Let's just get this out of the way before we go any further--you, reader (although you are probably a male), watch Gossip Girl sometimes. It's a cultural curse, deal with it, no one's judging. That out of the way, can we just appreciate for one moment how horrible the music has gotten on that show as of late? I mean, in the past, the soundtrack was replete with indie jams--tunes from the Crystal Castles, Conor Oberst, the (now rather mainstream) Ting Tings and the Teenagers (who, when I met them at CMJ last year, immediately announced with rabid pride that they had been featured on Gossip Girl Let’s just get this out of the way before we go any further–you, reader (although you are probably a male), watch Gossip Girl sometimes. It’s a cultural curse, deal with it, no one’s judging. That out of the way, can we just appreciate for one moment how horrible the music has gotten on that show as of late? I mean, in the past, the soundtrack was replete with indie jams–tunes from the Crystal Castles, Conor Oberst, the (now rather mainstream) Ting Tings and the Teenagers (who, when I met them at CMJ last year, immediately announced with rabid pride that they had been featured on Gossip Girl). This year? Well, there was Cobra Starship, a rather sad appearance by Sonic Youth, some other stuff I don’t remember and now Lady Gaga. You gotta be kidding me. What’s next? The inevitable musical number from god-awful guest star Hillary Duff? Oh, it’s coming. Check out the schadenfreude after the jump.
November 17, 2009 at 1:06 am, Braden Rosner said:
I saw my first episode of Gossip Girl tonight and am very glad all that Morrissey talk was just that. If that handsome sonofabitch made an appearance, well, one can only imagine the hipster uprising to follow.