Cool Kids - Echosmith

MEH

A group of young siblings who call themselves Echosmith somehow ended up blowing up the charts, all while still being high school age. Oh, they're from Los Angeles? No wonder. Like I've mentioned in previous posts, location is seemingly your second or hell even first priority when becoming a success in music. Its pretty frustrating, so tons of otherwise mediocre at best artists profit from their craft, while someone doing it way better in an small town somewhere else isn't going to near the same heights. As I think to myself occasionally at work while I'm mentally writing this blog, that Le Tigre song really holds true (believe it or not!); MEDIOCRITY RULES.

Anyway, Echosmith I guess aren't' the absolute worst thing I've heard, but it's sorta bland. I appreciate that they probably heard a bunch of Depeche Mode and decided to somewhat revive that New Romantic sound of the 1980s, but in this case, these kids actually seem to care what people think of them. "Cool Kids" is supposed to be some sort of "it's okay to be yourself" type of anthem for adolescents. Maybe its a case by case situation, but besides not wanting to be "like the cool kids" in high school (which was in the mid 1990s when this band was just being born), I don't even think I knew who they were. hahaha. I hung around with a different crowd every year. The "weird" girls, the druggies, the goth kids, the virginal boy band lovers, the hippies. I always considered myself "miscellaneous" because I didn't really belong to a specific group. Hell, I gave a report in one of my classes on 1960s punk (when I was just starting to get into it at about 17 and first started playing live shows in a band).

Upon reading the YouTube comments for Echosmith's music video, I discovered that many misheard the lyrics as "cookies" instead of "cool kids", which is pretty funny. And also, that apparently the girl from "The Grudge" makes a half-second appearance in the video. Are there subliminal messages packed into that 4 minute whine about peer pressure? I'm amazed by singer, Sydney's appearance. Holy jailbait! I always think it's odd when you can see a girls inside back hem of her dress. Then the rest of the band sorta dresses like Ducky from "Pretty In Pink". It's Andie And The Duckys, ladies and gentlemen! Ahhh!!!! Sydney's pronunciations are very strange also. Words such as "background" sound as if she can't close your mouth all the way. I'm not sure why it sounds that way.

I hope today isn't as insanely busy as it has been. Being one of the few stores in town can have its good points and bad. Today is Monday so it's Senior Discount Day. UGH.

"Cool Kids"

She sees them walking in a straight line, that's not really her style.
And they all got the same heartbeat, but hers is falling behind.
Nothing in this world could ever bring them down.
Yeah, they're invincible, and she's just in the background.
And she says,

"I wish that I could be like the cool kids,
'Cause all the cool kids, they seem to fit in.
I wish that I could be like the cool kids, like the cool kids."

He sees them talking with a big smile, but they haven't got a clue.
Yeah, they're living the good life, can't see what he is going through.
They're driving fast cars, but they don't know where they're going.
In the fast lane, living life without knowing.
And he says,

"I wish that I could be like the cool kids,
'Cause all the cool kids, they seem to fit in.
I wish that I could be like the cool kids, like the cool kids.
I wish that I could be like the cool kids,
'Cause all the cool kids, they seem to get it.
I wish that I could be like the cool kids, like the cool kids."

And they said,
"I wish that I could be like the cool kids,
'Cause all the cool kids, they seem to fit in.
I wish that I could be like the cool kids, like the cool kids.
I wish that I could be like the cool kids,
'Cause all the cool kids, they seem to fit in.
I wish that I could be like the cool kids, like the cool kids.
I wish that I could be like the cool kids,
'Cause all the cool kids, they seem to get it.
I wish that I could be like the cool kids, like the cool kids."

Whoa [3x]

Like the cool kids