Kanye West Incident Is Typical Of Our Society
Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ve seen or heard about the video footage of Kanye West gatecrashing the stage during the 2009 MTV video awards whilst Taylor Swift was making her acceptance speech.
Now I’m no fan of Taylor (or the MTV video awards for that matter), but really – it was her big moment. As a society, has all respect and decorum been forgotten about? Apparently so, after looking through the lyrics of a few Kanye West songs. Now having done that, and felt dirty for hours afterwards by doing so, I’m not sure why I would expect anything less from him.
Which brings me 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’s an unfortunate reflection on us when we are mostly aware of how shallow it all is, but we just accept it anyway. All the majority want is soulless, background music and quick pop psychology fixes for the rest of their lives.
But I digress, so let’s get back to Kanye the moronic egomaniac. Should we be surprised? No. As long as we reward idiocy with airplay, youtube clips and massive publicity, we’ll continue to get more of the same. Fame is sought after at all costs even should it be someone elses five minutes of fame that you’re taking. Why should we even care what these people say, sing or think about? Do they have any qualifications that would make me want to value their opinion?
I know what you’re thinking – who cares what I say or do? Who I am to be giving my opinion?? Well, any ideas that present themselves in my little brain tend to find themselves emerging as a rant or rave – even if I’m not particularly qualified to comment on the issue.
Maybe I should start writing pop music…
Mindy Lansdale
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