My complaint of the week: I really hate the direction that male Country singers have been going lately. Frat bro country is what it sounds like to me - all about drinking and hooking up, with no thought to women as actual people. The latest phrase that's really got me hot and bothered (and not in a good way) is "shaking that moneymaker". I've heard it in several songs - is it just me, or is that about the most demeaning thing you could say about a woman without facing FCC indecency complaints?
You're singing this song to impress her, right? Trying to tell her that she's Ms Right (or at least Ms Tonight), complimenting her hair, her skin, her fashion sense - ok, you're obviously not commenting on her wit or knowledge or kindness, but I get it, it's a first date, appearances are all you have to go on. So why on earth would you even be mentioning her nether regions, let along accuse her of using them to pay off her rent and utilities? And girls, why on earth would you consider this guy as anything other than a pervert, let alone listen to the song enough to get it into the top ten?
Just musing on a Friday night... and trying not to read anything into the fact that Roger and my song is "When you say nothing at all..."
Much more romantic, trust me
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