the world of gayePUT YOUR CLOTHES BACK ON AND JUST SING THE BLOODY SONG
April 16th 2009 00:58
I have seen a few videos, and watched a documentary this week that has confirmed to me that the music industry really needs a big shake. The documentary was narrated by agents and respected music industry people and the disgust they have towards certain areas of entertainment. In thier words "there is a point where standards become so low there is not much further to go before it becomes porn". There are many, many great singer/songwriters and bands out there that deserve the fame and recognition they have worked hard for. But there is also an ever growing list of manufactured people with mediocre talent that are making millions because they get thier tits out, can simulate sex on stage or just sell soft porn in a song or video clip. There have always been gimmicks to sell records but music really has sunk to new lows.
We have Brittany Spears, who is really a very ordinary singer and not that talented, take away the tacky outfits, the dancers, and just get her to sing on a lone stage with a piano and she would not be famous.
Then you have The Pussycat Dolls who look like prostitutes and writhe on stage like they are having imaginary sex, and then tell girls it is all about "girl power", bullshit, it's about money. The sad thing is the lead singer of this girl band doesn't need to do any of these things because she has a really good voice anyway.
Then of course the latest craze would be Lady Ga Ga !! She takes herself very seriously, and says she is a form of art......she would be the bargain basement kind of art I'm thinking. She has a couple of catchy songs, and she never wears pants, big deal. She wears plastic bras and sings with her legs spread a lot, what a musical statement she is.
And then their would be that stand up guy of intellect "50 Cent", who thinks he is an urban poet. When he can write a song like Marvin Gaye's "Whats going on" or "Mercy Mercy Me", then maybe he can claim to having a little bit to say. Have you heard some of his lyrics? Here is just a bit of what our kids listen to and respect
MANY MEN
Many men, wish death upon me
Blood in my eye dawg and I can't see
I'm trying to be what I'm destined to be
And niggaz trying to take my life away
I put a hole in nigga for fucking with me
My back on the wall, now you gon' see
Better watch how you talk, when you talk about me
Cause I'll come and take your life away
Many men, many, many, many, many men
Wish death 'pon me
Lord I don't cry no more
Don't look to the sky no more
Have mercy on me
[Verse One]
Now these pussy niggaz putting money on my head
Go on and get your refund motherfucker, I ain't dead
I'm the diamond in the dirt, that ain't been found
I'm the underground king and I ain't been crowned
When I rhyme, something special happen every time
I'm the greatest, something like Ali in his prime
I walk the block with the bundles
I've been knocked on the humble
Swing the ox when I rumble
Show your ass what my gun do
Got a temper nigga, go'head, lose your head
Turn your back on me, get clapped and lose your legs
I walk around gun on waist, chip on my shoulder
Till I bust a clip in your face, pussy, this beef ain't over
There can be no comparison between these so called "artists" and people like Aretha Franklin, Eva Cassidy, Amy Winehouse (yes I know she is a wreck but she is very talented) Coldplay or songs like Bittersweet Symphony Of Life, they just don't cut it. The difference is that if you put any of these artists on a stage with just a piano they would still shine because they really are talented.
Maybe it's time to let musicians run the industry instead of greedy accountants?
This my friends is talent no matter how old you are
Then you have The Pussycat Dolls who look like prostitutes and writhe on stage like they are having imaginary sex, and then tell girls it is all about "girl power", bullshit, it's about money. The sad thing is the lead singer of this girl band doesn't need to do any of these things because she has a really good voice anyway.
Then of course the latest craze would be Lady Ga Ga !! She takes herself very seriously, and says she is a form of art......she would be the bargain basement kind of art I'm thinking. She has a couple of catchy songs, and she never wears pants, big deal. She wears plastic bras and sings with her legs spread a lot, what a musical statement she is.
And then their would be that stand up guy of intellect "50 Cent", who thinks he is an urban poet. When he can write a song like Marvin Gaye's "Whats going on" or "Mercy Mercy Me", then maybe he can claim to having a little bit to say. Have you heard some of his lyrics? Here is just a bit of what our kids listen to and respect
MANY MEN
Many men, wish death upon me
Blood in my eye dawg and I can't see
I'm trying to be what I'm destined to be
And niggaz trying to take my life away
I put a hole in nigga for fucking with me
My back on the wall, now you gon' see
Better watch how you talk, when you talk about me
Cause I'll come and take your life away
Many men, many, many, many, many men
Wish death 'pon me
Lord I don't cry no more
Don't look to the sky no more
Have mercy on me
[Verse One]
Now these pussy niggaz putting money on my head
Go on and get your refund motherfucker, I ain't dead
I'm the diamond in the dirt, that ain't been found
I'm the underground king and I ain't been crowned
When I rhyme, something special happen every time
I'm the greatest, something like Ali in his prime
I walk the block with the bundles
I've been knocked on the humble
Swing the ox when I rumble
Show your ass what my gun do
Got a temper nigga, go'head, lose your head
Turn your back on me, get clapped and lose your legs
I walk around gun on waist, chip on my shoulder
Till I bust a clip in your face, pussy, this beef ain't over
There can be no comparison between these so called "artists" and people like Aretha Franklin, Eva Cassidy, Amy Winehouse (yes I know she is a wreck but she is very talented) Coldplay or songs like Bittersweet Symphony Of Life, they just don't cut it. The difference is that if you put any of these artists on a stage with just a piano they would still shine because they really are talented.
Maybe it's time to let musicians run the industry instead of greedy accountants?
This my friends is talent no matter how old you are
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Comment by Lady Henrietta Muddling
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More Blogs on Orble like this please.
And I like Carole King.
The funny thing is? That rapper? I actually like the lyrics to that song, and I generally hate rap. But I like the voice that comes across. It's a literature thing. Never thought I'd ever say I liked a rapper other than Ice T. But there you go.
It's sometimes nice to disagree with someone you like. You learn things.
As for the music industry? It's like the film industry. It's full of uncreative bureacrats. It's very frustrating for the creative person.
I decided I'd give creativity a miss for a week or so and just get laid a few times a day. It seems to have calmed me down a bit.
I hope i don't start writing posts about pubic hair and titties. And I stay on track. And just write magnificent literature like I usually do (when I''m not distracted ...
Na, it's not working.
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Comment by Lady Henrietta Muddling
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Glug, glug, glug.
And I don't even have Foxtel.
Comment by Cheryl J
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Whatever happened to the music selling the song, not some teenage girl writhing around wearing barely there underwear? There is nothing more disconcerting than watching a friend's five year old girl trying to mimic the moves in these clips. Little tiny hips gyrating in sexual moves. It makes my blood run cold.
And the lyrics are shockers! Just listen to a small kid singing along with Britney's "If you seek Amy". Just say it out loud.
It looks like we have similar taste in artists
Comment by the world of gaye
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I have a five year old niece who looks like an angel but when she dances she looks like she is trying to pole dance I was horrified. She will not be watching any more saturday morning video shows. It must be really disheartening for young musicians now to see the kind of people being made into stars while they spend years slogging away in small pubs trying to get someone to listen to them.
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i often call the Pussy Cat Dolls the Pussy Cat Strippers, they refer to themselves as "burlesque" put i think they are common pole dancers, i wish Nicole would just put her clothes back on and break out on the own, shes the only one who sings
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