Thursday, May 14, 2009

The Alienated Modern Self

Whigwham (in an email with the subject, "Potent Blog Material"): "i'm sure this song could inspire a profound blog riff on the alienated modern self or something..."

He then links to Soulja Boy's "Kiss Me Thru the Phone" in which the singer entreats his girl to do just that, since he can't be with her in person. I've enjoyed this song for quite a while. What I really liked, however, was the music video, in which he actually shows up at his girl's house because he misses her so much. This seems to me to be the real point--okay, we need technology to fill in the gaps when we can't be physically close to people, but it shouldn't replace the people. (Look at me, being all pro-technology...)

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