He's just a child, imitating artists who came before him. And we're so numb to the grotesqueness of the message that we barely even notice it's offensive anymore. Rape culture is thematically endemic in pop music from Justin Bieber's "Baby" to Michael Jackson's "The Way You Make Me Feel" and even "I Will Possess Your Heart" by Death Cab For Cutie. Recovery Road Is The Heartbreaking OC Spin-off We All Deserve: ExclusiveĪs Emilee Lindner at MTV points out, its boy-chases-girl scenario is just another instance in a long line of music video plots that propagate rape culture, right underneath our noses. Not just because their cover is catchy (though, admittedly, it is), but because of the video's concept, which centers on a boy (Matty B) chasing a girl (Stecker) who doesn't seem to want to be caught. Together, the pair recently redid "Stereo Hearts" by Gym Class Heroes - and released a video along with it that's been garnering a lot of attention. Skylar Stecker is a preternaturally talented 13-year-old singer from Wisconsin whose vocal stylings sound well beyond her years. THE INTERSTATE= Very long distance roads crossing several states in the USA.ĬHANING MY MIND= Changing my point of view, thinking differently.Matty B is a 12-year-old rap impresario from Georgia known for remixing radio hits. MIXTAPE= A collection of songs or tunes by different performers, selected by an individual and recorded on an audio tape, compact disc, etc. MAD D BATTERIES= A very big size of batteries. ( see picture)ĬRANK IT= Turn it up (the volume), make it sound louder. STUCK= (stick-stack-stuck) If something is stuck inside your head, it won’t go, you won’t forget it even if you want to, you can't stop thinking of them.īOOMBOX= A large, powerful portable radio and often CD or cassette player, which got very popular in the 80’s. An artifact is an object, often used to refer to archeological objects found in excavations. IS ANCIENT ARTIFACTS= Is history (it belongs to the past). HOLDING GRUDGES= If you hold grudges, you are resentful, you still remember the wrong they did to you and maybe you want to do them wrong too. I’M OVER THAT= Now I don’t think about it anymore, I don’t suffer because of it anymore. Old vinyl records could be scratched and then, when playing the music, that could cause the needle to skip part of a song. If you go A, B, C, E, F, you are skipping the letter D. SKIPPING TRACKS= Tracks on a record or CD are every one of the songs. Can you manage that? = Can you do it?įURTHERMORE= And besides plus moreover and also. But the exact phrase he uses here, "scratch my back", is also used in the popular expression "you scratch my back and I'll scratch yours", which means: if you help me, I'll help you. If I am a vinyl record and you scratch "my back", you play me (becuase to play a record, a needle must "scratch" the upper surface of it). SCRATCH= Use your finger nails to rub or scrape (the skin) to relieve itching. SHELF= (pl: shelves) A board on the wall or in a cupboard to put things on ( see picture)īLOW ME OFF= Blow over me (remember that I am a record) to take the dust away so you can play me (listen to my music). RECORD= The big vinyl disks used in the past to record music before CDs and Mp3s appeared ( see picture) WAS MEANT FOR YOU= Was designed thinking of you, to give it to you.ĭUSTY= Covered with dust (old and out of use) YOU FEEL LOW= You feel sad, you are depressed. Our love was dead, but now you're changing my mindĪ STEREO= A portable hi-fi device for playing music, with cassette player and radio ( see picture) I'll take your hand and hold it closer to mine I only pray you'll never leave me behind (never leave me)īecause good music can be so hard to find (so hard to find) Keep me stuck inside your head, like your favourite tune You never know we come and go like on the interstate When you have to purchase mad D batteriesĪppreciate every mixtape your friends make Would you turn my volume up in front of the cops (turn it up)Īnd crank it higher everytime they told you to stopĪnd all I ask is that you don't get mad at me Would you hold me on your shoulder wherever you walk If I was an old-school fifty pound boombox (remember that?) Oh oh oh oh to sing along to my stereo (let's go!) You know my heart's a stereo that only plays for you Keep it stuck inside your head, like your favourite tune I'll sing it softly in your ear and grab you by the hand If I could only find a note to make you understand ' Cause holding grudges over love is ancient artifacts I used to used to used to used to, now I'm over that It's just the last girl who played me left a couple cracks Like read it well, check it Sammy, I can handle thatįurthermore, I apologize for any skippin' tracks If I asked you to scratch my back, could you manage that? Would you blow me off and play me like everybody else? If I was just another dusty record on the shelf
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