SHUT UP WOMAN, GET ON MY HORSE!

Okay, I just came across this through my nightly peruse of boards.ie

The website is called: http://www.shutupwomangetonmyhorse.com/

You seriously need to be on something to listen to this, because it's essentially the same lyrics and tune repeated over and over again. You'll see what I mean!

What does this video mean? Well it could be interpreted as a post-modernist approach to experimental synth and electro-pop. Or it could be the creation of a bored individual who needed something to watch while 'tripping balls' and needed a distraction. Personally, I think it's something that should never be listened to for more than 1 minute. It's hypnotically attractive which is dangerous, considering the backlash endured by such hypnotically attractive pieces of music:

Ozone's "Dragostea din tei"

Richard Wagner's "Ride of the Valkyries"

Phil Collin's "Su Su Sudio"

Lady Gaga's "Poker Face"

Bonnie Tyler's "Total Eclipse of the heart"

etc...

The problem with tunes like this, they have an intoxicating, almost addictive trait. One is almost consumed by the music and this can pose certain problems, including looking like a jackass singing them when drunk. I fear that music is in a slow downward spiral into the abyss, tragic as it sounds it's something that is unstoppable. Like the Vietcong progression through the dense jungles of Vietnam and Cambodia, music will continue to decline and this, alas is something that must be lamented.

Is there a future renaissance in music?

No.

Why?

Because renaissance entails some form of 'rebirth' and the problem is, music is never reborn, it's more like a person addicted to plastic surgery, and whom is changed beyond recognition. Furthermore, anyone who might have had the balls to challenge the dogma and hegemony held by EMI, Sony etc... is either; dead, dying, or has completely lost the feeling in their faces.

All we can do is hope and pray that "Shut Up Woman, Get on My Horse" doesn't become a ringtone (remember the crazy frog experience?), or the 45, 45A, 122, all the 70s buses will be indeed a more intolerable experience than at present.