Singing for Power
"Cause I'm so sick of love songs so sad and slow, why can't I turn off the radio".
Wow, profound eh? Poetic?
None of the above, yet as Mike pointed out, these lyrics are from the number one chart song in Canada right now. Pathetic? yes!But, more than that, these lyrics are actually quite revealing. The artist himself, is self-admitting the abundance of love songs that fill the radio. So, what this artist is stating is that all the other singers on the radio are each expressing sentiments of "true love", the metahpysical concept, equivalent to the likes of Vaughn, and Herbert. To avoid a discussion of the banal and unoriginal statements of "love" that fill the radio airwaves, I will instead argue as to why these lyrics do not actually represent the ideals that the Metaphysicals uphold.
These singers are merely appealing to a target demographic; specifically young pre-teen girls. They create lyrics and songs that are catchy and sentimental. They appeal to your "heart", they make you want to cry. They remind you of ...ok, ok, I have a point here. The reason that the lyrics are they way they are is for attainment of power. These lyrics are not written when the artist's heart is aching from losing "the one". No, in some high profile office, with some high profile music director these tracks were created with one goal in mind... money. And in our society, money equates with power. The more money you have, the greater the ability you have to compete for the greatest power. Thus, when ...well, any artist that plays on Z95.3 belts out his soul either over the radio or to thousands of screaming fans, just know that it is done merely to make them look good, and thus to attract a wider fan base. Having a wider fan base means more people to buy their albums and to sell-out concerts, with the final result of making more money!
Wow, profound eh? Poetic?
None of the above, yet as Mike pointed out, these lyrics are from the number one chart song in Canada right now. Pathetic? yes!But, more than that, these lyrics are actually quite revealing. The artist himself, is self-admitting the abundance of love songs that fill the radio. So, what this artist is stating is that all the other singers on the radio are each expressing sentiments of "true love", the metahpysical concept, equivalent to the likes of Vaughn, and Herbert. To avoid a discussion of the banal and unoriginal statements of "love" that fill the radio airwaves, I will instead argue as to why these lyrics do not actually represent the ideals that the Metaphysicals uphold.
These singers are merely appealing to a target demographic; specifically young pre-teen girls. They create lyrics and songs that are catchy and sentimental. They appeal to your "heart", they make you want to cry. They remind you of ...ok, ok, I have a point here. The reason that the lyrics are they way they are is for attainment of power. These lyrics are not written when the artist's heart is aching from losing "the one". No, in some high profile office, with some high profile music director these tracks were created with one goal in mind... money. And in our society, money equates with power. The more money you have, the greater the ability you have to compete for the greatest power. Thus, when ...well, any artist that plays on Z95.3 belts out his soul either over the radio or to thousands of screaming fans, just know that it is done merely to make them look good, and thus to attract a wider fan base. Having a wider fan base means more people to buy their albums and to sell-out concerts, with the final result of making more money!
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