Tuesday, February 5, 2008

M.I.A. Paper Planes

Alright, who's the tone-deaf record exec that signed this group? I just heard this song and the only thing I could think of was how annoying the voices were and how bad the singing was. At the risk of sounding older than I am, is bad singing the new trend? I mean I like rock, alternative, hip-hop, etc, (not country...too depressing) so I consider myself fairly open-minded musically. However, not only is every verse in the song repeated at least 2x but it's repeated off key. And this is supposed to be the best song on their album? Well, let's just say, they are either really good and doing it on purpose or...

On another note, this song really makes me feel out of touch with western society since I'm not overly concerned about an influx of immigrants (which is apparently what the song is about--relax, the group is only intending to highlight society's fear). It does make you wonder why westerners are so afraid of 'foreigners' (a word that I feel has little meaning in today's world) however.

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