Don't be mad cause your career's in the ninth inning.

[raybear]

I almost forgot to mention this, but fish unintentionally reminded me. First off, let me say, I don't hate the Dixie Chicks. I mean, I don't really love or like them either, but all of these non-emotions are mostly due to the fact that I'm completely unfamiliar with their work, couldn't really name them upon hearing them on the radio, and frankly, don't really have a compulsion to get to know them. But I don't hate them.

This morning while eating breakfast I was humming Fleetwood Mac, but I didn't even pay attention to what song it was. Then I turn on the tv and flip past VH1 and hear Landslide and realize, wow, that's strange. That's the song I was thinking of this morning. Then I watch a monstrosity of a Dixie Chicks video. It was horribly hellish. I was completely embarassed for them.

I've never really loved Dave Meyers, and I'm quite sure he did this to them. The video has the colors and visuals of Lil Bow Wow's most recent and Pink's Don't Let Me Get Me, which didn't really work for the ballad. The outifts were horrid. There was no point except to pout and look overly melodramatic at the camera while lip syncing while they walked around in three different settings. And one of them had Christina Aguilera's hair from Lady Marmalade, and stood in front of some cheesy special effect of a waterfall flowing up. The video ended with them standing in the middle of the ocean a la TLC in Waterfalls, with another one of them fondling her pregnant belly.

Everything about the video just upset me. And I don't really get that upset about things like this. I have no idea why it triggered such an extremely unpleasant reaction.

Please, do yourself a favor and turn away. Don't follow my example.

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[raybear.livejournal.com]

'Goodbye Earl' bothered me because it seemed to trivialize a real social problem (domestic violence and battered wife syndrome) and didn't seem terribly educational or empowering to me. But that's not so much the song's fault as it is the people around it who hyped it as some sort of anthem. And I can't really hate on songs that talk about violence as fantasy since, you know, hip hop is full of that. I think there's room for it, just like there's room for violent video games. If someone's going to fuck someone up, they can find inspiration from anything, whether it's Eminem, Quake, or a piece of litter on the ground.

I think Natalie MacMaster was the one with Lady Marmalade hair! She was less cute then. But in general I like her.

On an unrelated note, have you been watching much Real World this season? I've only caught snippets. Is it worth holding out for a marathon?