod was tapped, somewhere along I-78 West, I was flipping through radio stations, which I never do at home, as my dial is permanently set to 91.5 WUNC, the local Public Radio frequency. Anyhow, I heard “Rude Boy<\/a>” by Rihanna. Have you heard this song?<\/p>\n

OK, lemme just start by saying, I like<\/em> pop music. I ain’t got no beef with some happy, up-tempo, synthesized tune with simple melody lines.<\/p>\n

And at first, I was like it’s-got-a-good-beat-you-can-dance-to-it. But Christ, the lyrics suck. Here’s my favorite sample:<\/p>\n

What I want want want<\/address>\n
Is what you want want want<\/address>\n
Give it to me, baby, <\/address>\n
Like boom boom boom<\/address>\n
<\/address>\n
What I want want want<\/address>\n
Is what you want want want<\/address>\n
Nah naaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah
\n<\/address>\n

That shit is Shakespearean yo. And this is the chorus:<\/p>\n

Come here, rude boy<\/address>\n
Boy, can you get it up?<\/address>\n
Come here, rude boy<\/address>\n
Boy, is you big enough?<\/address>\n
Take it, take it, baby, baby<\/address>\n
Take it, take it, love me, love me<\/address>\n

I was talking out loud to myself in the car. “What the hell is wrong with people? How can they like this song?”<\/p>\n

Then I remembered that my favorite song in 1986 was “Two of Hearts<\/a>” by Stacey Q.<\/p>\n

I even made up a routine to it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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