Seeing as this song has received much play over the past few months, is a hit and even garnered several Grammy nominations (which really in all honesty shocked me) I wanted to touch on this mindset that this song plays to and how society is being shaped to think this way.
It was brought to my attention in a recent conversation between a friend and I; that we as people are starting to take other people for granted. This was an interesting theory to me because if we look closely that is where everything has been headed for years, but it looks like all of the messages we have seen are finally coming to a head. Beyonce came out with irreplaceable the #1 SMASH where she basically tells her man to get gone because she knows she easily go out and get someone else without a problem.
Then her husband Jay came out with the street anthem on to the next. A song in which he describes after he has had his way then it is on to the next best thing. Teaching people to just get what they want from someone or something and then simply move on after they themselves are satisfied.
Now we have the anthem of many in Fuck You which is basically telling off an individual someone (Cee-lo) one had genuine feelings for to Fuck off just because that person did not return the favor.
I observe this type of behavior all the time on the streets between men and women. The men are clearly interested and will try to holla or talk to a young lady, then when the female doesn't respond favorably the man flips completely out and calls her all types of names. In my personal opinion this is because the man's pride is hurt and he wants to save face and not make it seem like his feelings are hurt.
It sparks a mindset between people and especially teens that people have no worth and that they are disposable when they clearly are not. I mean people are not toys that you can just discard of when you are tired of dealing with them. People in most ways are extremely complex and worth getting to know in some way. We are the most complex individuals on the face of the planet. I believe this is one of the key reasons relationships tend to fall apart now. People are so willing to move on to the next best thing instead of appreicating what is in front of them. Where did this twisted logic of people being replaceable come from?
What happened to the songs that were about loyalty and honesty. Where are the songs about monogamy and settling down??? There are none. I find this extremely interesting because everyone knows that music can change or even shape the way we ask humans are feeling at times. So why do our mainstream hit records have such underhanded messages attached to them. And why are all or most of the songs with positive or dare I say it inspirational messages shelved and hardly ever played on Top 40 radio????
I guess it is just an on to the next society that we live in.
