Skater Barbie
All Happy Underground
I never thought I hear myself saying, but music is just not the same as when I was young. Yeah yeah yeah, I know I was young at the tender age of 24, but I'm referring to the young if you just shoot your first pubic hair, you can not wait to start your period and what music you listen to a major role in determining "who you really are."
Go through my teenage years with the likes of Steps, Britney, Boyzone and Craig David topping the charts, I deliberately listened to music that proved I was "different" to everyone else, or really my group of friends than everyone else. Music for the white, middle classed and angry teenager who simply would not meet the bomber jacket wearing, cigarette smoking, scraped back pony tail hairsprayed way of life that consists of the "Kevs" "Chavs", "Townies" (or whatever you called them) majority of the school. The people harshly to you when you generated your homework diary in your poor are attempts at establishing the Smashing Pumpkins logo, or the Nirvana smile or a depressing quote "I hate myself and I want to die" etc. They did not get it they did. They were very happy to get fingers in the cupboard at break or argue or Jamie and Kim were "seeing each other" or full blown "going out" when Kerry snogged him after three bottles of Hooch at Luke's party at the weekend. (Because if they only see each other that it is ok for this to happen, in case you were wondering – when they go out Kim every right to bitch fight with Kerry, who is now going out with Tom anyway so it does not really matter anymore). I was classified as a "freak" and I found it! I was not totally freak. I'm enjoying the music, but put it this way, when Kurt Cobain topped himself I do not sit there and think "oh the tragic irony that everything he stood against the mainstream fame, the commercialization of rock music was exactly what lead him to his suicide "and consider my own life as statement of my loyalty to him and his message. Oh no, I had my 12 plus years that I had to sit and practice papers to do if I was going to get into high school! I wore t-shirts and tried to look scary with my dark makeup and an earphone in my head nodding to the sweet tones of "Silverchair" or something equally as hilarious, but deep inside I was just another teenager, I just did not get your fingers in the cupboard or scraping my hair back with hair spray and music seemed the best route to get out of this. Of course there not only reason why I should not listen to the bands I liked and continue to work with these people, and I know that now, but it seemed like a good reason to divide myself from them – Much the same way you see in American movies that sporty "jocks" or "cheerleaders" Are you separated from the skaters etc, just listen to the Gospel of Avril Lavigne!
And you know what, every school needs me and my group of friends as much as you need the geeks, the rough boys, the fit (easy) girls, etc. But recently there has been a sea change in the direction of the music and everything has completely thrown in to disarray.
Since the beginning of time the charts were dominated by the mainstream music made to create a population of idiots. Idiots who want the motor and the Macarena dance. Idiots that Robson and Jerome to number one, who like the Cheeky Girls and Aqua and embraced "barbie girl" when they were revolutionaries. The times when these songs topped the charts and my friends gave me exactly what we wanted, something to complain. I could not count the amount of conversations I've had, which went along the lines of "How the fuck can anyone actually go to the store and buy this data, Who are these people. "Whether the amount of the exchanged smug" We are so superior to them "look at each other as Kim and Kerry (who are now best buddies again after Jamie Kim and was dumped by telling everyone that Kerry is "tight") swap Spice Girls CDs.
Electric guitars did not make the charts, and on the rare occasion they did the band were immediately dismissed from the "underground" world we like to call it. I will never forget the fear when Bush appeared on Top of the Pops. What were they thinking?! It will last for one song in the mainstream world, one song, while their real fans are betrayed, hurt, betrayed, never to buy their records. How could they?! The fucking sell outs!
We (the subway) based on the Great British public crap so we could stay angry and sulky about it, This goal gave us to buy! Recently though this on its head. We live in a world where a nu-metal band can win Eurovision, My Chemical Romance "to number one and charts are dominated by indie and emo groups. The worst is that very few of them are very good! In all honesty I would rather a shitty boy bands attempts to sing and perform some overly rehearsed dance than "just another fucking indie band" with some overly arrogant singer whose long hair was perfectly straightened and gelled to look like he's just out of bed. I just can not find anything special with their music. At least the boy band was laughable and entertaining! It seems that all these bands a catchy hit by album that inspires an entire festival crowd to whip their lighters and further inflate the lead singers ego to do his work for him and sing the whole song for him while he practices sulky pout behind the messy hair. The fact that the other songs they've written crap and all sound the same does not appear to be. They really need to save us all the grief of buying this shit albums to listen to a song and join forces for an album to make of these classics. I see it in stores now – "Songs get out your lighters to "read" Snow razor light bloc party arcade fire play young knives cold patrol "and forced upon you by Jo Wiley. Of course there are a couple who have a head start, something a little different and special. and The Arctic Monkeys are about the only thing Zane Lowe has the right got the millennium and they are good. The Fratellis are great – Chuck in a couple of trumpets and trombones and Robert is your father's brother! But the majority is cluttered 4 boys 2 guitars, a bass, drums and a droning "almost" singer sings songs they think they will actually change the world – not even start me on the Killers, I will explode.
The other side of the graphs gives us the latest sensation that is 'emo'. Recently I found this stands for "emotional rock", which is fairly self-explanatory, however, the term 'emo' gives not just a music genre, but is actually a way of life. There is a new breed of people out there for everybody, make way for the emo generation.
This ants are taking over the surface of the earth with their eyes blacked out and ridiculously messy black / purple hair blocks the majority of their face! Someone should tell them I I picture ten years ago – and I did better!
