For Canadian rap-rockers Your Best Friend's Ex, the definition of an ode
as a lyrical verse in praise of something inspiring somehow got
horribly lost in the mix. Their cheap trick of a first single, “Ode to Women,”
manages to peddle “I said, bitch, shut your mouth” as a chorus. Feeling poetically
serenaded yet, ladies?
The band describe their song as “naggingly catchy” while hilariously
trying to tie themselves to a musical lineage including the likes of
Run DMC, Jay Z, the Beastie Boys and Gym Class Heroes! As if trying to
make a name for themselves with a misogynist anthem wasn't bad enough, the
Hootie and the Blowfish rejects filmed a music video in support of the
song.
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Predictably, it features scantily clad women, including Wendy Fiore,
Jordan Carver, Mina Stefan and Penthouse's Veronica Ricci, parading
around, with one even crawling on all fours with her mouth duct-taped shut. Our
ears are then asked to endure rhymes from Troy Dunnit like “But she
wants that ring/That's when I get saved by the bell/Riiiiing!” To make
matters worse, the guitarist gets on the mic for a rambling third
verse about “library girls.”
Your Best Friend's Ex are quick to note their video has gotten more than 300,000 views since its release over two weeks ago. One thing the
band fail to highlight, however, is that the thumbs-down “dislikes” on
YouTube are winning by a good margin! Not only that, but the comments
section is chock-full of denunciations including the retort “F*ck
Rebecca Black . . . this is the worst song ever written!”
Nevertheless, Dunnit still describes his band's single as a “joke track but a very serious song from a very serious band!”
Seriously?
Gabriel San Román is from Anacrime. He’s a journalist, subversive historian and the tallest Mexican in OC. He also once stood falsely accused of writing articles on Turkish politics in exchange for free food from DönerG’s!