Ok so the latest viral video that is making the rounds at the moment is Rebecca Black’s – ‘Friday’.
Despite the Tsunami and all the international issues involving Japan, this video is still managing to attract the attention virally via the internet. A song that many are describing as ‘the death of music’ and ‘the worst pop song ever written’ is truly that in my opinion.
13 year old Rebecca who vaguely resembles the ‘Selena Gomez/Demi Lovato Disney Stereotype’ is so auto tuned that i began to think it was Steven Hawkins computer singing. And Don’t even get me started about the lyrics!
Universally recognised as one of the finest pop songs of all time, ABBA’s ‘The Day Before You Came‘ sees Agnetha sorrowfully recalling the tedium of her daily life prior to her lover’s arrival in her life. Perhaps that’s the sense of stultifying ennui that the writers at Ark were trying to convey when they wrote:
“Seven a.m.,waking up in the morning
Gotta be fresh, gotta go downstairs
Gotta have my bowl, gotta have cereal
Seein’ everything, the time is goin’
Tickin’ on and on, everybody’s rushin’
Gotta get down to the bus stop
Gotta catch my bus, I see my friends (My friends)
Kickin’ in the front seat
Sittin’ in the back seat
Gotta make my mind up
Which seat can I take?”
Hopefully the one without an airbag.
If any good can possibly come of this aural travesty, it’s the fact that weekends will now forever be tainted by memories of Rebecca Black. As I write this on a Sunday evening, the week ahead suddenly doesn’t seem quite so bad.
