I caught the last few entries to Triple J's Hottest 100 for 2020. Once I'd fought my way through the soft porn over-populated with eye-bogglingly large arses, tits and twerking*, grinding pelvises - I was pleasantly surprised to discover that the top 5 were quite musical, and I think - all great Australian songs.
At number 4 this is my favourite - 'Cherub' by Ball Park Music. I have no idea what it is about. This 5 minutes of escapism tips its baseball cap to 60s, bent sliding guitar noted, psychadelic music. Played over a nature themed video complete with flowers and butterflies I find it rather soothing.
And not a human in sight. Perfect.
* For the uninitiated, and according to Wikipedia, twerking 'is a type of dance that came out of the bounce music scene of New Orleans in the late 1980s. Individually-performed, chiefly but not exclusively by women, dancers move by throwing or thrusting their hips back or shaking their buttocks, often in a low squatting stance' which, as far as I'm concerned, cancels out 200 years of struggle for women's rights. Why, oh why, do women continue to disempower themselves, and the rest of us, by continuing to perform for men and base their sense of worth on how attractive they are to them? Well I know why. I just wish they wouldn't.
This lovely. Euphoric. Thanks for showing me!
ReplyDeleteGlad you liked it Sarah.
DeleteSuch beautiful music. Roger and I loved listening to it this morning.
ReplyDeleteAbout twerking... the perfect example of our over-sexualized culture, as if we need to shake our butts in order to remind the world of our sexuality.
That's great Robin. Yep, an over-sexualised world and so shallow. Confirms that our civilisation is nearing the end of a cycle. The slide into decadence is indicative of that - Rome for example. Too much focus on pleasure seeking and a corresponding decline in ethics.
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