Only, there is an enormous error in the mentalities Emo / philosophy. Emos are angry, uber angry. The anger stems called the fact that the way it is not accepted in society. People do not get them and life is simply unfair to these misunderstood souls. Children try to "different" but the irony is that they all are "different" is all the same, good, otherwise the same way! Does that make sense?!? The emo bands sing about the fact that not accepted in the mainstream world. But they are the mainstream world. Bands like "My Chemical Romance", "Fall Out Boy" and whoever else are just as commercial and fabricated steps, but at least that many in brutal Steps admitted and took what they could of!
This is horrible! Children are vulnerable, easily influenced personalities. Before you were safe in the knowledge that the majority of children were tailor Kylie Minogue, Backstreet Boys and B * Witched (what you want) sing about all things pink and fluffy. As the majority to listen to for example the following texts of Papa Roach:
"Cut my life into pieces
I my last resort
Suffocation
Not breathing
Do not give a fuck if I cut my arm bleeding
Do you care if I die bleed
Would be wrong
Would it be correct
When I took my life tonight
Chances are that I might
Mutilation outta sight
And I'm contemplating suicide '
Gina G slightly different message than trying to get over!
I listened to music and depressing may have pretended he mad at the world, but I was smart enough to realize it was just music and not too seriously! Most children are stupid and now this depressing, angry music God knows the impact is mainstream! I also find it very sad, they completely ripped off. These tires are basically all little rich kids whose Daddys have paid for them recording contracts. They do not know the first thing about struggling through life, but money by singing about! The singer of My Chemical Romance Gerrard called for fucks sake!
One thing that has me angry and I feel really ashamed, because this makes me sound arrogant, but a select few of my bands yeah, my bands when I was growing up are completely sold out on me. I was there when Green Day released Basket Case, when the Red Hot Chili Peppers release under the bridge. I saved my allowance and bought the tapes – yes tapes, and I am now. By the fuck up albums, the heroine addictions, endless touring, interviews and scandals. I was there. I went to Green Day to see my dear friend who was there, three years ago in Milton Keynes bowl and I wish I had not. I so wish I had not. These guys I grew up next to his now fat old men with huge egos too good to play for their personal stages Good fans. I had seen them play at V98 and they were the highlight of my day. Energetic, cheeky, naughty, nice, etc. Now it's just boring, rehearsed crap. And the crowd, oh woe to me. I looked around and from the 13-year-old emo ants crawling around the field, I saw hundreds lagered up, skin head, tattoed, England shirts wankers from binge drinking / sunstroke or pass waving their arms around each roar "Wake me up when September ends" (the song must be destroyed every copy). How did this happen? I just know not, what makes these people think they have the right to sing at Basket Case – I bet she is not another fucking song out before 2004! The cunts. I hate it. Welfare rock and roll as I am, I left in protest at that godforsaken song – especially the movement to miss Milton Keynes. I would like to believe, however, that some how Billy Joe looked up into the cunts who now makes their fan base and caught the disappointed look in my eyes when my back on them swear never to act as an inflated ego that again.
I'm on a mission to bring back pop. We have the great British public to revolt. Get Louis Walsh and Pete Waterman on the case to produce more real shit bands with catchy songs in 20 years time will be played on student nights – and I mean no one hit X-Factor winner – I mean good bands like Westlife and 17 East, for fucks sake they also focus itself in middle age housewives now! Bring back the music of the average Joes love and love to hate not average Joes and underground back underground where it should be taking. Which does not have money, and the people who are full of talent, inspiration, and does it for love and not money.
So as not to break the tradition, I will leave you with the texts a song aptly named "Underground" of the late Ben Folds Five. A bit of an anthem for me when I was growing up as a real alternative! Hope you enjoyed lovelies.
I was never cool in school
I'm sure you do not remember
And now it's already 10 years
I'm still wondering who be
But I would like to mix in circles, cliques and social coteries – that's me
Give me my nose ring
Show me the mosh pit
We can be happy underground
Who has the looks
Who has the brains
Anyone who has everything
I have this pain in my heart, that's all
Hey you with the long and lonely face
There must be something else
Let me tell ya something else
There was a girl that passed me by
She gave a smile, but I was shy
I looked down, so down
Do not look there yet, go go underground
But now there is a place to
It's the morning now, it is the night
It is all
I click my heels and I am
We are dressed in black
Slamming the pit fantastic
Officer Friendly's little boy has a mohawk
And he knows exactly from which we
It is industrial, underground work is
Get down, get down, get down
Underground, underground
All happy underground
You been kicked around
Did life bring you down here
Everything's heavy underground
About the Author
the barbie?
On his way home from work, a father realizes that his daughter's birthday. He stops at a toy shop and asks: "How much does one of these Barbies on the screen?" The store employee says dryly: "What do you mean? We Shopping Barbie for $ 90, Beach Barbie for $ 90, Ballerina Barbie for $ 90, Skater Barbie for $ 90 .. We then Divorced Barbie for $ 1,200. "The father says surprised:" Why is the separation Barbie $ 1,200 and the others only $ 90? "The sales girl rolls her eyes and says," Divorced Barbie comes with Ken's car, Ken's house, Ken's boat, Ken's computer and all friends of Ken … "
ok I'll take the beach Barbie for my daughter and divorced Barbie for myself.
1997 Olympic Skater Barbie Commercial with Tara Lipinski
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