Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ve heard about or seen the video footage of Kanye West gatecrashing the stage during this years MTV video awards whilst Taylor Swift was making her acceptance speech.
Taylor is no idol of mine, and I think the MTV video awards are a waste of time, but come on – let the girl have her moment in the spotlight. Have we lost all respect and decorum as a society? Seems that way, just take a look at the lyrics that Kanye uses in his songs. Now having done that, and felt dirty for hours afterwards by doing so, I really don’t think it’s that out of character for him.
This leads me on to another point – why does pop music have to be so freakin’ lifeless? I mean, everything that’s out there is just crap icing on top of crap cake. I just can’t stand to listen to it anymore. It probably says something about our culture that we are mostly aware of how shallow it all is, but we just accept it anyway. All most people want is pithy, nonsensical platitudes in our music and quick pop psychology fixes until the end of their days.
Yet that’s another tangent altogether, so let’s get back to Kanye the moronic egomaniac. Should we expect better? Probably not~ In a world where idiocy is rewarded with airplay and publicity, more of the same can be expected. Everybody wants their five minutes of fame even if it’s at the expense of someone, anyone (or everyone) else. I have no idea why we should take any notice of what these people say or do. There have mostly done nothing that warrants us valuing their opinion.
Of course, the same is true here – who cares what I say or do? Who I am to be giving my opinion?? I love to rant and rave about anything that crosses the circuits in my little brain – even if I’m not particularly qualified to comment on the issue.
Maybe I should start writing pop music…
Mindy Lansdale