Posted 19 April 2004 - 1:16 PM
I have to go with iguanapunk on this one. Old fashioned chart music can be broken down to a handful of subjects, as me and a mate once discovered:
.01 - Oh how would it be nice if we would f*** together
That's pretty easy. Boy sings to girl how much he adores her, what she means to her, that he wants to spend the rest of his life with her and so on. That's what the girls want to hear. Rubbish. In reality he's just in for a quick shag. As soon as he's done he will go singing for the next best girl. If you read this and find yourself in it, maybe you should start singing. Girls don't sing that often, though.
.02 - Oh it's so nice that we f*** together
This one is present tense. Boy sings to girl the same things as before, but this time he already shagged her. Respect! Now while he keeps her warm for maybe another round, he already looks for the next girl. Again, more boys sing than girls do.
.03 - Oh it was (not) so nice when we both f***ed together
Songs from this category vary slighty from each other, depending on who sings them. Most boys sing about how good those times were, wishing they had her back (for another shag of course). Girls want to hear this (without him mentioning the shag of course). Girls themselves sing about how afwul the times she spent with him were. Girls want to hear this.
Rule: It's always the boy's fault. Either he is sorry, or she is angry afterwards. Girls want to hear this. Only a very small number of songs have the boy as victim.