New music sucks (Mildly NSFW)

I’m laying here on my bed, with 93.7 on the radio. I didn’t feel like messing with iTunes tonight, and figured I’d get some of the “party vibe” without leaving my room. This has led to mild anger. The cause?

Flo’ Rida’s new “song” – which is a blatant ripoff of You Spin Me Round by Dead or Alive. The stolen beat wouldn’t bother me so much if it weren’t for the obscene lyrics. Okay, Flo’ Rida, we get it. Your lady friend gives amazing head. Apparently, you do a good job with her as well. But what in your right mind possessed you to write lyrics about it, set it to a bizarre 80s beat, and put it on the radio for six-year-olds to hear?!

It’s not just this song that frustrates me. I heard another catchy song on the radio a while back. I Shazam’d it on my iPhone and decided to download the song after hearing it on the radio a few times. Addicted by Saving Abel is as bad as Flo’ Rida. What’s with the obsession of singing about your significant other “going down” on you, in between the sheets? At least Saving Abel had the decency to release an edited version (that says “rolling ’round with me” instead) for the radio to play.

I’m sure many people take no issue with the lyrics of this new “music” being released. I’m kind of divided, really. I think for people my age, it’s just fine. Taking into account the extremes (aka 7-15 year-olds and the 55+ age range) though… I’d have a difficult time if either song came on and they heard the lyrics. Older folks would probably be offended, and the little kids want to know what “going down” means.

My point is not that we need to censor our public from the realities of the world – oral sex included. I just find it hard to believe that the artists have exhausted every other topic already.