What the Gloria Jean Hell is this?!

[evadne_noel]

I just heard the most disturbing thing ever on my classic rock station. It was a song which went: "He hit me and it felt like a kiss / He hit me and I knew he loved me."

To this I say...WHAT THE #()*)%#(*)&%#)& IS WRONG WITH PEOPLE!?!

I realize that this song was recorded by Crystals in 1963, but still...this was ever acceptable? "He hit me and I was glad"? And people wonder why we have problems with domestic abuse today when lyrics like this were in popular songs only 40 years ago, in living memory of (my) parents?!

And you know what's even more disturbing? You can get it as A RING TONE. FOR YOUR CELLULAR PHONE. RIGHT NOW.

WHAT. THE. I REALLY WISHED I NEVER PROMISED TO NOT USE THE F-WORD OUTSIDE OF CUTS RIGHT NOW.

'Cause you know, I am not in the best of moods anyway because I just wasted my entire weekend taking a comprehensive exam so I can get my damned degree in August. All I want at this time is to have a hard cider or two, watch the end of Utena (which, as peace of mind goes, is probably not the best thing to be watching right now), and forget that my degree is on the line until I get that damn pass for this exam. And what do I get instead?

FREAKIN' DISTURBING MUSIC!

Comments

[conser.livejournal.com]

It's entirely possible that the relationships just fucked up, and we're supposed to recognize that. Battered woman will repeatedly say, "I know he loves me, in his way." They're messed up. Maybe this girl is as well.

[evadne-noel.livejournal.com]

It's possible, and someone did mention that this may have been a commentary on a battered woman's life, but I don't think that's clear enough. Implication is nice, but works better with context. Unclear messages are just as bad as no message at all.

[conser.livejournal.com]

You're correct, sadly. I took a moment to think about it, and that was my conclusion. Other, impressionable (a.k.a. idiots, as is often the case) people may take it to be an expression of love, like some consider jealously to be.

[evadne-noel.livejournal.com]

"Of course he loves me! He has to watch my every single move! Because I might think about looking at someone who isn't him!" Yikes. That always creeped me out.

[conser.livejournal.com]

It's a lack of trust, and an indication of obsessiveness and a need to possess. It's not love.

[evadne-noel.livejournal.com]

Preach it.