What the heck, man?: "Back in Time"

Let's keep this one fairly short and sweet because it's Monday, and we have worse things to do than read the most entertaining blog ever.  I'll even throw out the standard format for time's sake.

I originally didn't want to write this entry, because including a link to something so hideous in my blog almost requires me to yell "what the heck, man?" at myself.  However, there is a positive side to this entry.

If you had asked me six months ago about my feelings about the status of music, I would've told you that today's music is trash.  However, I would be lying if I said I felt the same way now.  I've been impressed by what I've been hearing on the radio as of late.  Perhaps I've just been conditioned to appreciate bad music now, but I believe that my brain-ear combo has maintained most of its recognition abilities, and I am liking what I hear.  The emerging bands and artists have really brought a nice new variety, including Gotye, One Direction, Fun., Carly Rae Jepsen, Demi Lovato, and the "veteran" of this small bunch, Katy Perry.  I'm certainly leaving out some others, but I'm going to move on, because that's not what this entry is about.

It seems that with every trend, there are samples within the group that act as exceptions.  With all of the good music I've been hearing lately, there is one song getting a lot of play recently that makes my ears bleed (literally... almost) every time I hear it: "Back in Time" by Pitbull.

I wasn't sure which one was the musician, so I put both pictures here, just in case.

I would guess that the first one is better at singing.

(I had considered embedding the video here, but I don't want to lose all of my readers, so here's the link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIDwgpBh0Aw)

Now, I guess it wouldn't be fair for me to criticize the lyrics, because I have no idea what he's saying.  And I suppose that I shouldn't diss on the repetitive background music, because there is at least a little wub-wub later in the song.  But any good I try to salvage out of this rotten egg only reminds me of how yummy all of the other eggs are right now.  Hey, at least that's one less egg on my cholesterol numbers.

Is it music?  Of course it is, particularly because he sampled from an older tune to make his beat.  However, calling it "good" is not a stretch: it's a lie.  The sooner that this song goes away, the better, in my book.  Then again, maybe we need this anomaly to make everything else look better.

If you followed the link and listened to the song, I give you my deepest apologies, and offer that you listen to something better on YouTube.  So, anything.

Pitbull.. seriously.  What the heck, man?