Thursday 29th February 2024

Ugh. I’ve never been so annoyed by a music round.

I’ve just finished making a music round in which 4 out of the 5 tracks just wound me up, annoyed me, and made me swear.

1. An American rapper listing the brands he is wearing/drinking and recounting his activity at “the club” where he is compelled to throw a lot of money at “Shorty” due to a combination of her sexual attractiveness and his need to be recognized. Just sounds like an awful person. Late stage capitalism at it’s worst. Also, unoriginal. There are at least 8 million songs already like this

2. Another American. Some drippy guitar bloke, a singer-songwriter with a massive beard despite being about 22 years old. Whining and complaining about some girl who’s left him. She’s dodged a bullet, mate. Utter misery.

3. Also American. A 1970s M.O.R. classic. Fun melody but overproduced to the point of leaving chemical sugar microplastics in your eardrums. I mean, I quite like this song but the sheer Tupperware-party aesthetic of it annoys me.

4. Wait a minute, this is American too. A 70s/80s new-wave or punk band I “should” probably like. And I do like some of their songs but they so often always feel like they’re trying too hard, like some fake punk. It’s like the B-52s if there was no fun.

5. The last one’s a 90s dance banger, a UK record and it’s utterly fantastic.

It’s only by putting this in writing that I realise I have a problem with American music.

Not Americans themselves. They’re all great

Just their shitty music tastes.

Quizzes tonight: