Why people love it:
1. The catchy bass line. Music marketers know the formula and they know how to make us love a song.
2. Every girl feels insecure and “not dressed up enough” in a new place. This song plays on our insecurities. Music marketers know the formula and they know how to make us love a song.
3. Straight from Toby Keith’s playbook, Miley plays on our patriotic heart-strings by mentioning the U.S.A! God Bless America, y’all! Music marketers know the formula and they know how to make us love a song.
4. Easy dance moves. Even a monkey can put its hands up while nodding its head and hips like “yea.” Music marketers know the formula and they know how to make us love a monkey loving a song.
Why it sucks:
The song doesn’t rhyme. I did some analysis:
14% of the song implements slant rhyme.
27% of the song implements NO rhyme (they didn’t even try).
41% of the time she rhymes a word with the SAME WORD.
18% of the time she does the listener the courtesy of providing appropriate, legitimate rhyme.
*sigh*
#1 by Morgan on October 29, 2009 - 4:09 pm
I am glad you got to go to yogurt planet and hear this song. Here is a version that will make it entertaining: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Ezfk7s1NyY
#2 by Ellie on October 30, 2009 - 12:12 pm
Will’s been singing this song for over a week now. UGH. And makes fun of me for downloading Paris Hilton’s song on iTunes a few years ago. Seriously, I’m not a 35 year old man singing Miley Cyrus.
#3 by hilstreet on October 30, 2009 - 1:04 pm
ha ha – that is hilarious Ellie!
#4 by slogerot on November 4, 2009 - 10:39 pm
This post makes me want to move my hips like yeah.
#5 by Blake Sunshine on November 8, 2009 - 6:12 pm
This is the best post you have ever written. Touche hilm.