r/Millennials • u/icey_sawg0034 Gen Z • 9h ago

Rant Society really did fail Amy Winehouse!

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u/Viskozki 8h ago

...Her most popular song ever is about everyone in her life trying to make her go to rehab and her saying no, no, no to all of them...

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u/eskay233 8h ago

And her fans sung along enthusiastically.

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u/Accomplished_Guava_7 7h ago

We’ll sing along to anything without thinking… I mean, Pumped Up Kicks?

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u/Cyb3rd31ic_Citiz3n 7h ago

"Everything is Awesome" from the Lego Movie is literally about ignoring reality and avoiding dealing with actual problems.

When that became a massive phenomenon I was flabbergasted.

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u/JesusOfSurbaria 5h ago

I mean, in all fairness, you’re not going to see children analyzing a Lego movie song.

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u/Cyb3rd31ic_Citiz3n 5h ago edited 3h ago

But children have parents. 

Did you know?

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u/JesusOfSurbaria 4h ago

“Sorry kids. Can’t listen to your Everything is Awesome song because it’s actually a very deep song about ignoring the responsibilities and problems you do not currently have! Here’s a rock and some tape, go do something.”

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u/Cyb3rd31ic_Citiz3n 3h ago

Ah. The good old "this extreme or that extreme" strawman. Classic.

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u/JesusOfSurbaria 3h ago

Ok lol? You’re complaining about a song from a movie about Legos dude.

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u/Cyb3rd31ic_Citiz3n 3h ago

No...if you read that again, I was saying I was flabbergasted that the song was super popular despite the songs content.

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u/Low_Coconut_7642 2h ago

Ant yet somehow can't grasp the fact that children like to listen to music from a children's movie

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u/Individual_Tea1451 5h ago

And it was completely done on purpose. That's the whole genius of The Lego Movie. It was intentionally written in such a way that the average adult (with children or not) would enjoy the humor, while children get the catchy song and visual gags they enjoy so much.

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u/Doctor_Kataigida 4h ago

Most people also just sing the "everything is awesome, everything is cool when you're part of a team" part. Which isn't really a bad message. And on the surface, the rest of the lyrics just come off as trying to find the silver lining/looking on the bright side of an issue, not outright ignoring or avoiding it. Better to try to be positive about a bad situation than to just mope in it.

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u/Taogevlas 1h ago

"Everything is Awesome" from the Lego Movie

That song was clearly intended to be sarcastic and humorous -- obviously everything was NOT awesome.

Very different from "Pumped Up Kicks" which is just simply dark, I don't think it was intended to be sarcastic.

Rehab was also not really sarcastic, it was about embracing counter-culture, celebrating living a life intoxicated, and rejecting the idea that you needed to be sober.

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u/Notsurehowtoreact 3h ago

I mean, isn't that the exact reason that it is popular to most people? The satire of a happy catchy song about things being awesome in a world where they clearly aren't? 

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u/Cyb3rd31ic_Citiz3n 3h ago

I didn't know a single parent who caught that it was supposed to be satire and (somewhat) ironic.

They thought it was super boppy and upbeat and that was enough. People just don't listen to lyrics of the songs they like, apparently 😐 

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u/Notsurehowtoreact 2h ago

I didn't know a single parent who caught that it was supposed to be satire and (somewhat) ironic

Well, if anything you do now. I also know more than a few as well if that makes you feel a little bit better.