Tuesday, April 18, 2006

NOTHING songs

A list of songs that DO NOT need to exist would be handy to have, as I develop the notion of the NOTHING song. For instance, by definition, all Nickleback songs are NOTHING songs, with the track, "How you Remind Me," standing out for especial notice. Here is yet another specific example of a NOTHING song. Pay particular attention to the lyrics, and if you can get the audio, notice the needless guitar noodling, which adds not an iota of rockn effect to the song.

ZZ-Top, "Slip Inside My Sleeping Bag":

When it's cold outside and you want to sleep in
go for a pallet that's so nice and thin.
Zip it on around while it's on the ground,
spread it out and lay it on down.
Slip inside my sleeping bag,
slip inside my sleeping bag.

Sure, this song is about sex, but, literally, you don't give a fuck. What makes it a NOTHING song, in other words, is that there is NO ENTHUSIASM about sex, which is supposed awesome. There are only lackadaisical imperatives focused on the sleeping bag itself. This is called "false metonymy." And so the song ends up being ABOUT a stupid sleeping bag that some truck driver's farted in for years.

Please submit your list of NOTHING songs.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

You know what song always bugged me?-"Give Peace a Chance"...I mean, really...Is anybody buying into this froo-fram?