Simon & Garfunkel and Millionaires as different but related social classes

[koganbot]

Any opinion of Millionaires? They seem like a really cheap, bad version of Ke$ha, but a cheap, bad version of Ke$ha doesn't particularly violate the spirit of Ke$ha (though the comparison only works best if one notices only the party-'n-excess Ke$ha without the rest of her). Also, it turns out that Millionaires' early singles predate Ke$ha hitting

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[koganbot]

Chuck's Ke$ha review maybe is somewhat relevant; anyway, it's very good:

http://www.spin.com/reviews/kesha-warrior-rca

[petronia]

The question of the Libertines and romantic(ized) suicide is an interesting one, actually -- all their inspiration was on the Critical Thinker side, but they seemed to have drawn a Party Hard lesson from it. I think the spectre of actual suicide was too real for them (I do touch on this in the OWOB gig), and also at this point the path is too well trodden to be one of intentional failure out of life as a moral stand, surely? You also have a shot at becoming a rock star. That's probably the problem with that side of things, on the whole.

[koganbot]

Well, there's no reason in principle you can't run both sides at once; in old high school terms, if you could do this, you'd be able put together a coalition of the more dissolute of the freaks, the greasers, and the jocks, and pull off an upset win as student council president - though you might not actually be functional on the job.