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• don't insult our intelligence

  Jesus Christ, Katy Perry! The Today Show?

  posted by matt | 08.29.08 | permalink | 8 comments

  Katy Hudson has come a long way from her 2001 Christian album, Faith Won’t Fail. Even her name as changed– now she’s Katy Perry. Her song, I Kissed A Girl, has been cat-cat-cat-catching on for quite some time now. It annoys me… for various reasons.

  First of all, don’t insult our intelligence, Katy Perry. You ripped off both the title and the premise from Jill Sobule. Trying to titillate listeners with such a ‘taboo’ subject isn’t anything new. But it’s not like you’re intelligently trying to make some sort of statement about sexuality, you’re trying to appeal to the frat-boy fantasy of two chicks getting it on. Ur other song, Ur So Gay also used similar tired old gay stereotypes. I know you’re kidding around and everything, but girl, you know it’s true.

  Katy Perry has come a long way from growing up as a good girl in a nice Christian household, we get it.

  Here she is performing I Kissed A Girl on The Today Show on Friday, August 28th, 2008. Good wholesome family entertainment:

  What do you think of Katy Perry's song, I Kissed A Girl?

  • I heard the song, and I liked it
  • Ain't no big deal, it's innocent
  • It's horrifying that little kids are singing along to this.
  • Katy Perry, who the hell is that?
  • I mean, she kind of ripped off Jill Sobule. That ain't right.
  • I would be happier if I never had to hear this song ever again.

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• songspeak

  I killed a squirrel

  posted by jamie | 07.09.08 | permalink | 3 comments

  This songspeak is actually over 10 years old, but still one of my favorites. This was back when Matt and I worked in the Smith College bookstore and hung out with the Smithies.

  Well, one day on my way to the bookstore, a squirrel ran out in front of my car and, alas, I ran it over. I was devastated as it was the first animal I’d ran over since getting my license. If I remember correctly, Matt arrived to work a little after me, and having taken the same road to get there, confirmed the kill.

  Well, later that night, or maybe the next (who knows, it was 10 years ago!), Matt and I were hanging out with Lisa and Erica and perhaps others at my house, and in the midst of the evening, I announced, “I killed a squirrel”. Matt immediately responded with, “Isn’t that a Jill Sobule song?” referring to the 1995 Jill Sobule hit, I Kissed a Girl. That struck all of our funnybones and we all had a good laugh after such a tragic event.

  I actually saw Jill Sobule perform a few years back at a NACA National Conference, and she did indeed perform this song, among others. I had forgotten that the amazing Fabio appears in the video!

  Remember when his face got effed up by a bird on an amusement park ride?

  

  Tags: 90s music, dead squirrel, fabio, fabio bird accident, i killed a squirrel, i kissed a girl, jill sobule, naca, NACA National Conference, smith college, smith college bookstore