I would say the song that will forever remind me of our trip to Hawaii was Rude by Magic. It was played nonstop. It’s about a boy who wants to marry a girl, he asks her father for permission, but the father says no. Then the boy breaks into the main chorus by singing, “why you gotta be so rude, don’t you know I’m human too? Why you gotta be so rude? I’m gonna marry her anyway.”
I’m sure the song is supposed to be romantic in the eyes of a girl who desperately loves her bad boy girlfriend and the forbidden love they have together. He’ll do anything to make her his, even betray her father who has raised her since birth! ROMANTIC!:
But somewhere along the line I became an obnoxious parent who rewinds the song and goes, “Well why is the dad saying no? Maybe this guy is a real jerk! Is he really calling the dad “rude” for refusing to give up his daughter?”
Leave it to a brilliant YouTuber to come up with a response from the father’s perspective:
I feel like if the girl had a response it would fall under the age old Papa Don’t Preach:
Naturally I downloaded Rude the moment it was available on iTunes because it’s still catchy as all get out. I like to think Stephanie would have downloaded it too.
There is actually a version of this song from the “girl’s perspective” and I love it!
“Can I start a future with the love of my life, say yes say yes cause I need to know. You know I’ll always need your blessings ’til the day I die, so please tell me why the answer is no…”
I guess what they say is true, there really ARE three sides to every story.: