“Customer” by Raheem DeVaughn may be the greatest song ever written as it is the first to fully grasp, and to deploy for the purposes of seduction, the immense romance of being catered to … like a customer (at an idealized, perfected, phantasmagorical Burger King, one is lead to imagine). The luxury of the commercial relationship lies in the simplicity of its mode of reciprocity. “You can have it your way; you’re the customer,” DeVaughn croons. Which is to say, commercial exchange allows for customization and undivided satiation, as it requires but a simple payment and not constant emotional negotiation and renegotiation to arrive at an only partially satisfying compromise. To be treated like a “customer” is to be treated precisely the way you want, not the way someone else wants to treat you. Though the “payment” implied in the song is nothing more or less than acquiescence to DeVaughns’ attentive, indulgent , and no doubt skillful ministrations, “Customer” works astonishingly well as an anthem for the legalization of sexual services.
Will Wilkinson
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Nice post, but that most certainly was not the best song ever.
Nice post, but that most certainly was not the best song ever.
You should know that just because a guy is “paying for it” does NOT mean he gets everything he asks for. While most sex workers understand the value of customer service, they have to balance that with their own boundaries.
The goal is to make their clients feel good and leave happy — even if they didn’t get to indulge their every desire.
Yes, it’s about being treated well. No, that doesn’t include getting everything your own way.
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You should know that just because a guy is “paying for it” does NOT mean he gets everything he asks for. While most sex workers understand the value of customer service, they have to balance that with their own boundaries.
The goal is to make their clients feel good and leave happy — even if they didn’t get to indulge their every desire.
Yes, it’s about being treated well. No, that doesn’t include getting everything your own way.
XX
What a great concept. Men and women supplying what each other needs and wants. It is a fantasy world that is not based in reality. It might work for a short while but then life starts getting in the way…..
What a great concept. Men and women supplying what each other needs and wants. It is a fantasy world that is not based in reality. It might work for a short while but then life starts getting in the way…..
I like this song and he is cute and he can sing to and i play this song everyday that is all
I like this song and he is cute and he can sing to and i play this song everyday that is all
I think making sexual services synonymous with the transaction between a self-righteous BK customer and an obedient drone at the cash register who MUST do it the customer’s way is an awful rhetorical mistake.
“To be treated like a ‘customer’ is to be treated precisely the way you want, not the way someone else wants to treat you.”
See Amanda’s comment again.
I think making sexual services synonymous with the transaction between a self-righteous BK customer and an obedient drone at the cash register who MUST do it the customer’s way is an awful rhetorical mistake.
“To be treated like a ‘customer’ is to be treated precisely the way you want, not the way someone else wants to treat you.”
See Amanda’s comment again.
the dreams album is goood. i been bumpin it nonstop for a week. raheem devaughn is love.
the dreams album is goood. i been bumpin it nonstop for a week. raheem devaughn is love.