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ismnotwasm

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7. People don't listen to the words of dance music
Wed Mar 11, 2015, 08:17 AM
Mar 2015

Or spin their own meaning to lyrics. I mean "Cortez the Killer" by Neil Young has been known to be played at weddings.(not that bad, I guess, worse is "Down by the River"--which also has used as a wedding song )
In Thicke's case the song would have been lost amount a thousand other songs with dicey lyrics if he hadn't made that video--one of the most misoginist videos I've ever seen. His song was a major hit anyway-- but it was good to see push back.

I didn't pick up on the rip off, but I love Marcin Gaye, and I think Thicke is good for exposing shitty lyrics. And now plagiarism. What a pig. "I didn't know"-- bullshit-- somebody knew.

Good songwriters often put their heart of their sleeve or reflect the times, but that doesn't make the very danceable "Brown Sugar" by the Stones any less creepy. Or the Beatles "Run for Your Life"

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