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Sunday 16 March 2008

Sweet Little Girl?


When I was thirteen or fourteen, I wrote some really crap lyrics! The first song I ever committed to manuscript was “Sweet Little Girl”, and the title says it all really, but embarrassment isn’t the word were I forced to put my name to some of today’s hit records that seem to pass muster with the kids. Take Kate Nash. Well, as long as she kept her trap shut, I just might! But the lyrics of her song “Foundations” are just so goddamn irritating. Consider this example…

You said, “I must eat so many lemons ’cause I am so bitter.”
I said, “I’d rather be with your friends, mate, ’cause they are much fitter.”


Where do you start with such crass writing? I’d dump her on the spot for calling me “mate” but the rhyme is what really gets my goat. It’s hilarious for all the wrong reasons. It’s just so forced. Kate was probably thinking, if she does such a thing, “what the hell can I rhyme with bitter?” The result is a confession that she sees men as no more than sex objects, the very thing men are always accused of when objectifying women. Well, you’re gonna have to get more of a personality, “love”, if you want to be thought of as anything other than tits and arse! I thought teenagers were supposed to mature more quickly these days. She’s twenty. Kate Bush was writing more mature songs, in the Seventies, aged 16, and so was I! And, don’t even get me started on Nash’s ability as a pianist. Keep your eyes on her fingers, she does!!

3 comments:

Steve said...

I get the distinct impression that Ms Nash is a slave to the thesaurus and rhyming dictionary... a sure sign of her creative immaturity. She needs to toss both aside and find her own voice!

Old Cheeser said...

Sorry to be the voice of dissent but I quite like Ms Trash, sorry I mean Nash. Although her cock-er-ney vocal style IS forced, admittedly. She probably went to Roedean and is trying desperately to ditch her real posh accent.

TimeWarden said...

Steve, you have me conjuring up some heavenly vision of Miss Nash slavishly throwing caution to the wind, unable to sing but simply moan for her supper!

Simon, are you saying that Kate is really a middle class luvvie pretending to be a bit of a Cock-er-ney Rebel? I've just had an idea for a new TV show entitled "Lady to Ladette"!