What do chart topping songs like "Lollipop" and "Mr. Sandman" say about an era? What do today's chart toppers say about our society?
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Britney Spear's "If you seek Amy" which is meant to sound like F-U-C-K Me tends to say a lot because nothing else in the song makes sense when you notice that such as "tell me when you find her". All you need to make a good song is a reference to sex and a beat stolen from some old Indian movie.
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Mr. Sandman arrived in 1954 at a time when World War II was fading from memory and America was in an orgy of consumerism, car culture, and living the suburban dream. The song expresses the carefree attitude prevalent of that time that was soon to be shattered with civil rights protests, black power, and the Vietnam war.
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Young teens have the largest proportion of disposable income (from their parents of course) and have always spent a lot of it on music. It's not reflective about the society as a whole, and the eras don't matter.
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