"Kidz" by Take That (RL)

     This song is most likely one you have never heard of. It is "Kidz" by the British boyband, Take That. Take That was like the British version of the Backstreet Boys before the Backstreet Boys were the Backstreet Boys. Now, most of the members are pushing forty or are already in their forties, and they are still producing amazing music. "Kidz," from their most recent and hugely successful 2010 album Progress, is proof of that.
     "Kidz" is a song that mixes clever lyrics and repetition with futuristic instrumental beats and rhythms. With a haunting intro of a staccato cadence to Mark Owens's unique voice, it draws listeners in immediately. They stay glued until the end when what can be described as chaos with sounds of police sirens leads an outro. Beyond that, it has an awesome message. It acts as a warning, warning listeners of the state of the world and what will happen if things are not changed. It comments on government and where its true power lies and how it is used and overused. It notes the dangers of technology and science. Above all else, it simply states who will have to inevitably deal with all of these problems. The "kidz."

"Kidz"

Kings and Queens and Presidents

Ministers of Governments

Welcome to the future of your world

Through talking heads that took liberties

The monkeys learnt to build machines

They think they'll get to heaven through the universe

They say nothing

Deny everything

And make counter accusations

My friends, my dear, my love, my God

There'll be trouble when the kidz come out (come out)

There will be lots for them to talk about (about)

There'll be trouble when the kidz come out

When the kidz come out, when the kidz come out

When the kidz come out

Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey

What you looking at

Hey, hey, hey, hey

You want a bit of that

Hey, hey, hey, hey

There will be trouble when the kidz come out

When the kidz come out

Hey

Mirror, mirror on the wall

Who's the fairest of them all?

The Good, the Bad, the Ugly or the Beautiful

Because it's up hill and against the wind

With no-one there to let us in

Leave your thoughts and save yourself you fool

The daggers of science

Evolving into violence

We're not sure where the fallout blows

But we all know ·

There'll be trouble when the kidz come out (come out)

There will be lots for them to talk about (about)

There'll be trouble when the kidz come out

When the kidz come out, when the kidz come out

When the kidz come out

Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey

What you looking at

Hey, hey, hey, hey

You want a bit of that

Hey, hey, hey, hey

There will be trouble when the kidz come out

When the kidz come out

Hey

Out on the streets tonight

They're making peace tonight

They're making peace

La, la, la, la...

There'll be trouble when the kidz come out

There will be lots for them to talk about

There'll be trouble when the kidz come out

When the kidz come out, when the kidz come out

There'll be trouble when the kidz come out

"Feminism and The Vampire Novel"

     I read the Twilight series over a period of five days when I was fifteen years old. When the Twilight movie came out months after I finished Breaking Dawn, I was one of the first people in line to see it. To say I was a fan was a major understatement. I had every piece of memorabilia, and my stock stretched from things like posters and stickers to purses, bracelets, and board games. I had it all. Looking back on that time now, I feel a little foolish. It seems I had a huge misunderstanding of what the novels stood for, what they were missing, and what they were silently saying. For me, the Twilight novels were always just stories about a Vampire family living in a human world. I must have a low comprehension level when it comes to these types of books, because I apparently completely missed the point.
     "Twilight throbs with sexual longing, and this tension is part of what makes the books so compelling." Sexual longing never crossed my mind when I read any of the books. Whether or not it was because I was a fifteen year old freshman with no sexual tension of my own, I read right over this. When I was reading, I remember always waiting for the wise Carlisle or the awkward Jasper or the comical Emmett to make an appearance. I reread the scenes where the vampires were just being vampires. I speed read most of the dialog where Bella was whining about Edward or to Edward about being a mere human and not being able to love him completely. I just remember Bella and Edward's honeymoon and then Bella waking up covered in feathers. I guess my brain did not register all the dozens of times Bella practically threw herself at Edward's feet just because she wanted to be completely his, to have sex with him. Now, however, three years older, I see what I missed back then. Twilight does have a huge sexual theme, and I am kind of uncomfortable for having read the series when I was just a kid.