i <3 cheesy pop music
for some reason i've kept my sirius on "sirius hits 1" all day yesterday and today. i think it's b/c i'm waiting to hear "love song" by sara bareilles. it's definitely my cheesy song de jour, and despite the terrible video, i think it's great. it won't allow embedding so you have to click on the link.
also enjoying "4 minutes to save the world" w/ j-timb and madonna, but what the hell does it mean?? it must be for a movie soundtrack, right? otherwise it makes no sense to me. on the other hand, if i never hear "pocket full of sunshine" by natasha bedingfield again, my life will be better for it.
updated: i just got back to my office after a meeting and the song "low" was playing. it's mindless musical joy, but has retardedly hilarious lyrics. i reprint below w/o permission:
Shawty had them Apple Bottom Jeans [Jeans]
Boots with the fur [With the fur]
The whole club was lookin at her
She hit the flo [She hit the flo]
Next thing you know
Shawty got low low low low low low low low
Them baggy sweat pants
And the Reeboks with the straps [With the straps]
She turned around and gave that big booty a smack [Ayy]
She hit the flo [She hit the flo]
Next thing you know
Shawty got low low low low low low low low
anyway...they also play a song by miley cyrus called "see you again." it's super catchy, and extremely well produced, but what caught my attention was the part in the chorus where she says "my best friend leslie says oh she's just being miley" i wonder if in ten years they're going to be in some crazy girl fight as sometimes happens, and she's going to regret ever including that chick's name in her song, as she sings it for the millionth time on tour. hopefully they will remain the bestest of friends and celebrity will not change young miley. speaking of young miley...
wtf?! i'm completely dumbfounded by the brouhaha over her posing for vanity fair. the media treats teenage celebrities like adults by stalking them for papparazzi photos and reporting on them like they're the pope, and somehow it's wrong if she wants to show a little skin. and who decided these photos were so objectionable? some family group council? or the media turning on her? it seems that the media is constantly, and arbitrarily, deciding that something really idiotic deserves attention and turns it into a story, and all of a sudden there are headlines and articles being written about how her dad is so terrible (maybe he is, i don't know enough about him or her) and poor little miley. give me a break. fifteen year olds in this country are drinking, having sex, doing drugs, etc. not all, but a lot of them, so why do we insist on acting like they should all be characters from a disney movie?
speaking of news stories, holy shit! how retarded (i mean, devastated?) must this guy's wife feel.
also enjoying "4 minutes to save the world" w/ j-timb and madonna, but what the hell does it mean?? it must be for a movie soundtrack, right? otherwise it makes no sense to me. on the other hand, if i never hear "pocket full of sunshine" by natasha bedingfield again, my life will be better for it.
updated: i just got back to my office after a meeting and the song "low" was playing. it's mindless musical joy, but has retardedly hilarious lyrics. i reprint below w/o permission:
Shawty had them Apple Bottom Jeans [Jeans]
Boots with the fur [With the fur]
The whole club was lookin at her
She hit the flo [She hit the flo]
Next thing you know
Shawty got low low low low low low low low
Them baggy sweat pants
And the Reeboks with the straps [With the straps]
She turned around and gave that big booty a smack [Ayy]
She hit the flo [She hit the flo]
Next thing you know
Shawty got low low low low low low low low
anyway...they also play a song by miley cyrus called "see you again." it's super catchy, and extremely well produced, but what caught my attention was the part in the chorus where she says "my best friend leslie says oh she's just being miley" i wonder if in ten years they're going to be in some crazy girl fight as sometimes happens, and she's going to regret ever including that chick's name in her song, as she sings it for the millionth time on tour. hopefully they will remain the bestest of friends and celebrity will not change young miley. speaking of young miley...
wtf?! i'm completely dumbfounded by the brouhaha over her posing for vanity fair. the media treats teenage celebrities like adults by stalking them for papparazzi photos and reporting on them like they're the pope, and somehow it's wrong if she wants to show a little skin. and who decided these photos were so objectionable? some family group council? or the media turning on her? it seems that the media is constantly, and arbitrarily, deciding that something really idiotic deserves attention and turns it into a story, and all of a sudden there are headlines and articles being written about how her dad is so terrible (maybe he is, i don't know enough about him or her) and poor little miley. give me a break. fifteen year olds in this country are drinking, having sex, doing drugs, etc. not all, but a lot of them, so why do we insist on acting like they should all be characters from a disney movie?
speaking of news stories, holy shit! how retarded (i mean, devastated?) must this guy's wife feel.
posted by lj at 3:48 PM
7 Comments:
The media plays every story the way that will get the most response. It's not really journalism or reporting anymore, because they're actively shaping perception.
The Miley Cyrus thing could easily have been left alone, or reported as "Miley Cyrus in artistic Annie Liebowitz photos", and nothing would have been said. But playing it this way means they manufacture a day's worth of news. Even if most people shrug and say, "that's it?"
For some reason, people like to say, "Look! She's not a good role model!" The press does it because train wrecks sell. Tearing down people is what our society does best.
The guy in Austria could never be punished to fit the crime. How the mother never knew will be a mystery forever. If she truly never knew, she will from here on never be the same. Unfortunately, the daughter in the basement will never lead a normal life either.
Thanks for the new songs tip. I'll be checking them out. I've got the Replacements and some old Red Hot Chili Peppers taking me through the day today. God save the noise cancelling headphones!
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Probably because she is a character from a disney show, LOL. Seriously, the picture that I saw seemed in good taste and a lot less revealing than most teenage girls myspace profile pics so I don't know what the big deal is either. I was cracking up when you mentioned "love song" cuz I grabbed my wife yesterday and made her listen to it. It's just too catchy...
I don't know what would be worse -- being that guy's wife, or being the wife/girlfriend of the guy who got arrested for having sex with the pictic table.
(austrian story)
just sickening. how could someone do that to his own child or anyone for that matter??? so sad
LJ, you ponder some funny shit! I think you're the only person alive that's spent time thinking about and hoping that Miley Cyrus stays friends with "Leslie." When I read that paragraph my eye roll was actually audible! (Don't ask me how.)
Spot on insight about the media. I think the Vanity Fair Miley Cyrus pictures "story" is a prime example of media malevolence!
Oh, and FYI... I could've gone my whole lifetime w/out viewing such a disgusting news story as your last link! My oh my, I didn't need to know that shit. There's things you see that you can't "unsee!" SICK AND WRONG!
And while I'm complaining about your post... I blame you for my walking around the office today humming "Apple Bottom Jeans, boots/with the fur... ..."
(I'm so gonna be out for you in the Mookie tonight!)
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