A new weekly segment to help me keep tabs on my favorite musical artists. This week an appropriate fitting title of “That’s Not My Name- The Ting Tings”
Coincidentally the chorus says, They call me Quiet Girl, but I’m a riot. Cold chills just thinking about it! Also tying in nicely with my constant need for adolescent identity. I think (Though I don’t think it was their intentions) that it relates easily to any pubescent kid facing labels they really just don’t want. With phrases like, “Four little words just to get me along, it’s a difficulty and I’m biting on my tongue. Keep strong and I’m keeping it together. Holding back every day the same. I don’t wanna be loner, listen to me oh no.” I think that’s easy for anyone to relate to.
Will someone please explain to me why if a girl wears all black and big baggy pants, she gets dirty looks? But if a girl goes out wearing shorts that are shorter than my underwear, everyone wants their daughters to be their best friends? As a thirteen year old, it’s expected to watch trash TV. My latest guilty pleasure is a show on The-N called Queen Bees. Has anyone noticed there are no girls in Tripp pants and thick eyeliner? So why is it that everyone thinks that dressing in black signals for rebellion? But starting drama and being blonde automatically makes you a great role model and friend?
All I’m saying, is that if you’re a parent or a role model, wouldn’t you want the kids you’re looking out for to be all in black and sweet rather than all in pink and a complete brat? I’m not saying “gothic” girls can’t be just as bratty, but girls at my age usually dress the way they feel. And I don’t recall black being a sign for a snob.
I’ve said it once, I’ll say it again, Batman is epic. I think the reason that I, like many others love Batman, is because, he’s earned his powers. He did not get bit by a radioactive spider, and he wasn’t born with some legacy. He was a genius, and chose to use his mind for the bettering of Gotham City. His story is all but believable. I admire it and it inspires me to better my town. Though I don’t have Michael Caine as a butler, or Maggie Gyllenhaal as my girlfriend, I think everyone can help in smaller ways. That’s why I like him anyway.
As for the Joker, I relate to him for darker reasons. The very fact that he goes around, just to make life harder for people, is exactly what everyone in our society does. Whether subconscious or not, whether slight issues, life is harder for everyone, except in a non-existent utopia. It is rare someone can pursue their happiness without damaging another’s. Society will always want to one-up the others. It’s a never ending chain. And I think the Joker, not only wears the make up to mask his face, but as a metaphor. His chance to play someone else, and not face the consequences as himself.
The entire Batman series is one giant metaphor. Gotham our world, Bruce Wayne our hero, and the villains doubling as evil and good. Civilians no longer are innocent, we are all menaces in someways. Some smaller than others, but at this point no one can say they’re good. And no one can say they’re evil. Everyone is human, for better or for worse. But my ‘angst’ that i will live up to, might be blurring my vision. Guess that’s the new millennium for you.
