They started out in my home town. Hit the airwaves with a couple of catchy, bubbly songs (sorry, thick eye-liner and tattoos does not a rock-band make)
Then come the music videos. Ok...bit of standing back-to-back, screeching out the fairly boring, trite lyrics. Nothing too dangerous. Which is good, considering how many young people listen to their music and follow their trends rather closely.
Then comes the song 'Take Me On The Floor'
Hmm. I wonder if all their tweeny fans get the implication there? Probably. If not, the video for the song should clear up any confusion.
It depicts the two girls (sisters) standing side by side, back to back (sisters), always next to each other, singing. Oh and rubbing up and down each other. Whilst singing lyrics such as; "I wanna kiss a girl, I wanna kiss a girl, I wanna kiss a boy, I wanna ..."and "Take me on the floor (dadada da dadadada) I can't take it any more (dadada da dadadada) I want you, I want you, I want you to show me love" I repeat, these girls are SISTERS.
Oh dear.
It was pretty obvious early on that the Veronicas were hinting at playing up that old chestnut of a taboo; lesbianism. The Russian duo Tatu did it and walked away with a healthy amount of dosh. The Veronicas have clearly hinted at in multiple advertising campaigns, music videos, etc....
Now, they've embarked on a new journey. A journey into one of the deepest, darkest taboos our society has. A journey that will ultimately lead to billions of dollars for everyone involved.
Incest.
Tell me; would you, The Reader (assuming you have a sibling) sing a song about ravenous, raunchy, take-me-now-I'm-really-horny sex, whilst bumping'n'grinding on said sibling? Even apart from the song video itself, how about posing bum-to-bum, or boob-to-boob (as The Veronicas often do) would you feel just the teensiest bit nauseous? A bit of dry-retching perhaps?
Maybe, but I'm sure millions of dollars would help you get over that feeling pretty quickly.
