My GOD I am bored. Thursday morning. 10am. Jeremy Kyle is on the television and I am sat here with a headache courtesy of the painkillers I am on. My punctured lung thankfully has turned out to be a badly strained muscle or tendon as far as I can tell (I have NOT gone to the doctors because I hate them). Trouble is the only way to get rid of the pain is to take pills stronger than I usually do which then make my headache but solve the problem of the injury to my shoulder. Oh well.

So far this week I have only been at work on Monday, although I am going back tomorrow, and I am very, very bored. Thankfully Lemony has kept me entertained in the evenings. And also the big arguement I have been having with Lisa has ended with another lie and the end of our friendship for good. Meh.

Whilst searching for a topic for today’s blog I sat here drawing a big blank. That was until I decided to do one of my channel flip sessions between channels 374 and 341… the music ones. Twas during said hopping session that I stumbled across the classic video by 1980s band Madness for their song “House Of Fun”. And I halted my flip right there. The sight of three men in an off-licence, one of them wearing a house coat, curlers and a pair of bright pink fluffy slippers, made me smile like a loon. What a fantastic bit of comedy to accompany a brilliant song. “But Fluffy Bunny” I hear you cry “What has that got to do with your blog today.?”

Well it is simple. Music videos nowadays are no longer fun. If I see one more video of Amerie, Mariah Carey or Beyonce poncing around in a small black dress in front of some swirly gold curtains I might just vomit my own pancreas over the floor. I love music videos. Quite often a really good video makes me enjoy the song more than something bland and pointless. I am sure I didn’t enjoy “Hips Don’t Lie” as much until I saw the video and realised that her hips certainly don’t tell lies and I would gladly investigate them if they did utter an untruth. Preferably with the aid of a speculum and some tubs of strawberry flavoured lubricant. Ahem.

But other than that I cannot think of any video from the past few years that has really made me laugh out loud… apart from a few by Eminem (My Name Is…, Forgot About Dre and Without Me). All these new bands that appear on the scene such as The Fray or Passengers or any other group from the past three years which has dived into copy Razorlight and Coldplay but managed to just fuck themselves into a corner, have only ever produced visuals that involve them… and some black and white camera work. Maaaaaaybe they will throw in a few overhead shots or a burning car but that is about it.

So why has music become some bad at entertaining us.? It isn’t just the videos though is it.? It stems from the lack of talent that you actually need to get into the music industry since the mid ninties. The invention of X Factor and Popstars and all those other ridiculous Simon Cowell based money making schemes has driven the quality of music straight through the floor. With the advent of myspace and similar sites, it is now a lot easier to show off your band/group/solo career to the masses (not to me because I won’t allow them to add or message me, ain’t I a stinker). Record companies do the same as Formula One teams do… bringing in lesser and lesser known or aged talents to see if they can discover “The next big thing”. Ok with Maclaren and Hamilton it certainly worked but with Cowell and Gates/McManus or any of the winners of ANY television talent show, WHERE ARE THEY NOW.?

Talking about music… Amy Winehouse. What IS she.? I know she is a female singer/songwriter but has anyone actually checked.? She doesn’t look completely female although she does sing and write well. There is just something about her that scares the bejesus out of me. How weird.

(As an ending comment the five people who were first on Jeremy Kyle this morning really needed to be dressed as 11 year olds and dropped off for a game of football in Croxteth).!

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