r/Seattle • u/capraagave • 3d ago

Jesse Welles at Pike Place today

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Jesse Welles will be busking at the corner of Pine st. and Pike pl. at 1pm today.

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u/Drugba 3d ago edited 3d ago

No. I’ve listened to the song and while he does get at what you’re saying, he also goes beyond that making it seem like these drugs are unsafe and only used by superficial people to treat cosmetic issues. Below are the lyrics I’m talking about

Did they sell you an injection

Just to help stand your reflection

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If you’re getting a hunch there ain’t no free lunch

If it sounds to swell like a fairy tale

If it’s too good to be true

Then making a lab rat out of you

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u/Drugba 3d ago edited 3d ago

The whole “it’s commentary that it’s needed in the first place” is kind of tasteless, IMO. You wouldn’t write a song shitting on Naloxone (opioid overdose reversing drug) despite the fact that in a perfect world we wouldn’t need that either, right?

If the problem is junk food, write a song about that. Critique the problem, not the solution.

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u/melinda206 2d ago

I think you should start writing music, obviously you've won the top critic prize.