Laboratory Sociology 102

[quesarah]

There is a silent war in our lab. It is brutally fought, hotly contested, and hard to predict. It is the War for Stereo Dominance. When one party is in charge of the stereo, the other party may engage in covert acts of sabotage (ie turning down the volume). However, a deliberate act of station-changing may only occur if no members of the rival faction are within a 100-foot radius of the stereo. This is tricky, particularly during mid-day.

Today, the Mellow Intellectuals have control of the stereo and they've tuned the "mellow rock" station. This is the station that has a heinous, unnatural love of Sheryl Crow. Hiss!

Ah good ol' Sheryl. The biggest disappointment in the so-called "adult alternative" genre. She debuted with an album or two that hinted at a modicum of songwriting talent. But since the late-90s she's degenerated into a hack who's only capable of covering lame 25 year-old ballads. Let's face it, it doesn't matter if she smokes or drinks Budweiser with Kid Rock. She's the Pat Boone of this generation; mild, inoffensive, marketable, and utterly soulless.

She, Kid, and all the other crackers who are recycling dull 70's stadium rock in order to sell album all need to go back to waiting tables, washing cars, or hauling garbage. 'Cause they sure as shit can't make music.

(and yes, the whole Lab Soc angle was to let me vent about SC. Her music is foul and makes me cranky.)

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[biogeekgrrl.livejournal.com]

Not all her original stuff was tuneless: I owned Tuesday Night Music Club and Sheryl Crow and I enjoyed them both. While I didn't like every song, I could feel the care she'd taken in working on the songs and being creative. Now she really is a hack.

And yes, it's good to know we are united in our distaste for her. :)