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[piratemoggy.livejournal.com]

Because Zac Efron's face is something I confront on a daily basis at work:

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[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

I think I love the fact that it exists and is such a huge phenomenon despite meeting absolutely no adult measures of credibility whatsoever. But this does not extend to me actually wanting to experience it. Except Zac Efron's body which is just...completely amazing and I would like to experience that very much.

(The HSM stars all have a handful of AWESOME songs too, though no more than a handful.) (Well, Tisdale and Hudgens do.)

[piratemoggy.livejournal.com]

This is my problem with it, possibly. I quite like the idea of it (ok no this is a lie but that's mostly due to me being a massive goth and it being so relentlessly peppy) or at least don't hate it for invalid reasons, I just really don't like the few songs I've heard from it. I have no problem with it, per se, I just hate it on a selfish level.

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

Not liking the songs doesn't even bother me that much - there's a lot of stuff I'm into that I'm not in the target demographic for, but with HSM I'm really really not in the target demographic (unless I want to conform to a particularly horrible gay stereotype) and, y'know, it seems to be what the kidz want. I'm pretty sure the weird chastity/purity ring thing isn't actually going to affect any of them once the hormones kick in (also: it's not actually explicitly running the SEX = SHAME angle, is it? It's more SEX DOESN'T EXIST, which is...less unhealthy). The pep...yes, I hate that. That is why I also hate adult musicals.

Also while I dislike, like, 85% of the product, the four Tisdale bangers on her album and the Baby V freestyle track are really really amazingly great, so the whole HSM vehicle does come up trumps on occasion.

[koganbot]

--Only great HSM song per se: Vanessa Hudgens, Zac Efron, Drew Seeley "Breaking Free"
--Great Tisdale songs: The three singles you mentioned ("He Said, She Said," "Be Good To Me," "Not Like That")
--Really good Hudgens songs: "Say OK," "Don't Just Go Back, Arrive" (Sears Ad)
--Great Hudgens songs: "Don't Talk," "Identified," "Amazed" f. Lil Mama, "First Bad Habit."

That's a ridiculous number of good and great material from the Hudge (7 songs), given that her voice fundamentally doesn't have a whole lot to give.

[poptasticuk.livejournal.com]

Liking HSM wouldn't be conforming to a "horrible gay stereotype" - I know which stereotype you're referring to (an unpleasant one as it makes gay men seem stupid and intelligent ones think they have to act stupid), but I also know loads of intelligent and interesting 20-something gay men who love HSM just as they love pop music and trashy TV and musicals and so on. Just because they like something which fits into a negative stereotype about them doesn't mean they didn't choose freely to like it.

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

Same here - I am FAR more intrigued by the HSM Wii cheerleading game than the films/music/people, but I approve of all of that existing.