Tik Tok on the clock indeed

When I recently got back to the states from Argentina, I was a little behind on my "club tunes." Now thanks to Z104 and Hot 100.5, I am acutely aware of Ke$ha and her bottle of Jack. Who the hell signs these people?? I can't lie.Tik Tok has an undeniably catchy beat, but her voice makes me want to take pencils and push them deep into my ears until I am officially deaf.
A couple things about this chick:
a)She spells her name with a dollar sign, instantly putting her on my bad side.
b) She is 22 but has the sound maturity of a middle-school era Miley Cyrus with considerably more of a potty mouth.
c) Her voice spasms make me feel good about my own voice. (Maybe that's actually a good point?)
d) This is posted on her web page about her role as a "storyteller:"
"There’s a song about the time Ke$ha threw up in a closet during a party at Paris Hilton’s pad (“Party at a Rich Dude’s House”), and one she says is about the time “some dumb bitch fronted like she was my friend but then secretly tried to bring me down” (“Backstabber”)"-
Sounds like a winner.

Again according to her website, when she was starting out, she paid off a gardener to let her through the gates to Prince's house to slip him her demo CD. Before being removed from his iconically purple, velvet chair, Ke$ha (I'm angry just typing that dollar sign) left the disc gift-wrapped with purple ribbon for Prince to listen to. Apparently she never heard anything back. Hmmm, maybe a sign?? Seriously, I realize the girl isn't too hard on the eyes (except for on her album cover; who decided on glitterfying her lips?), but come on. I also get that a ton of money is being made off this debaucherous new diva, but COME ON!

Now the Tik Tok video. Yes, I watched it. Just looking at her I see a less talented , but equally cracked out looking Amy Winehouse. Not only does she apparently have mutliple phones the boys are all blowing up looking to get up on her junk, but she also appears to influence a group of young children. This worries me exceedingly. The poor children don't even know what's hit them. One minute they're playing with their wagon and the next Ke$ha's singing at them about fighting until the morning light...oy vey...

Ok, I need to leave this alone now because my I.Q. is dropping just thinking about this disaster. One last point of horror: In the video, an American flag pops up and shortly thereafter a sign that says, "Money." If this isn't an example of the American dream. I don't know what the hell is. Power to ya hon. Maybe I'm being too harsh. I mean this is what the music industry is. What makes money is that crap that's influencing my 14 yr old skating students to pop beers and wear push up bras. Sometimes even I, as cynical as I am, like to listen to it because it's fun. But the difference is I know it's ridiculous, whereas a lot of younger girls don't get that. It is what it is, but I continue my boycott on this one. I'll save my guilty pleasures for a little Jay Sean or some Britney Spears.

Guilty:
Sexy Bitch- David Guetta and Akon
Do You Remember- Jay Sean and Sean Paul
Down- Jay Sean
3- Britney Spears (Holy crap this song is dirty)
Replay- Iyaz
Carry Out- Timbaland and Justin Timberlake
Whatcha Say- Jason Derulo