replay
I’m not really a music person. I mean I do like music, but I don’t have an ipod, I don’t listen to the radio, I don’t have a car, and I don’t watch TV. My friend says I live in a vacuum.
I spent my holidays with friends, and a significant amount of time was spent in an automobile listening to popular music on the radio I hadn’t heard before. I got a bunch of songs stuck in my head, and one of them was the song “Replay” by Iyaz, which is basically a guy talking about how a girl is always on his mind, replaying over and over again.
Not counting its catchy tune, two things caught my attention. 1) the speaker in the song suggests his desire for commitment in wanting marriage. 2) he expresses his love through service by cooking in the kitchen for the girl – isn’t that sweet. The rest of the song is all that good lovey-dovey stuff.
Now contrast that with this popular song by another R&B singer with foreign roots and a 2 syllable pseudonym.
“Sexy B*tch” by Akon (and some Frenchman?) is also a catchy tune about a special girl – in fact this girl is so special that Akon can’t compare her to the “regular neighborhood whore.” We get some insight into his difficulties when we find out that he is at a loss for words when struggling to describe this new girl “without being disrespectful,” because, you know, Akon’s all about this respecting women business. After some contemplation and serious thought, he comes up with the answer.
“Damn girl, you’s a sexy b*tch, a sexy b*tch!”
Excited by his solution to showing some respect for this special lady, he repeats it several times for good measure. And in between the refrain, he also finds the time to gush about her booty.
