Stick to the Status Quo

Cual panfleto doctrinario, cerrado y hasta dogmático en esencia, la sutilidad y subliminalidad queda para los tontos e intelectuales. Esto es muy grosero. Demasiado grosero, tanto que hasta un nene o una nena pequeña pueden aturdir los oídos de un adulto con las palabras irritantes de esta presunta lírica, que sobresale por ser berreta, cursi y ordinaria. Vulgar por lo obvia y estúpida de inicio a fín, el contenido quizá sea más pragmático y exitoso que su estilo.

Embebida con el hueco glamour de la moda y el mundo fashion, con chicos y chicas "espontaneamente selectos según sus cualidades artísticas" (eso suena muy gracioso, una vez que termine de reírse puede continuar con la lectura de este post), logran conformar una heterogénea homegenidad social que contribuye a constituir una imagen que se erige como fundamental para acompañar lo que se oye. Imagen y sonido se unen en una simbiosis penetrante. Programática copulación infatil multimedia. Los contenidos adultos expresadas por adolescentes y la inocencia púber (cubierta de rebeldía pop) son acompañados por una fuerte imagen. Modernos, sensuales, cool, lindos, inteligentes... en fín, construcción apoyada desde el descubrimiento del genoma humano: así se alza el modelo a seguir. Tan simple? Así parece. Solo hay que seguir una simple regla: Stick to the status quo. (!)

He aquí la obra maestra de High School Musical, "Stick to the Status Quo"

[Zeke:]You can bet
There's nothin' but net
When I am in a zone and on a roll
But I've got a confession
My own secret obsession
And it's making me lose control

[Jocks:]Everybody gather 'round
[Zeke (spoken):]Well if Troy can tell his secret than I can tell mine...I bake.
[Jock (spoken):]What?
Zeke (spoken):]I love to bake! Strudels, scones, even apple pandowdy!
[Jocks:]Not another sound
[Zeke (spoken):]Someday I hope to make the perfect creme brulee!

[Jocks:] (CHORUS)No, no, no, nooooooooooo
No, no, no Stick to the stuff you know
If you wanna be cool
Follow one simple rule
Don't mess with the flow, no no
Stick to the status quo


[Martha Cox:]Look at me And what do you see
Intelligence beyond compare
But inside I am stirring
Something strange is occuring
It's a secret I need to share


[Brainiacs:]Open up, dig way down deep
[Martha Cox (spoken):]Hip hop is my passion! I love to pop and lock and jam and break![Braniac (spoken):]Is that even legal?
[Brainiacs:]Not another peep
[Martha (spoken):]It's just dancing. Sometimes I think it's cooler than homework.


[Brainiacs:]CHORUS

[Skaterdude:]Listen well I'm ready to tell
About a need that I cannot deny
Dude, there's no explanation
For this awesome sensation
But I'm ready to let it fly


[Dudes & Dudettes:]Speak your mind and you'll be heard
[Skaterdude (spoken):]Alright, if Troy wants to be a singer... then I'm coming clean!
I play the cello!
[Dude 1 (spoken):]Awesome!
[Dude 2 (spoken):]What is it?
[Dude 1 (spoken):]A saw!
[Skaterdude (spoken):]No, dude, it's like a giant violin!
[Dudes & Dudettes:]Not another word
[Dude 2 (spoken):]Do you have to wear a costume?
[Skaterdude (spoken):]Coat and tie

[Dudes & Dudettes:] CHORUS x2

[Sharpay:]This is not what I want
This is not what I planned
And I just gotta sayI do not understand
Something is really...
[Ryan:]Something's not right
[Sharpay:]...really wrong
[Sharpay & Ryan:]And we gotta get things Back where they belong We can do it
[Skaterdude:]Gotta play
[Dudes & Dudettes:]Stick with what you know
[Sharpay & Ryan:]We can do it
[Martha Cox:]Hip hop hooray!?
[Brainiacs:]She has got to go
[Sharpay & Ryan:]We can do it
[Zeke:]Creme Brulee?
[Jocks:]Keep your voice down low

Jocks, Brainiacs & Dudes/Dudettes:]Not another peep No, not another word
No, not another sound No
[Sharpay:]Everybody quiet!
[Gabriella (spoken):]Why is everybody staring at you?
[Monique (spoken):]Not me, you.
[Gabriella (spoken):]Because of the callbacks? I can't have people staring at me! I really can't!


[Jocks, Brainiacs...:]Noooooooooooooo, no, no, no Stick to the stuff you know
If you want to be cool Follow one simple rule
Don't mess with the flow, oh noStick to the status quooooooooooooo
No, no, noStick to the stuff you know It is better by far To keep things as they are
Don't mess with the flow, no no Stick to the status Stick to the status
Stick to the status quo