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Does dance music objectify women?
December 21, 2007 at 03:24 by Mike McQuaid
I was out today for our team meal which turned into a team drink which turned into going to Liquid, one of the few clubs in busy Ipswich.
You can see some pictures here.
It was a good night and I enjoyed myself. My KDE t-shirt got a few odd looks earlier on in the evening with people being evenly spread between calling me a huge nerd as a compliment and calling me a huge nerd as an insult 
Anyway, heading to Liquid was pretty good banter, got to dance like a fool with some mates and get high on Red Bull whilst trying not to pass out from the really bad body-odour.
I’m far from easily shocked or a particularly morally conservative but I was pretty disturbed by the majority of videos for the dancey songs being just women dancing insanely suggestively in their underwear. I just don’t really see why they are like that. There tends to be more women than men in clubs and certainly more women than men actually dancing so I’m surprised more women aren’t bothered by how insanely one-dimensionally they are being portrayed by the flashing images above the dance floor. I don’t really know what I think should be done or even if anything should be but I find it a bit odd.
Perhaps I’m just not the target audience but I find absolutely nothing attractive about the videos at all. Looks are important but when they are focused on so soley (as in the videos) it is a massive turn-off to me .
I like going out clubbing and dancing and having a laugh with mates but it really bothers me sometimes. If men (outside of early-era Take-That, Relight My Fire is the gayest video ever) can seem to produce videos where they aren’t mindless sex-objects then why is the role reversed seemingly every time a woman is on screen?
Discuss!
What Your Music Says About You
January 8, 2007 at 15:49 by Mike McQuaid
This is actually the first email/blog/Facebook questionnaire thing I’ve seen in a very long time that’s a bit interesting.
1. Load your whole music collection, and place your music player on shuffle.
2. Press forward for each question.
3. Use the song title as the answer to the question.
Due to my large quantity of music by the same artists (All Dream Theater’s/Spock’s Beard’s/Neal Morse’s/Jamiroquai’s CDs), I chose to skip to the next track when I repeated an artist too.
The questions are:
- What does next year have in store for me?
- What’s my love life like?
- What do I say when life gets hard?
- What song will I dance to at my wedding?
- What do you want as a career?
- Famous last words?
- Your favourite saying?
- Favourite place?
- What do you think of your parents?
- Where would you go on a first date?
- Describe yourself.
- What is the thing I like doing most?
- What is my state of mind like at the moment?
- How will I die?
My answers:
What does next year have in store for me?
“Spock’s Beard – The Good Don’t Last” (The Kindness of Strangers, 1997)
Well, I guess this could be referring to me getting up at 10am for uni!
What’s my love life like?
Dream Theater – “Finally Free” (Metropolis – Part II – Scenes From A Memory, 1999)
Eek! Lindsay, darling, I don’t feel that way about you at all!
What do I say when life gets hard?
Madness – “One Better Day” (Our House, 2002)
Well, I am an optimist!
What song will I dance to at my wedding?
“Green Day – FOD” (Dookie, 1994)
Hmm. Bearing in mind FOD stands for “eff off and die”, I somewhat doubt this romantic number will go down as well with my wife.
What do you want as a career?
“Queen – Somebody to Love” (A Day At The Races, 1976)
I hope they love my code!
Famous last words?
“U2 – A Man and a Woman” (How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb, 2004)
A man and a woman are the best team in the world!
Your favourite saying?
“Four Musicians and a Drummer – Take Five” (Live At The Jazz Bar, 2006) [My Band! MP3 Available on the music page]
Take five whats? Five fingered discount?
Favourite place?
“Dave Matthew’s Band – Let You Down” (Crash, 1996)
Let You Down could only describe Dundee, and I despise that hole.
What do you think of your parents?
“Bela Fleck and the Flecktones – The Sinister Minister” (Bela Fleck and the Flecktones, 1990)
Sinister, I’d perhaps agree, and they always told me they thought I’d be a minister.
Where would you go on a first date?
“Aretha Franklin – Think” (The Blues Brothers Soundtrack, 1980)
A CS lecture! Chances of a second date: slim.
Describe yourself.
“Yellow Matter Custard – Wait” (One Day In New York, 2003)
Must reserve judgement until you get to know me better
What is the thing I like doing most?
“Genesis – Drum Duet” (Live – The Way We Walk – The Longs, 1993)
Well, bass guitar > drums, but I still enjoy messing around on the drums!
What is my state of mind like at the moment?
“The Aquabats – Idiot Box” (The Fury Of The Aquabats, 1997)
No uni for 3 weeks has turned me into a drivelling fool.
How will I die?
“The Beatles – Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Heart Club’s Band” (Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, 1967)
Playing a gig, sounds like the perfect way to die!
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