Lady GaGa’s new song is making all the charts, and that’s cool I guess. But if you’re talking “dance music anthems for the dispossessed,” I think Pink’s “Raise Your Glass” beats “Born This Way” hands down.
For one thing, Lady GaGa’s song just seems a little bit too calculated. A little bit too “I shall now write a song that will be played at every dance club and Gay Pride parade until the end of time.” I mean, props for the sentiments expressed, and for finding a way to use the term “transgender” in the lyrics of a Top 40 pop song, but still.
For another thing, it’s just not as catchy. And the day when a Lady GaGa song is “just not as catchy” is a strange day indeed. And yet.
(Also, the video for “Raise Your Glass” is funny, whereas the video for “Born This Way” is… not.)
Oh yeah, more dishcloths.
At any rate, both Lady GaGa and Pink are Redshirt Knitting Approved Artists™.
I assume you’re familiar with Lady GaGa, because clearly you exist. Pink is an Approved Artist™ based on being catchy and fun and also an outspoken feminist without being tiresome or heavy-handed about it. (“What happened to the dream of a girl president?/She’s dancing in a video next to 50 Cent.”)
The Essential Pink Listening List includes:
So What
Stupid Girls
U+Ur Hand
But I refuse to spell her name with an exclamation point instead of the letter I. A girl’s gotta draw the line somewhere.
You know, before I even read the post I had to go dig up my friend’s comic of her adventures as a stay-at-home mom where her 4 y/o has taken to singing the lyrics to Rasie Your Glass. (http://www.cynicalwoman.com/2011/02/08/acw-episode-103-lets-all-sing-along/ if you’re interested)
Now back to figuring out the sudden obession with poutine amongst those I follow on twitter…
That is some funny stuff right there!
But I don’t think she should let her daughter listen to Katy Perry. Katy Perry is not Redshirt Knitting Approved, due in part to lyrics like “So hot, we’ll melt your popsicle.”
I mean, think about it. How hot do you have to be to melt a popsicle? NOT VERY.
I think Pink spells her name both ways actually… or Alecia Moore if you want to get technical.
Another couple good thought-provoking songs are:
- If God was a DJ
- Dear Mr. President
I heard that when Christina Aguilera recently got arrested for being drunk, Pink texted her mom and said “Who’d have thought that between me Britney and Christina that I’d be the one who isn’t a troublemaker!” And that made me love her even more. I took my mom to her concert last year and she was absolutely incredible, totally real. I’d love to hang out with her I think she’d be a blast!
Uh-oh … I’ve only heard of Lady GaGa (srsly?) through the video for “Bad Lab Project.” I might have heard of Pink, too: doesn’t she support breast cancer research?
Does this mean I don’t exist? How … cartesian (she said thoughtfully).
her girls listen to Katy Perry, but that’s because of Just Dance and the Sesame Street thing with her.
Not heard the melt your popsicle song though!
‘Raise your glass’ gets pretty constant radio play on the station that plays at work, so I’ve frequently got it stuck in my head…
I can’t imagine you’re a Glee fan, but they did this song on last night’s episode (well, more specifically, a competing all-boys school did it!), during which I knitted a washcloth.
Too funny! Actually I really loved Glee during the first season, but I lost interest halfway through the second season. About when Will hit his wife, and the show was all “Well, she deserved it, for lying to him all that time!”