“F*** You” from the Music Industry
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I understand by starting off my comment like that, that I have now become one of "those" commenters, and thus safe to ignore, but it had to be said.
"Fuck You" is popular because it RESONATES, not profanes, and not just with black youth. I'm a thirty-year-old white dude, and I instantly felt kinship on hearing that song. Plus? Catchy as he'll.
And calling out Eminem's lyrics as "vile" truly proves that he hasn't a clue what he's talking about. Of COURSE they're vile. Eminem is playing the role of the abuser in that song, not to glorify it, but to call attention to it. His lyrics have always been painfully self-aware, and you really think he's going to let himself off with the weak-ass excuse "guess I don't know my own strength?"
This entire article really reads reads as if the author is railing against the WORDS in the songs, without taking the time to understand what the words MEAN, i.e. complaining about the form and ignoring the substance. In that, this article is far more deplorable than any of the songs it complains about, in that it will probably convince further people that it's entirely acceptable to dismiss songs based merely on the expletives contained therein.
And man, fuck that.
Do you disagree? Please, tell me why you disagree. Do you agree with the author of the article and think I'm incorrect? Please, step up and tell me this.
But I'm not trying to be witty without substance, I'm not spamming - I'm trying to engage in discourse about this issue.
If you're gonna disagree with me, kindly do me the favour of replying in kind. I'd like to know why you disagree.
Beautiful South, Don't Marry Her Fuck Me
Lily Allen, Fuck You Very Much
and don't forget Tenacious D, Fuck Her Gently
"Fuck you" is a brilliant song, a social media phenomenon, and this absolutely shit article is clearly written by a fucktard and has no place on a site like HN. In fact, I don't know why I'm commenting on this shit. I should just fucking flag it.
Hmm.
I found the article to be quite well written, clearly from a position of knowledge about several songs. Now so-called obscene words are not a day-to-day part of my vocabulary but I don't really find words offensive (though the meaning conveyed of course can be). I don't agree with their position entirely, but they made their case far more eloquently and with better support than you did. Indeed their points as regards the normalisation of profanity amongst the music fraternity and the racism applied to who can use the word nigger seemed good.
No place on HN? Well they kinda hacked YouTube by recognising that a catchy tune with expletives would play well to the YouTube demographic. But, yeah, otherwise probably better placed elsewhere - I guess though you'd find it hard to find a place that would give a serious airing to the views expressed in the article.
Brilliant? A social media phenomenon? It's a nice tune, the lyrics have a certain flow to them (I loved "Crazy" and this has a similar vibe for me); without the expletives I'd expect it to get close to a Number 1 anyway.