Remember a coupla years ago, we were funning that guy from Slate, Jonah Weiner, wrote a fawning, nauseating review of Hayley Mills. Yep, it sucked. Some crap about her eyes, if memory serves.
Now, here is James Montgomery of MTV.com with quite possibly the dumbest start of an article I've ever read. It is about Paramore's new single, which will be available on the Transformer soundtrack. It is called "Monster" and i've heard 30 seconds and it is business as usually. Here is James first paragraph:
"You" can be a worrisome word. A weighty one. By its very definition — "the one or ones being addressed" — it is up for interpretation, and when it's used in a song, things get even more muddy. Does "you" refer to the listener or the public at large? Does it take the place of the subject of the lyric, someone who has wronged, inspired, doubted, betrayed the writer? Or does "you" even have to be a person? Couldn't someone "want" or "love" a refreshing beverage or an old car or, you know, drugs?
Shoot, now that we're on the subject, maybe we're never supposed to figure out who or what "you" is referring to (the classic example, of course, being Carly Simon's "You're So Vain" which is apparently about Warren Beatty … or David Geffen … or David Bowie, depending on whom you ask).
I only bring this up because in Paramore's brand new song "Monster" which premiered Friday on the band's official site. Hayley Williams uses the Y-word a lot"
Just for the shits and giggles I just googled the word "you". 20,650,000,000. Or, if you prefer, 20 billion 650 million entries.
Translation: James is an idiot and the song, at least 30 seconds of it, sucks.