Although the aforementioned song wasn't a hit with me, I was still interested in what else Pink had in store as she seemed like a likeable character. And then I've seen the "Lady Marmalade" video, which left me deeply bemused and bitterly disappointed. I'm not sure if this was a very proud moment for the singer herself. I've heard rumours that she was pretty much forced to take part in this by her producer, but I have no idea if that's true or not.
I've given up on this girl, and then "Don't Let Me Get Me" started playing on on pretty much every music channel. It instantly became one of my favourite songs as I could very easily relate to it at the time. I once again saw pink showing plenty of attitude and being funny, which I really liked.
So I've decided to look up some of her other songs. I thought "Just Like A Pill" was alright, but not much more than that. I really liked the clunky humour in it, but I think it was more catchy than actually good.
I didn't think much of "Faimly Portrait". Not because I thought she was being over-dramatic. I quite liked how the video was put together. Its just that I personally haven't experienced grief over family drama while growing up, so the song never had a chance of hitting a chord with me.
The title of "You Make Me Sick" instantly caught my attention. I expected sarcastic lyrics and a bit of cartoony rage in the video. But I've listened to the song and I've felt like I haven't really heard her say anything. It was too Gwen Stefani for my taste and I've just decided that I don't care.
Of course, just after I've given up on her, she's released a song that hooked me in once again. She seems good at that. I'm talking about "Feel Good Time". Once again, if nothing else, the song was catchy. And once again, I've seen some of Pink's wonderfully unsophisticated humour. I really didn't care about the "Charlie's Angels" reference as it's a show I've deliberately avoided as I tend to cringe at glamorous "girl power", but I still thought the video was fun. I love how rage made her black hair turn pink. And for some reason I really liked the "sleeping in a church, riding in the dirt" part of the song.
I didn't feel like looking up any of her new stuff, but another one of her hits started popping up all over the music channels. And that was "Trouble". I liked the song, I liked the fun cartoony violence in the video. But it didn't make me want to buy a CD.
I've decided that I like Pink, but her songs are very hit and miss with me. I didn't go looking or any of her new stuff as I thought that if she comes up with something cool, it will be playing everywhere. And that's exactly what happened with "So What". I really liked it. I loved how she's managed to take her grief and sorrow and turn it into something funny. That song was impossible to get away from for a while. It was literally playing everywhere, including people's mobile phones. But you know what? I think it was good enough to!
This summer I was stuck without a computer for two months and was relying on music channels for entertainment, just like in my teenage years. Most music made me cringe. But I've seen some more cool videos from Pink. And I've noticed that she's actually pretty clever, too!
I think "Stupid Grils" is great. Sometimes there's nothing quite like a bit of righteous feminist rage. Add a satirical approach and, surely, you get something beautiful!
"Raise Your Glass" says "it's alright to be different" in a very clear and fun way.
And "Perfect" is just that one positive message everyone needs to hear at some point in their life.
So to wrap this up I can say that Pink is pretty awesome. She's tough, she's funny and her music is pretty good, too. Personally I really like her crude approach to comedy that is far from feminine, but doesn't go far enough to just be distasteful.
She also does plenty of activist and charity work. I'm sure you can find out more in Wikipedia if you wish!
P.S. Sober isn't one of her "comedy classics", so to say, but I quite like it.
(Random thought - I think there's a bit of Lady Gaga influence in the video).
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