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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Everyone your mentioned

[cuedus.livejournal.com]

I hate Stevie Nicks. I think she sounds like a goat. And it's sad that she writes nice songs that she sounds like shit singing. I was glad when Tori Amos covered "Landslide" because finally I could listen to it without the urge to stab myself in the ears.

Dave Mayers is cute, but after the high school song, I have no use for him.

I like Pink.

Little Bow-Wow is fucking cute.

I adore the Dixie Chicks. Mainly because it's feel-good music that is well crafted. The harmonies are always tight and interesting and they pen some funny isht. They are just cute -- which is their thing.


Christina A... scares me, but I am looking forward to seeing her new video (finally) and reading it. But I do not want to see her bones and crotch anymore. I feel she keeps reminding me of why I chose to be a faggot in the first place.

I miss TLC... and I wonder the same thing... actual album, thrown together album... but it won't really matter if it is good, really... which is also what I wanna know. (Think about it, the cut and paste method has been done and has been done well... especially by Kathy Acker... rap music has been doing it forever (although in that lingo it is usually called "sampling" -- but take Puffy's "re-reading" of "Every Breath" and how he just changed a few words and kept the chorus, that is pretty much cut-and-paste (well, an argument can be made, of course... this is getting too pomo for my just awakened state...)

Re: Everyone your mentioned

[limenal.livejournal.com]

Little Bow-Wow IS cute, but that Dave Meyers video where he lives in the house in the neighborhood with all the scantily clad girls really freaks me out. I mean, they are way too old for him and their affection doesn't seem to be sisterly. Sexualization of children = ewww, I feel.

Re: Everyone your mentioned

[cuedus.livejournal.com]

I make allowances for Little Bow-Wow. *lol*

and that should be "you*

I'm still waking up.

How is working on your moot case coming with that Johnny Cash song in your head (It is J.C., right?)