So. I’ve already written up a
little biography for the Black Eyed Peas, it should be the post under this one.
After I reviewed Where is the Love, I remembered this song and how good it was.
Gone Going was released in 2005 on their album Monkey Business. As I recall,
Monkey Business was their fourth album and the one that confirmed their new
fame from Elephunk (their third album). Monkey Business sold well over ten
million copies worldwide, so I’m sure they made plenty of money off it.
Personally I’m not the biggest Black Eyed Peas fan, because I’m not much into
hip hop or pop music. However, I do like Fergie because she’s a fantastic singer
and their lyrics have a fair amount of punch to them.
One of
the main reasons I don’t like the Black Eyed Peas is because they did a cover
of the tune from Pulp Fiction (the greatest movie ever), Misirlou, and so many
stupid people think that they originally wrote it. Few things make me angrier
than people not giving credit where credit is due. The Peas sampled it, and I
hated their version.
Moving
on….
The
song Gone Going depicts a man who is making money wrongfully, and is enjoying
his rich life- not caring about what is truly important. “He's a rich man so he's
no longer singing the blues. He's singing songs about material things. And
platinum rings and watches that go bling- But, diamonds don't bling in the dark”
this is a man who was changed by his new found fame, not only in his morality
but in his music. He begins to sing of material possessions instead of his true
feelings. I think this song is about a lot of rappers. They start rapping of
the “thug life” that “chose them”, and end up singing about money and things
that don’t truly matter. In the end this loses them fans and record sales. But
I don’t like rap, so I don’t really care.
“You
say that time is money and money is time; So you got mind in your money and
your money on your mind. But what about... that crime that you did to get paid?
And what about... that bid, you can't take it to your brain. What about those
shoes you'll wear today, They'll do no good on the bridges you burnt along the
way” I am assuming the crime he supposedly committed is plagiarism- stealing
the work of others and using it in his music. I especially enjoy the last line,
commenting on his shoes that won’t be any good with all the relationships he’s
ruined by stealing other’s work. His shoes don’t love him or care about him,
and neither do the people that he stole from so he could make the money to buy
the shoes.
SHOES
ARE THE PROBLEM.
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