DAnnisms

Singing about Singing

January 4, 2009 3:58 pm Ann Uncategorized

I don’t know what it is, but songs about singing just bug me. We used to sing a bunch of cheesy songs in the chorus I was in for a few years, all about the power of music. Just let the music be powerful, and stop singing about it. You’re just watering down the message and treating people like they’re stupid.

Then there’s the songs that refer to themselves, like the endless loop of a mirror reflecting another mirror. At the top of this list is ”Your Song” by Elton John. “You can tell everybody that this is your song.” I mean, I wish he’d just written me a real song. And let’s not get started on how Princess Di’s ghost must’ve felt when he sang that song to her about Marilyn Monroe, pretending like no one would notice.

Another one that bugs me is Carly Simon’s “You’re So Vain.” When she tells me, “You probably think this song is about you,” I get trapped in that crazy loop again. After all, she’s talking to me and then insinuating that the song is not really about me, or maybe she is, I don’t know. I’m so confused.

So maybe it’s the song writers who are vain, thinking we care to listen to them musically masturbating. Just get over yourselves already.