I had you SUICIDAL! SUICIDAL!

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

So if you don't know yet that 'Beautiful Girls' by Sean Kingston is on the cusp of being inescapable, this is where you start to prepare yourself. I love it; totally ridiculous, slightly inappropriate, and massively charming emo-dancehall. How much you like it may depend on whether you find the thought of primary school kids singing "SUICIDAL! SUICIDAL!" cute or wrong.

And JoJo's covered it from the girl's point of view! I love JoJo but I think this is the first time she's shown, you know, humour in her art.

Not suicidal is Róisín Murphy - this is a bit old now (I assume it flopped then, le sigh) but I love the video.

Comments

[jeff-worrell.livejournal.com]

Oh man, all kind of layers in this (factoring in both the SK video and the song). Not something that I can articulate in a throwaway comment anyway.

Like cis, I thought the JoJo version subtracted rather than added. But I wasn't paying much attention to the lyrics. Normally, I'll instinctively side with the female where these song / answer song deals are concerned. So maybe when I've worked out the words, I'll reconsider.

SK though: talk about messing with totems. He trashes at least three in that vid.

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

most u&k JoJo lyric: WHEN I DUTTY WINE

JoJo! Dutty wine!