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After hearing the lyrics to J-Lo's "On the Floor," I am convinced she must be an English Lit major.
I saw the video premier on American Idol. As I watched, I was struck by contrast between the stunning imagery and hollow lyrics. Each time the song almost got really good, she would go back to repeating the title and the quality would fall "on the floor." She is an American Idol judge telling contestants that they need to stretch themselves musically, but her latest video is vacuous bubble-gum dance-drivel.
I found the lyrics online and copied them so you could see just how profound they are:
[Pitbull]
J-LO!
[Jennifer Lopez]
It's a new generation
of party people
[Pitbull]
Get on the floor (dale)
Get on the floor (dale)
RedOne
[Jennifer Lopez]
Let me introduce you to my party people
In the club... huh
[Pitbull]
I'm loose
And everybody knows I get off the chain
Baby it's the truth
I'm like Inception
I play with your brain
So don't sleep or snooze
I don't play no games so don't-don't-don't get it confused no
Cause you will lose yeah
Now pu-pu-pu-pu-pump it up
And back it up like a Tonka truck
Dale!
[Jennifer Lopez]
If you go hard you gotta get on the floor
If you're a party freak then step on the floor
If your an animal then tear up the floor
Break a sweat on the floor
Yeah we work on the floor
Don't stop keep it moving
Put your drinks up
Pick your body up and drop it on the floor
Let the rhythm change your world on the floor
You know we're running sh*t tonight on the floor
Brazil, Morocco,
London to Ibiza,
Straight to LA, New York,
Vegas to Africa
[Chorus]
Dance the night away
Live your life and stay young on the floor
Dance the night away
Grab somebody, drink a little more
Lalalalalalalalalalalalalala
Tonight we gon' be it on the floor
Lalalalalalalalalalalalalala
[ From: http://www.metrolyrics.com/on-the-floor-lyrics-jennifer-lopez.html ]
Tonight we gon' be it on the floor
[Verse 2]
I know you got it
Clap your hands on the floor
And keep on rockin'
Rock it up on the floor
If you're a criminal, kill it on the floor
Steal it quick on the floor, on the floor
Don't stop keep it moving
Put your drinks up
Its getting ill
It's getting sick on the floor
We never quit, we never rest on the floor
If I ain't wrong we'll probably die on the floor
Brazil, Morocco,
London to Ibiza,
Straight to LA, New York,
Vegas to Africa
[Chorus]
Dance the night away,
Live your life and stay young on the floor
Dance the night way,
Grab somebody drink a little more
Lalalalalalalalalalalalalala
Tonight we gon' be it on the floor
Lalalalalalalalalalalalalala
Tonight we gon' be it on the floor
[Pibull]
That badonka donk is like a trunk full of bass on an old school Chevy
Seven tray donkey donk
All I need is some vodka and some coke
And watch and she gon' get donkey konged
Baby if you're ready for things to get heavy
I get on the floor and act a fool if you let me
Dale
Don't believe me just bet me
My name ain't Keath but I see why you Sweat me
L.A. Miami New York
Say no more get on the floor
Lalalalalalalalalalalalalala
Tonight we gon' be it on the floor
Lalalalalalalalalalalalalala
Tonight we gon' be it on the floor
Lalalalalalalalalalalalalala
Tonight we gon' be it on the floor
On the other hand, maybe I am looking at this all wrong. The people on the dance floor probably aren't looking for deep lyrics--they may not care if there are any lyrics at all. They probably just want mindless bass-thumping so they can time their butt-bumping. No wonder this song is a hit.
