"Confessions"

"You're always trying to figure out what I am all about. If you don't know what the answer is then just shut up and kiss. It shouldn't take forever to put it all together [CHORUS:] If you can't do the math then get out of the equation. I am calling you back- this is * 69."

[Chorus:] "I'm not ill; I don't need to take a pill to fix what you do. Cure can come through, cuz baby all I do is suffer from the symptoms of you."

If your “guilty pleasure” is the same as mine, then you know that the first song chunk is a Hilary Duff song entitled “The Math” from her album “Metamorphosis.” The second piece is by Lindsey Lohan, entitled “Symptoms of You” from her album “Speak.” I figured since Mallory was brave enough to say she loved Hanson, I can admit that I have downloaded songs by both these “teenie-bopper” pop sensations (because I refuse to buy their actual albums) and enjoy listening to them. I could not resist posting some lyrics because I find them absolutely hilarious on the verge of ridiculous, which makes me embarrassed and consider it “low culture”, yet I like the music. I was introduced to Hilary Duff’s music by my older brother (interesting story) and when we are driving around together, sometimes we will play it and belt it out (especially “The Math”…because he is a math majorJ). In trying to understand my media diet, in a way, it serves as a connection, a unity between him and me. I heard Lohan’s voice from the movie “Teenage Confessions of a Drama Queen” with the song “That Girl.” The aspirations sung about kind of spoke to my ideals/values.
Yea for Brahms, Gershwin, and Hilary Duff…