I don't know if you have ever dated a stripper, but it is something like this. You meet her at the club. It is dark and she has moves that you have never seen a girl do. You are intrigued. You start throwing some money her way than she decides to show you some time. You get to talking and you some how hit it off. You tell her about another bar that is near by that is low key. She agrees to meet you there once she is finished her shift. At the bar you get to talking about the situations that got you both to this point in your lives. Before you know it you are making out and it is sweet. I mean, never did you think you would ever make out with a stripper. You go on a second date on her off day and than before you know it you are hanging out on the reg. Than you realize you have nothing to talk about. Her moves don't seem as original and with the lights on you realize there is no way you are taking this chain smoker with issues home to your mother so you just stop calling and start dating your ex-girlfriend again.
When I first heard Girl Talk and his glitchy album Unstoppable, I was intrigued. This wasn't totally original, but his combination with current pop music had me jamming out to it and had me excited to hear his next album Night Ripper. This album was less glitchy and more pop which had me nodding my head in my car for weeks on end. Than I saw him live. Man was that a show. Than I felt this was the best party act of the last decade. Than came Feed the Animals and what made this album so big was the conversation about mash ups and fair use. Is it art? Is it legal to sell such an album? Is Girl Talk actually a musician? Why is it that all the girls at his shows seem like American Apparel models?
In our modern era of continuing news and lame ass bloggers we are always demanding a fresh story and there was none hotter back then. The issue of fair use and the likes of him and DJ Drama coming under increased scrutiny for using other people's music to make their own work and money off it became a hot topic in both the court house and the bloggasphere. Than we went about our lives and he started giving his albums away and making money at his shows. Than the conversation changed. Now Girl Talk has a new album that was released yesterday called All Day. And should I care? This is the thing about modern music and the press. Once the conversation is over about how young and talented an artist is (Black Kids) or how weird an artist is (Ki$ha) than it's the music is the thing that prevails, not their PR team.
Girl talk isn't doing anything new anymore. He has done the same formula over the last 3 albums. Clearly his live shows will probably still be wild. I am probably too old to deal with 30 year olds hitting on little 18 year old girls on ecstasy for the first time at this point though. I want to hear him go back to the glitch. But what makes him any different than your neighborhood DJ playing at the Republic at this point? This is my biggest thing about bounce music. Once the press is done talking about transvestites rapping, will they actually care about the music? I say no. Good music will always prevail.
Girl Talk was one of my favorite people to interview. He is very smart and articulate. I hope he continues to be able to tour with a bus and throw the biggest party in every town he goes to for a long time. See, I'm not just an old jaded hater...
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