My Chumps

Oh good. Among those who have any inkling of good musical taste, someone has finally spoken for the rest of us. (Thank you Slate, as always)

Bottom line: I do not understand. Perhaps there are those who are moved by the music video whose depth is exemplified by Ms. Fergie's micro-skirted bottom (all that ass) gyrating across the television screen, or by the sheer inability to discern any sense of melody throughout the entire song (can we call it a song in the traditional sense?), or perhaps by the artfully disguised message insinuating copulation (but oh so subtly), as exemplified by the lyrics:

What u gon’ do with all that ass?
All that ass inside them jeans?
I’m a make, make, make, make you scream Make u scream, make you scream.

Oh the beautiful syntax, that exquisite poetic prowess.

I shudder to think how we've regressed to this. But then again, Mozart was controversial in his time.