
"Richman" by 3OH3! from the album Want. 2009.
There's a double standard here. "Randor!" you indignantly huff, "With lyrics like 'Ima do it like I always have: whiskey in a 40 bag, pissing in the alleyway out back of where the party's at,' how is this song any better than that Ke$ha ...hit you so vehemently and consistently despise?" Or maybe you'll take it a 6-inch heel's step further with "Oh, so a male living a disrespectful drunkard's life can be glorified but when a woman throws up her hands, a party anthem, and most her stomach contents, a judgmental inundation of mockery and disgust must swell upon her quicker than diluted beer from an unguarded keg to the distended bellies of a Spring Break U frat party?!?" ::gasp, breathe:: Well, not to discredit the imaginary outrage of our imaginary fanbase, nor the 'academic' achievement of the fictional Spring Break University, I'll declare right out that the party life of booze and glitz should not receive idolization nor respect regardless of the indulging gender. Clearly by picking this tune, I think there's some wealth in "Richman," ya-buh-dibba-dibba-dum. I'm going to explore the slight difference between 3OH3!'s featured song and Ke-dollarsign-ha's number one to determine exactly why. If I can jigsaw my thoughts to an articulate coherence, this could get interesting.