Friday Night Play List: CD Nauseam

With Xiao Pangzi taking an Internet Ramadan break this month, I felt the need to carry the torch for the Friday Night Play List. I've noticed a creative vacuum in mainstream music as of late. The climax of this would be hearing the same songs over and song again on the radio. This week, I present the top three songs that make me want to vomit when I hear them on the radio:

• "Poker Face" by Lady GaGa: It's a song with a catchy beat that makes you want to dance. Lady GaGa is a cutie, but seriously... this song is always on the radio!
• "Right Round" by Flo Rida: Another song with a catchy beat that makes you want to dance. This song is a remake of one of my favorite songs from the 80's. It's another sign that the music industry is lacking new ideas when it has to be back to older songs for inspiration.
• "I Gotta Feeling" by Black Eyed Peas: Surprise! A song with a catchy beat that makes you want to dance. It features repetitive lyrics that really don't convey much of a story, so much as a feeling.

Individually, I have nothing against these songs, but they are collectively played over and over and over again on the radio. It's kind of disturbing that the lyrics to all these songs are devoid of any deep meaning, and the vocals have a synthetic quality due to heavy filtering.

Rather than sit around complaining like a grumpy old man, I've decided to have fun with this. How long can North America's love affair with "Poker Face", "Right Round", and "I Gotta Feeling" last? I encourage everyone to call your local radio stations and constantly request that these three songs be played... ideally one after another. Let's make sure these songs are on the radio as long as possible!