Censorship isn’t wrong, the criteria just needs correcting.
"Blurred Lines" by
Canadian born singer and egomaniacal scumbag Robin Thicke seems to induce
larger sideways smiles and jerky motions the whiter you are, and I have had
many a Wally Beaver look me straight in the eye and declare emphatically “I love
this song”.
My problem, kind reader, is not
that this song is so very, very terrible. No, I have endured many a terrible
song at the height of its popularity. Like Hercules fighting the Hydra I
declared to the world that “hit me baby one more time” was a horrible piece of
shit. Like King Leonidas and the 300 I fought off wave after wave of Spice
Girls fans as they played with my heart, got lost in the game, ooh baby, baby.
My problem is not with the pop
genre as a whole. I am the first to admit when a catchy song catches me, and
there is no shame or irony in my volume up, windows down rendition of Pinks, “Just
Like a Pill” or my soulful crooning of Taylor Swifts, “Love Story.”
My problem isn’t even the fact that
this guy is Alan Thicke’s son, because let’s be honest it DOES take different
strokes to move the world. (And I feel kind of bad for wishing several strokes
on his son, the turd).
No, my problem with this latest
lazy piece of lunacy is the horrific and all-too-obvious misogynistic and rape
fuelled overtones that almost every lyric of this song is dripping with.
Frankly, I find it deplorable that this idiot is allowed to sing this drivel.
This is not, “I Like Big Butts (And
I Cannot Lie)” This is “I Like Big Butts (And I’m going to have sex with you
because I want to and there is nothing you can do about it because I’m Robin
Thicke)”.
Let’s take it from the start, and
perhaps by the last line we can all agree that Canada should formally apologize
for breeding this moron.
If you heard this song and
dismissed it without much thought I don’t blame you, but if you actually read
these lyrics and don’t immediately think, “Christ, what a bag of shit this guy
is”, there is no hope for you. Here we
go.
After the initial hype man chirping
at the beginning we have had to come to expect and skipping over the nonsense
of the first verse, Alan Jr. mumbles this pre-chorus into the microphone:
OK
now he was close, tried to domesticate you
But you're an animal, baby, it's in your
nature
Just let me liberate you.
Translation:
You had a boyfriend,
but you broke up.
I’ve known all along
that you are a whore.
I am going to demonstrate this fact to you.
Well, thank God for that, right ladies? You haven’t been
able to make decisions parallel to your nature until ROBIN THICKE came into
your life. You are saved, hallelujah!
Then the chorus, this is when Robin tells you he’s going to
rape you:
And that's why I'm
gon' take a good girl
I know you want it
I know you want it
I know you want it
You're a good girl
Can't let it get past me
You're far from plastic
Talk about getting blasted
I hate these blurred lines
Translation:
Don’t pretend to be a “good girl” that doesn’t
want to have sex with me.
You want to have sex with me.
You can’t resist my
charms.
Who could resist my charms?
Don’t play hard to
get.
You can’t fool me, everyone wants some of this.
I find you sexually
attractive, you’re welcome.
I might drug you, or I already have.
I dislike that you
have not yet told me how badly you want me.
You know what, after writing that, I have changed my mind. Robin
Thicke shouldn’t be censored, he should be
arrested. Let’s continue, shall we?
I know you want it
I know you want it
I know you want it
But you're a good girl
The way you grab me
Must wanna get nasty
Go ahead, get at me
Translation:
You are a girl, so you’re probably a slut.
You have to want me,
I’m me.
Every girl wants some
of the Thicke.
But you’re not a slut
right? Ha, yeah sure.
We are dancing which
in my twisted, moronic world view is a symbol of sexual consent.
Sure, I’ll have sex
with you, you’re welcome.
This
has to be some sort of joke, right? Satire in its most disguised form? Please
somebody tell me I missed something, because as it stands right now this guy
should be shot. The worst part is that wasn’t even the worst part. Here we go
again, flip on the flux capacitor and let’s go back to 1955, except there’s no
George McFly to save us from Biff this time.
What do they make
dreams for
When you got them jeans on
What do we need steam for
You the hottest bitch in this place
I feel so lucky
Hey, hey, hey
You wanna hug me
Hey, hey, hey
What rhymes with hug me?
