I saw it, so you’re going to have to suffer as well
I’m going to have a stomach ache the rest of the day after watching this: I understand what Alanis was going for here, but the fact is, as Hua Hsu wrote in Slate two years ago about the original Black Eyed Peas song, “My Humps”: It is… proof that a song can be so bad ...
I'm going to have a stomach ache the rest of the day after watching this: I understand what Alanis was going for here, but the fact is, as Hua Hsu wrote in Slate two years ago about the original Black Eyed Peas song, "My Humps": It is... proof that a song can be so bad as to veer toward evil.... It's not Awesomely Bad; it's Horrifically Bad. The Peas receive no bonus points for a noble missing-of-the-mark or misguided ambition (some of the offended have responded with parody videos and snickering anecdotes about how the group uses Hitler-approved microphones). "My Humps" is a moment that reminds us that categories such as "good" and "bad" still matter. Relativism be damned! There are bad songs that offend our sensibilities but can still be enjoyed, and then there are the songs that are just really bad?transcendentally bad, objectively bad.Which makes an "ironic" cover of the song... well.... pretty damn bad.
I’m going to have a stomach ache the rest of the day after watching this:
I understand what Alanis was going for here, but the fact is, as Hua Hsu wrote in Slate two years ago about the original Black Eyed Peas song, “My Humps”:
It is… proof that a song can be so bad as to veer toward evil…. It’s not Awesomely Bad; it’s Horrifically Bad. The Peas receive no bonus points for a noble missing-of-the-mark or misguided ambition (some of the offended have responded with parody videos and snickering anecdotes about how the group uses Hitler-approved microphones). “My Humps” is a moment that reminds us that categories such as “good” and “bad” still matter. Relativism be damned! There are bad songs that offend our sensibilities but can still be enjoyed, and then there are the songs that are just really bad?transcendentally bad, objectively bad.
Which makes an “ironic” cover of the song… well…. pretty damn bad.
Daniel W. Drezner is a professor of international politics at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University and co-host of the Space the Nation podcast. Twitter: @dandrezner
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