The Beatles

For better or worse, popular music today is vastly different than in 1964. I like the Beatles just fine, but if I were given the choice to listen to a new Modest Mouse album or Sgt Peppers, 4 out of 5 times, I'm going with Modest Mouse. There are plenty of other today's bands that would make me choose the same way. But, there's also a lot of today's music that I would choose the Beatles over every single time. That's because there is a lot of trash put out there today. To me, that trash is primarily made up of rap. But there is one thing that I do admire about that trash. The honesty.

Musicians today have absolutely no problem saying exactly what they want and how they're going to get it. They're brutally honest about it to the point where you go, "did they really say that?" On the other hand, the Beatles were liars. No guy in the history of mankind has looked at a girl and thought, "Hmm, I'd really like to hold her hand." No guy has ever nudged a friend, pointed at a girl across the bar and said, "Dude, I would hold her hand so hard. I bet she uses Jergens." That doesn't happen. It doesn't happen now and it didn't happen in 1964. "And please say to me, you'll let me hold your hand." Nope. That wasn't what John and Paul were thinking when they wrote those lyrics. They were lying. No guy wants to hear that. Ever.

Here's what would really happen.
Girl - "Thank you for this drink that will lower my inhibitions."
Boy - "For sure. 100%."
Girl - "I'll let you hold my hand later."
Boy- "Really?"
Girl - "Yep."
Boy - "And then..."
Girl - "What? What do you mean?"
Boy - "Right. Nice turtle neck. I'm going to talk to your friend."

Are we dancer? Really?

I like The Killers.  I don't own any of their albums or know a whole lot about them.  I know they are from Vegas, but that is about it.  I don't even know how many guys are in the band.  I don't consider myself a fan, but I like them to the extent that when I hear a Killers song on the radio, I think, oh sweet.  Killers.  Then I listen to it.   

But, the song "Human" might have the dumbest lyrics in the history of music.  And on top of that, the song sucks.  

It says, "Are we human?  Or are we dancer?"  What the hell is that even attempting to mean?  It is using the adjective of human.  Fine, are we human?  Dumb question, but okay at least we know what they are asking.  Then it tries to turn dancer into an adjective.  That doesn't work.  You can say, "Don't blame him, he's only human."  You can't say, "Don't blame him, he's only dancer."  That's just stupid and has no meaning.  

You can answer the question "How would you describe that living entity?"  with "It's human", but you cannot answer it with "It's dancer."  

So, let's pretend The Killers use the word dancer in its correct form, a noun.   Thereby, they add an s at the end to make it plural.  "Are we humans?  Or are we dancers?"  Okay, it is now a sentence with correct grammar and real words.  However, it's still absolutely retarded.  Dancers are typically humans, unless it's a dancing kitten.  You don't lose the fact that you are human by simply becoming a dancer.  STUPID.  What a stupid lyric.  

"Is Bryan Boitano human?"

"No, he's ice dancer."  

Wikipedia tells me that the lyric pertains to a Hunter S. Thompson quote that America is raising a generation of dancers.  Ok.  Well, still, dancers are humans.  It's still idiotic and makes no sense even when you try to put it into the context of what the Killers were apparently going for.  

This song sucks.  Take it off the radio.