Waiting on the World to Change

This John Mayer song is interesting.

For any other artist, I would take the song's lyrics as they are; in this case, standard, jaded, anti-war teenage angst.

However, considering that John Mayer is much, much smarter than your average musician/lyricist/comedian, I'm tempted to believe that he's thinking on a higher level.

The lyrics to this song feel tainted with double meaning. E.g.:

It's hard to beat the system
When we're standing at a distance

I think most would assume that the "we" he refers to is standing at a distance not by choice but because that's as close as "we" can get. If he wanted to be more explicit, he should have said "When they keep us at a distance", or something along those lines. The fact that he uses the word "standing" connotes a feeling of inaction by choice. That's weird to me.

Also, e.g.:

One day our generation
Is gonna rule the population
So we keep on waiting
Waiting on the world to change

These lines also seem to imply that "we" have a sense of entitlement to inherit the world, despite lacking the motivation or interest in making a difference.

Also, he could just be super-high all the time.

RJD2, etc.

I've been listening to these five RJD2 songs non-stop, thanks to Sierra. Highly recommended to all. Please acquire immediately, but do so legitimately:

Final Frontier (ft. Blueprint)
Ghostwriter
The Horror
Good Times Roll Pt 2
Smoke and Mirrors

I think Smoke and Mirrors is a bit slow for my taste, but otherwise I'd say they're good working music.

We breathe adrenalin, elevate organically

Listening to well written lyrics make me want to verse. (that's a verb, yes.) But alas, I cannot "spit with an intensity you have to witness."

I guess it's not that difficult. Something like:

You call yourself a balla? [censored] please,
I run you up and down the court with ease.
You stink like Febreze, quit makin' me sneeze,
Throwin' elbows like you macaroni and cheese.
Jeez.

Lol. Kay, I'm out of rhymes. That was straight off the dome, btw. Oh man, I should have done a balla limerick. Limericks are always crazy badass.

I DEMAND THAT ALL COMMENTS ARE LEFT IN LIMERICK FORM.

Lyric of the Day 7/23/2007

From elegant to elephant...

Devin the Dude "She Useta Be"

Lyric of the Day 7/19/2007

Tryna own a thousand islands like we salad dressin'

Pandora Music

On days when I forget to bring/charge my iPod, I've been using this Pandora Music Genome Project for all my music needs. This site is pretty fantastic, I think. Not sure how well known this site is (it debuted a while ago, I know), but I actually put some effort into thumbing-up and thumbing-down songs, and now the song selection is pretty solid. Granted, it doesn't seem like a complex formula; obviously, a song that has been thumbed-down will not get played again, etc.

I started a station on Brother Ali, so now I've been listening to a lot of rhythmic rap tunes, not really sure what the genre is. A couple songs I liked:

Viktor Vaughn "Saliva"
Sweatshop Union "Close To Home"
Atmosphere "Smart Went Crazy"
CunninLynguists "Love Ain't"

The beats are nice.

Brother Ali

Bruce, you'll be happy to find out that there is a column on Brother Ali in the morning paper. They give him mad props.

But apparently he's not a black albino. He's Caucasian. Bah, it was much more interesting when I thought he was an albino black guy.

Oh man, a two-fer

Whoa. Kanye for two?! I just found this on Youtube. I'm very impressed. Here is an excerpt:

I'm relaxin', my feet is up.
I'm leavin' you haters,
Like when Shaq left the Lakers,
Just to Heat it up.
...

I don't need to front,
I make black history e'ryday,
I don't need a month!

And again with the clincher:

"Ralph Lauren was borin' before I wore 'im."

Harharhar, so clever. Oh, I just discovered that that verse is from the song Brand New. A pretty sweet flow, if you ask me.

More Sweet Flows

Being bored at work allows me to listen carefully to good musics. More sweet flows to soothe your soul.

Yeah, I need my loot by rent day,
But that ain't what gives me the heart of Kunta Kinte.
...
That's why my breath is felt by the deaf,
And why my words are heard and confined to the ears of the blind
I, too, dream in color and in rhyme.
So I guess I'm one of a kind in a full house,
'Cause whenever I open my heart, my soul or my mouth,
A touch of God rains out.

And the clincher:

"Cats think I'm delirious, but I'm so damn serious."

I think that will be my new motto.

BTW, these lyrics are from Kanye West's Never Let You Down (featuring Jigga and J. Ivy).

Limp Bizkit?

So I actually listened to the song Nookie by Limp Bizkit today. Remember them? As it turns out, I think the lyrics are really good, relative to the level of music quality to which Limp Bizkit is generally attributed. Here is an excerpt:

I can't believe that I was deceived
By my so-called girl, but in reality,
[She] had a hidden agenda,
She put my tender --
Heart in a blender,
And still I surrendered.

Err, actually now that I read it, the line "tender heart in a blender" reminds me the Eve6 song Inside Out. In any case the above flow is pretty sweet. I also like the interplay between Fred Durst and himself, i.e. the background accompaniment.

I think if this song were remixed to a hip-hop beat (i.e. removing the annoying chorus and hardcore rock vibe), it could very possibly be awesome.

Like a chump, heeeeyyy