I knew it was bad. I have for a long time.
I never really paid much attention to it, though. I know who The Pussycat Dolls are. I know what they're "about", what people say about them. But I couldn't tell you any of their names or even any names of their songs off the top of my head.
I happened to switch on "Live Earth" as they were playing in London. I also "happened" to switch it off rather quickly. But from what I did see, I can't understand why they are being cast as "musicians" or even "singers".
Wikipedia tells me they started out as a dance troupe. And you know, if they were still calling themselves a "dance troupe", I would be fine with that. They do more "dancing" than singing.
But no. Musical artists? That's not where it's at.
There are countless blogs written by old classic rock fans complaining about this very thing, though maybe not The Pussycat Dolls particularly. They all say we need a revolution. And we do.
Why hasn't his happened yet? Maybe it is underway, but I haven't gotten the memo yet.
But you know why? Because we all wanna be rock stars. I want to be a rock star, even though I know I'm not a very good… well… any sort of musician.
A couple people with the taste and technique are not going to make a difference.
You know what you guys need? You need someone on the inside. And that person could be me. Well, it could be you, too, but I mean, I'm obviously the better choice.
Corporation big wigs don't care if you can actually play good music. They only want to know if you're going to make money.
Now, I can't just go in there and become the CEO of some huge record company, and then start letting all my classic rock buddies come in and get record deals and kick out the pussycat dolls. It doesn't work that way. It's not that simple. Because if I do that, I will fail.
So what can I do? Actually, I have no idea. But I do know that I need to play the game.
What we need here is a major undercover operation, folks.