MUSIC: "Add Your Light to Mine, Baby," Lucky Soul
I've seen you dancing like no one was lookingReader JWB rejects the possiblity of a girl group revival because girl groups only make sense in a culture that takes chastity seriously. In a world where "Wouldn't It Be Nice" sounds kitschy, the delicate frustration of well-intentioned high school girls no longer exists. Therefore, no girl group revival, QED.
Beneath the fullest moon,
Oh, someday soon I'm gonna find all the things I've been yearning for,
Are you coming too?
Could we switch this reasoning around and bring back chastity by bringing back girl groups? Maybe not with these girls ("There’s no need for talking/In what we’re about to do..."), but I think Lucky Soul could get it done.
Several fuddy-duddies in the Party of the Right say that rock music is "just sex." Not an implausible claim — if the White Stripes were to release a song in praise of maiden virtue, there would be a meaningful disconnect between form and content. Like a heavy metal album of Southern spirituals. So, while we're out on a genre hunt, we might as well look for a genre of pop music that could plausibly glorify sexual restraint. The only one besides girl groups that I can think of would be straight edge punk (GIRL GROUPS : CHASTITY :: PUNK : PURITY?), and good luck reviving that one with the Caffeine Generation.
And if this works, could we engineer a soul revival in order to bring back America's love affair with freedom?
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