Whatev's

Most of the day I had the Doris Day classic, and I use that term loosely, Que Sera Sera, playing in my head.  The longer and more torturous it lasted, the more and more I realized the song is really negative.

The first part has Doris singing about her childhood, asking her mother what she's going to be as an adult, "Will I be pretty?  Will I be rich?"  Her mother seems to "phone-it-in", by responding "Whatever will be, will be".  Her mom isn't supportive or anything.  "Oh honey, you're beautiful and smart and you can do anything you put your mind and heart to..."  But, f*ck no, her mother simply tells her to "wait and see".

Next, she talks about falling in love and asking her beau, what the future holds.  "Will we have rainbows, day after day?"  Here's what her man tells her.  "Que sera sera.  Whatever will be, will be."  Basically, he saying to wait and see, which is a subtle way of saying he might have to cheat on her if she gains weight or get overly annoying.

Lastly, the song has her, in a motherly role, repeating the shitty child-rearing that her mother incurred on her. Her boys look to her and ask, "Will we be handsome?  Will we be rich?"  She replies that they'll have to wait and see.  "Whatever will be, will be," as apparently the future isn't our's to see.  I guess goal-setting or education didn't play a huge role in the Day household.

Throughout history, all sorts of songs have been deemed "classic", although I can't understand how something as f*cking stupid and annoying as "Que Sera Sera" is a f*cking classic.  A real head-scratcher than one.  Released in 1956, there was SO much better music than that one.  Elvis had three number one hits, for crying out loud...