oh… JEEZ

I’ve never felt this way with a song. I don’t know. Well, this is my second post about it. The first one was just an overview about the lyrics, but not it’s content. Hmmm… That’s perplexing.

I remember the day when I first heard The All American Reject’s Gives You Hell. It is so inviting, and I was listening to it repeatedly and was always excited for the ‘crowd’ singing the refrain. That’s all. It was fun, a bit mean, but the kind that you can tolerate.

Then, comes Britney Spears’ If U Seek Amy. I know it’s nothing compared to the 70′s song If You See Kay, which is aside from the title, spells out the word ‘cunt’ as well, courtesy of the line “See you in tea.”

Ok, enough of the introduction. This is bout 3oh!3′s Don’t Trust Me. If you have read the preceding post, you’ll know that I have no idea about the ‘Do the Helen Keller’ line. Although, I knew the overall meaning of the lines:

Shush girl! Shut your lips.
Do the Helen Keller and talk with your hips.

I just realized the ‘do the Helen Keller’ could mean ‘shut up! Communicate without talking, communicate using your hips – dance.’ And for the Helen Keller reference… It’s like ‘imitate the disabled’. (FYI: Helen Keller is blind and deaf).

It is so sad! I loved the song before I realized this. And as I come to know this, I listened to it, enjoyed it, but on the Helen Keller part, I felt something. I could forgive the ‘don’t trust a ho’ line. But that part is like too much. Maybe I feel so bad about my self for liking this song. One thing is for sure, I really can’t help but love the song. I love the beat, I love the one-liners, the vocals, the effects. It’s just so sad that it has to be offensive.

I have two different takes on the lines.

One, it’s like saying women is better off shutting their mouths. That they’re made to shake their asses. That women aren’t here to be heard but to be seen. Alright, that’s bad.

But, on the other hand, it could mean, forget who you are for a while. Dance and have fun.

It doesn’t matter what 3oh!3 is really trying to say or what is their intentions for writing this song, if they have. It’s not about how it was intended but how it was received. It’s not talking about women altogether if we’re going to hear the whole song and analyze the whole lyrics. But most people don’t care about the lyrics at all, they’re after the beat, the catchy part. And sadly, the catchiest part is the most offensive. I must admit that as a man, I find it cool, in a way, the idea of saying ‘Shush girl! Shut your lips.’ I mean, some women are too talkative.
I know, it won’t be as popular as it is without those controversial lines. And even without it, it still won’t be a descent song. Even without my favorite ‘vegetarian’ line, it’s still a good song. And this made me think to disregard the people who are offended. Why would I get affected because they are?

And this is a song. And it was made to be a joke.

Now I sounded undecided. I was just thinking, what if I’ve known what the song was, before I heard it. Maybe I would listen to it out of curiousity. And maybe I won’t like it as much. But I know my self, and I can certainly say that I still would have liked it, in a different way though. Why am I being like this with just a song? Well, as I said, I’ve never felt like this before.

Thoughts?

Don’t trust a whore.

I am so infected… This song is really in my veins and this is a serious problem. In a good way though. It is now on my repeat mode, and I’m listening to it non-stop. I can’t help it and maybe I could listen to it forever and enjoy it as much as I always do.

I was doing my research about the song, when I’ve noticed that a lot of people were confused of its content. In my opinion, it’s JUST about not trusting a “hoe”

Tell your boyfriend, if he says he’s got beef
That I’m a vegetarian and I ain’t fuckin’ scared of him.

Obviously, that’s the best part of the song. And maybe one of best one-liner of any song.

There have been a lot of debates on what that means. Some says it’s sexual. Oh c’mon that’s hilarious! It’s so simple. When you got “beef” with someone, it means you’re not cool. That you have an issue or a problem. It’s like saying… If you’re boyfriend’s got some problems with me, I’m not scared of him. The “vegetarian” thing is just a pun, a play on word that made that line shine.

X’s on the back of your hands
Wash them in the bathroom
To drink like the band.

This is the most confusing part, especially when you’ve never been in a bar. Ok, if you’re a minor, they’ll put X in the back of your hands and that means you can’t have a drink. So in this case, the girl is removing the X mark in the bathroom so she can have a drink.

Shush girl! Shut your lips
Do the Helen Keller, and talk with your hips.

Helen Keller is a famous blind-deaf woman. Honestly, I really don’t know why she’s on this song and how to “do the Helen Keller”;. I just translate this line to “SHUT UP AND DANCE”.

The whole song is really so hard to predict. Is it just about not trusting a hoe because she won’t trust you or is there a deeper meaning? Or maybe it doesn’t mean anything at all. One thing is for sure, it is fun to listen to it over and over. I would never get sick of it.

DON’T TRUST A HOE

NEVER TRUST A HOE

WON’T TRUST

‘CAUSE THE HOE WON”T TRUST ME

Okay, it seems like my blog has been so boring. So, bukod sa kadramahan ko sa buhay, I decided to launch a segment where I could feature my favorite songs. (luma o bago, depende sa trip ko!)

The segment will be categorized as… H2: HOT HITS. (To my friends…yes! It’s the title of the song book I  “published” as a part of my weird childhood)

And my first song feature goes to… Paula DeAnda! (I don’t know who is she as of now.)

ROLL THE CREDITS

The first time I heard it on The Morning Rush – from the intro… “Ro-roll the credits” to it’s refrain…”Tell me, who is she?” – I was mesmerized! (mesmerized? Haha… Wala akong maisip na word eh, nangingialam ka?)

Well, once upon a time. I also loved a song with a simirality with this one, lyrically. Penned by my favorite Ne-Yo, and performed by Rihanna. It’s called Take A Bow.

“And the award for the best liar goes to you”

From the title itself… ROLL THE CREDITS, the whole song was referencial to a “movie”. An answer to Take A Bow’s “show&quot”.

Comparing the relationship to a film. The guy is the director-actor, she’s the producer-actress. But another girl auditioned for her role. Haha…nice!

The vocals are so mellow, the beat is heavy, the melody is less-dramatic compared to Take A Bow, and has some similarities with Shontelle’s T-Shirt.

MAD WORLD -Adam Lambert

I’m an Adam Lambert fan since his audition and as a fan, i can say that this is one of his best performances. (Although all of his performance is undoubtedly labeled as”the best”). Wait, this is about the song. This is what happens when I’m talking ’bout Glambert.

The message is so “goosebumping”. I like the line where it undirectly said that a child is getting his happiness for only once a year.

Children waiting for the day they feel good… Happy Birthday

And I like how MR.Lambert played on the word “nervous” on the live performance. It really translate how a child feels on the first day of his school.

YOU BELONG WITH ME -Taylor Swift

Another hit from Ms.Swift! I actually expect that Hey Stephen would be the next single. (I’ll write about it soon!) You Belong With Me is a Cheerleader-bashing song, Taylor Swift compares herself to the cheer-captain-girlfriend of her crush.

She wears high-heels, I wear sneakers.
She’s cheer captain and I’m on the bleachers

I remember it being performed by an American Idol Season 8 finalist, andshe was eliminated after it. Hahaha!
Do you like the new segment? I love it!

“MY TOP 5 SONGS OF THE WEEK”

1.) Roll The Credits – Paula DeAnda
2.) Body Language – Jesse McCartney
3.) 21 Guns – Greenday
4.) Out From Under – Britney Spears
5.) Waking Up In Vegas – Katy Perry

*I’ll attached my Top 5 songs in every Hot Hits post.*