Am I maybe being a little too picky or are
redundant song lyric statuses purely for the creatively bankrupt or
faux-intellectual? If you’ve ever stubbed your toe or fell over while running
for the train, it seems as though in the minds of far too many, that’s the time
to break out an inspirational line or two from a Nickelback track upon logging
into Facebook.
This epidemic has gotten
so out of hand that if you simply search online for ‘Song lyrics as status’,
the top results you find will be puzzled teenagers beginning forum threads for
the best song lyrics to suit their mood. That’s right, when the Facebook status
bar explicitly asks users ‘What’s on your mind?’, before they fill out their
latest status, some people actually have to consult complete strangers.
So why would someone post
the lyrics of a song as a status? It’s because in their mind, it’s really
‘deep’ and forgoes the bluntness of actually explaining your mood. In any case,
why bother explaining your mood when the ‘inspirational’ lyrics of a Top 40
song, completely out of context, can do that for you? Here are few extremely
specific examples if you want to test it out on soon-to-be infuriated friends:
“I’ve got sunshine on a cloudy day” - The Temptations / My Girl:
Useful for when the weather is rubbish and you’ve
found money down the back of the couch.
“I rep Young Money, you know slim Baby?” – Nicki
Minaj / Bottom’s Up:
I have a pair of obviously never-used crisp
dollar notes and my understanding baby has a slender physique.
“If I lay here, I just lay here, would you lie
with me and just forget the world?” Snow Patrol / Chasing Cars:
I’m really hungover.
“I don’t want to see a ghost, it’s a sight that I
fear most. Rather eat a piece of toast, watch the evening news” Des’ree/Life:
Sadly, I have never seen anyone use this exact
lyric on Facebook, mainly because doing so would confirm that the person is
indeed as crazy as Des’ree.
Perhaps the quoting of song lyrics on Facebook is
the 21st century version of some berk espousing romantic poetry during
courtship a few centuries past, only it's even more annoying and attention
seeking.
I declare that this act
should only be tolerated if the user in question either explains why this song
reflects their mood in a post below, or at least has the temerity to fill their
page solely with Des’ree lyrics before being taken away for psychological
evaluation.
In conclusion, “I bought
a new dog!” works as a status message because it’s what’s on your mind, while
the new Rihanna tune doesn’t because it’s what’s on the radio instead.
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