Hey, hey, hey
Translation:
The clothes your
wearing are a sign that you will have sex with me.
You are sexually
attractive. You like to be degraded. You’re welcome.
I’m so glad I’m the
one I assume you’ve chosen to sleep with.
Hey, hey, hey
You want to have sex
with me, that wasn’t a question.
Hey, hey, hey
Was I not clear? You
definitely want to have sex with me.
Hey, hey, hey
I… I just… ugh… This is so rapey. At least that uncle that
always made you slightly uncomfortable was subtle.
After that dross, it all gets repeated until we hit the
third verse, I don’t know about you but today seems like a pretty good day to
sit in your shower, rocking back and forth screaming “UNCLEAN!” at the top of
your lungs. Am I right? Huh? Yeah. Here we go!
One thing I ask of you
Let me be the one you back that ass to
Go, from Malibu, to Paris, boo
Yeah, I had a bitch, but she ain't bad as you
So hit me up when you passing through
I'll give you something big enough to tear
your ass in two
Translation:
I’m going to ask for
something, which is nice of me, right?
Dance with me,
because like I said that means you want sex.
I once had a woman to
objectify and be mean to, you are a bigger slut than she was.
Call me when you are
in town after we have sex because
I WANT TO HAVE
PAINFUL DAMAGING ANAL SEX WITH YOU.
Yeah, he said that. In fact, if you are shocked by my
translation of that last line please note that the imagery stirred up in the
actual lyric of the song is far more graphic, explicit and generally horrible
than the literal translation of what this man is singing about. Can we PLEASE
put a hurting on this misogynistic asswipe? Good God.
Swag on, even when you dress casual
I mean it's almost unbearable
In a hundred years not dare, would I
Pull a Pharside let you pass me by
Nothing like your last guy, he too square for
you
He don't smack that ass and pull your hair
like that
Translation:
I’d probably still
have sex with you if you weren’t wearing a slutty dress, you’re welcome.
I’m having a tough
time not having sex with you so if we could get this going that would be great
There is pretty much
no way I’m not going to have sex with you tonight whatever you do
I know the last
person you were with probably treated you with respect, what a loser.
So I just watch and wait for you to salute
But you didn't pick
Not many women can refuse this pimpin'
I'm a nice guy, but don't get it if you get
with me
Translation:
I’m pretty confident
this is going to happen.
You didn’t choose me
But you are going to
get me regardless
I’m a nice guy (no
you aren’t Robin, you are a fucking asshole) but I’m not going to be nice to
you.
Here comes the bridge. The bridge to where? I don’t know, but here is comes anyway, and
there is nothing you can do about it.
Shake the vibe, get
down, get up
Do it like it hurt, like it hurt
What you don't like work?
Translation:
Do what I tell you.
I prefer sex when I
think you are in pain.
This probably won’t
be pleasant for you.
DUDE! WHAT THE FUCK IS THE MATTER WITH YOU?
Baby can you breathe?
I got this from Jamaica
It always works for me, Dakota to Decatur, uh
huh
No more pretending
Hey, hey, hey
Cause now you winning
Hey, hey, hey
Here's our beginning
Translation:
Hey, what's the matter?
Oh this? Yeah I definitely drugged you.
I have drugged girls
all over America.
I have taken off the
mask, however thin it was, of not being an evil piece of shit, and now I am
going full on evil piece of shit.
Hey , Hey, Hey
Lucky you.
Hey, Hey, Hey
This isn’t over yet
it has only just begun.
Thanks a lot Robin, you are a real poet. Now perhaps you don’t
get all the blame, you may not have even written these lyrics but I couldn’t be
bothered to check. Whoever did will go to one of the worst circles of douchebag
hell (that’s a special hell just for douchebags) with you.
In conclusion I think I speak for most of the thinking,
thumb using world when I say:
Go fuck yourself, you’re going to have to, women everywhere
have been warned, and they are armed with mace. Special mace that only works on
Canadian rapists.
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I think the issue here is not that Robyn Thicke is a rapist because that's ridiculous as everyone, including and especially Robyn Thicke wants to have sex with Robyn Thicke. The problem is that the song may validate the world view of not only the frat boy rapist but a broad spectrum of sexual predators with its approach to a one sided initiation of a sexual relationship.
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