Ke$ha

First and foremost, I'd like to begin by saying that anytime I hear We R Who We R or Take it Off... I crank the radio and JAM.  Hardcore.  They're very catchy.  So I do not hate Ke$ha.  I just have opinions about her persona.  And I say persona because I hope on a normal day... you know when she's not being Ke$ha or before she was Ke$ha, she didn't come off as a dirty hooker?  So I say persona because I'm almost certain she was created to be... a dirty hooker who sings.  Or doesn't sing, I'm not entirely sure yet.

I liked Tik Tok when it first came out, you know before I started hating on for her DH look.  But then I heard Your love is my drug and I didn't care too much anymore and I jumped on a Ke$ha hatin bandwagon.  And then, Take it Off.  I secretly played Take It Off on YouTube for like 3 hours straight one night because NOTHING about that song gets old.  And it's sooooo catchy too.  And while I didn't like We R Who We R when it first came out, I'll admit, thanks to a friend of mine... I'm hot and dangerous.

And if you're wondering my humble opinion on her new song Blow, I'm going to need an answer on whether or not the line about the kool-aid is a reference to the Jonestown Massacre.  I'm not entirely sure if the answer will sway my opinion, but I'll admit I'm so perplexed by that line, I forgot to listen to the rest of the song.  I wasn't sure if I should be suspicious of the reference, or impressed that someone wrote that in there to see who would catch on.  But of course there's always the chance that she's really talking about kool-aid.

Let's diagram.  The lines are "Back door cracked / we don't need a key / we get in for free / no VIP sleaze / drink that kool-aid / follow my lead / now you're one of us / you're coming with me / it's time to kill the lights and shut the DJ down / tonight we're taking over / no one's getting out"

I'm sorry that's far more lyrics than I planned to share with you HOWEVER, the more of the lyrics I heard, the more terrified I got.  So to continue....

If you don't know anything about the Jonestown massacre, here's a few factoids.
- Jonestown Massacre occured in a small jungle town in Africa. Approximately 900 people died.
- It happened on Nov 18, 1978.  So roughly 32 years ago.
- The people drank a something and died. But it was all part of a plan.
- Prior to the drinking and dying, several people (including a US Congressman, a NBC reporter, and some family members/cult members trying to leave) were attacked by members of the Jonestown community as they boarded a plane for the US.  Some of them died.

(For more information, see the links Go here or here, or Google it.  But use reputable sources, it's all I ask.  Or at least sources that sound reputable.)

Sort of fact:  There is one thing people remember about mass suicides like this... for Jonestown it was the kool-aid (though we can't ever be sure it was really kool-aid).  But still, kool-aid enough to make me think of it when I hear that Ke$ha song.

So knowing what I've shared with you about Jonestown and rereading those Ke$ha lyrics, anyone wanna weigh in on that?  Is it a reference?  A coincidence?  I don't know but it's strange enough that I have formed another opinion about Ke$ha (in addition to the DH one)... She's trying to brainwash us!

No I'm just kidding.  Someone else writes those songs for her (he/she/it is the real mastermind here).

Either way, when it's all said and done, I'm sure I'll find myself jamming in the car to it because hell, the shit she sings is so damn catchy.  So damn catchy.