Yesterday I was in MacDonalds, listening to Bryan Adams and Mel C through no fault of my own, other than any fault you might find with being in MacDonalds. They sang the words 'Even food don't taste that good'. This is something I take particular umbridge with. Popular music, by its very nature, needs to pander to the lowest common denominator. Bryan couldn't have chosen sushi, curry, a roast dinner, a sandwich, crisps as something that exemplified tastiness that he could prefix with 'even' to indicate his shock at not enjoying eating it, because someone might not have bought the record, on the basis that they didn't think sushi, curry etc tasted that good anyway. However, on generalising as far as food, and leaving in the word 'even', what does he suggest the alternatives to food are, in terms of tastiness?
So I put my earphones back in and listened to Thom Yorke sing 'Yesterday I woke up sucking a lemon' four times instead, which was much better.
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