Comments on: Old is as old reacts

By: conundrum

conundrum — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 20:39:35 +0000

This frustrates me to no end. It reminds me of the Janet Jackson “wardrobe malfunction” where it is some stupid nobody trying to get a lot of attention by doing something that pushes good taste without any substance. I did not like “Passion of the Christ”, but the reason I do not despise it is that despite the fact that it was just an exploitation flick, at least Gibson was using it for something more than the shock value. That can be said about a lot of great art, including “Huckleberry Fin”, “Citizen Kane”, and “The Last Temptation of Christ.” Sure, people got up in arms about all of these things pushing social norms, but guess what? They had deeper meaning as art, satire, and religious statements.

This is trash. It is devoid of substance, will get her a bit of quick attention, and then be forgotten as the useless pile of refuse that it is.

And if anyone suffers, do you know who it will be? If you guessed her or her fan(s), guess again. When these pop idiots do this absolute bullshit, it makes it harder for:
A) Legitimate art that is pushing boundaries which gets connected to this insipid grasp for attention
and
B) Material that is not necessarily of more artistic worth, but which is up front about it and clearly states that it is meant for adults
As a fan of rock and horror, I know all too well who really suffers when the censors start cracking down, and this ignorant trainwreck of a person is not one of them.

Sorry, it just really fries me when somebody is shocking just to get noticed and makes it harder on people who are either honest about their work or making something that is genuinely art.

By: Delkur

Delkur — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 16:41:57 +0000

Michigan's official motto is "If you seek a pleasant peninsula, look about you."

By: Kernunos

Kernunos — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 15:47:00 +0000

I have to say I love this. When Steven Tyler said of performing with Britney at the Super Bowl Half Time show a few years back that he was glad music was pissing people off again, I didn’t really get it then because I just didn’t like Britney the same way I don’t like Madonna. However that the reigning Queen of Bubblegum Pop has managed to completely put one over on censorship I love. If Suicidal Tendencies, Rage Against the Machine, or even Disturbed tried something like this it would never see airplay. But because it is Britney it slides by the censors and the focus groups and makes it on the air. I LOVE IT. For the Anarchist that still lives in my heart and rears his head now and again, even as a father, this makes my day. I just will be having a conversation with my daughter about adult language vs. children’s language if it comes up.

By: Delmonico

Delmonico — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 10:59:31 +0000

Hehehe Brittney quoting James Joyce (from Ulysses):

If you see kay
Tell him he may
See you in tea
Tell him from me.

He even sneaks one into the third line.
(Gotta credit Slate for pointing this out).

By: Shadzz

Shadzz — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 06:59:28 +0000

“If U Seek Amy.” As many have pointed out, the song’s title, when spoken aloud, sounds a lot like “F**K me.”
That is what I found on the web, so I listened to the song again, but maybe I just have a pure mind :P because it still don’t sound like that to me.
The video certainly suggests it but meh, I still think she is a good singer :)

By: Scytale

Scytale — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 22:53:05 +0000

Every generation thinks the next is full of amoral degenerates who will bring about the fall of civilization. Your parents thought the same of your generation. My goal is to fight that urge in myself as long as possible!

By: Democritus

Democritus — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 22:24:00 +0000

Took me a while to get it.

I guess that singer’s career is sort of built on edginess. It’s too bad; music should be purer than that.

By: Larc

Larc — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 19:51:06 +0000

Xylch, does that mean you condone expressions that lead directly to harm? Hateful speech encouraging violence against (insert race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, etc. here), inciting a riot, yelling fire in a crowded movie house, all are banned by the US government, and rightfully so. This song will never cause physical harm to anyone and shouldn’t be censored, but saying that you don’t believe in censorship of any kind is pretty shortsighted.

By: Xylch

Xylch — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 18:18:51 +0000

I love this song, because I completely believe in freedom of expression. I don’t believe in censorship of any kind. This song helps that a bit because it found a way around what the general population of the US believes is taboo.

By: Boojah

Boojah — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 17:57:00 +0000

I love that you wrote this B3. I wasn’t offended, and I feel like that sometimes too. Kinda old and fuddy duddy.

I just liked commenting on it. Afro King had a hilarious song that I was shocked when I first heard it. “I was gonna clean my room, until I got high”. Then I realized that “Coicane” by Clapton is one of my favorite songs. That was a lolwut? for me. I think the Bloodhound Gang are hilarious, and how they get their stuff on the air amazes me. “You and me baby ain’t nuthin but mamals so let’s do it like they do on the discovery chanel” or “Put the you know what, in the you know where.. pronto”. Seriously, I have kids, and when them and all their friends are sining that, I don’t know whether to laugh or be shocked. It’s wierd.

BTW – On Britney, and people are upset because she started off so wholesome… um.. when she was singing “hit me baby one more time” what did people think she meant?