A Jihad on The Veronicas!

Grrr! I can't believe this puerile and unmusical piffle is the latest thing shaping the minds of our teenage girls:

"Untouched"
I go ooh ooh, you go ah ah 
lalalalalalalala
lalalalalalalala
I wanna wanna wanna get get get what I want
Don't stop
Give me give me give me what you got got
Cause I can't wait wait wait any more more more more
Don't even talk about the consequence
Cause right now you're the only thing that's making any sense to me
And I don't give a damn what they say, what they think think
Cause you're the only one who's on my mind
I'll never ever let you leave me
I'll try to stop time for ever, never wanna hear you say goodbye (bye bye bye)

I feel so untouched
And I want you so much
That I just can't resist you
It's not enough to say that I miss you
I feel so untouched right now
Need you so much somehow
I can't forget you
I've gone crazy from the moment I met you

Untouched
And I need you so much

See you, breathe you, I want to be you
Alalalala alalalala.....

They bang on a bit longer, read the rest here if you want

My issues with the song and the "artist" are manifold:

- The song lacks musical inspiration. It is not even really a song, I'd classify it as a "track". The melody in the chorus is infantile and in the verse is absent - chanted gibberish forms the bulk, employing pesky stammering for added impact

- It is being played everywhere. This ubiquitous drivel has defecated all over the perceptions of ordinary unsuspecting Australians in all manner of radio and TV shows, printed media and even my own workplace

- The Veronicas skanky image. Embarking on a simple Google search for "Veronicas pictures", one is instantly aware of an unwholesome pretense - every pose is the same: the girls typically in a quasi-sapphic embrace (often with a kiss thrown in), wearing excessive makeup. It is a terrible image for teen girls to aspire to, and perhaps also designed to arouse males far too old to appreciate the music

- I have mates who won't stop singing it in my prescence, all too aware of my hatred for it

- The whole thing is symptomatic of a market seemingly aimed at an audience too young to comprehend the manipualtion and deception they expose themselves to by listening to such excreta. 

Let's hope the next release is an improvement

Cheers - Nath