All my girls stand in a circle and.....

Something weird happened the other day. I watched several hours of MTV. It's fair to say that ordinarily I NEVER watch MTV. I don't even watch The Real World, as many of my peers still devoutly watch. Even so, I have still somehow been accused of liking terrible music. This confuses me, as I'd like to think it true that I have a diverse sense of what is good music. Of course I like terrible music and would have no problem at all with calling it 'good'. However, I don't think this means that everything I like falls under the categories of bad pop or latest hipster buzz bands. Still, I don't think it's such a terrible idea to pay attention to what's going on in the realm of popular music.

While watching MTV the other day, my jaw dropped open as I witnessed the worst video I have ever seen on TRL. I take that back. It's not so much the actual video, but the song that is deplorable. Two words: Ashlee Simpson. Everyone already knew that her music sucks, but who knew it was possible for her to sound even worse than before? In the aforementioned video, Ashlee Simpson resembles Courtney Love and sings like an old drag queen with emphysema. Incredible. I never thought I'd see the day where I'd be hailing Hilary Duff's song that boasts a Duran Duran-esque bassline and about five lyrics total ("The beat of my heart, The beat of my heart, The beat of my heart", "Away Away, Away Awaaaaay" as genius in comparison to the bizarre off key notes that Ashlee Simpson attempts to sing in what I assume is her latest single. I'm sure it's been out for a while, but I'm a little out of the loop (seeing as I'm 22 going on 23 and therefore should be deemed too old to be watching MTV). Please give me my adult contemporary Patrick Swayze music. Anything that includes random saxophone mid-song is MY kind of music.

P.S. I swear sometimes I actually do listen to good music. Sometimes. The rest of the time: yah, I like some crap. Oh well. And be warned: If you tell me that Hilary Duff is hot, I'm likely to tell you that you're gross like my dad. But if you tell me that Hilary is hotter than Ashlee Simpson a.k.a. the munchkin parrot, then I will agree with you (this even includes when Hilary Duff was in the middle of her anorexic cokehead horseface phase). Wait, is that phase over now? Oh, and please watch this amazing Hilary Duff video. You might like it. Probably not. But watch it anyway, because she's hot and is always stumbling over herself.