And here I was thinking everyone from DMB died of old ages YEARS ago. A the tattoo on my friend from high school who loved DMB says, "Never Stop Learning."
TL;DR, Women and minorities don't need "advancement" form the Academy they need some freakin' recognition for all the advancing they've already done on their own.
You know, I've always thought complaining about gender/ethnic representation at award shows was something of a red herring. When someone is under represented it is a symptom of the problem not the problem itself. It usually only leads to a token representation of whatever group is the squeaky wheel. But it especially seems pointless when it comes to the Grammys. At least with the Academy Awards (the technical trophies in particular) nominations/winning can help you get work and get paid more. I can scarcely think of an award show less respected within its own industry than the Grammys. It's ridiculous that Lourde wasn't allowed to play one of her own songs and that sort of thing needs to be put to a stop yesterday, but a task force? For what exactly? To make sure Beyonce sells as many albums as Kendrick? Anyone who takes the Grammy's seriously deserves the frustration and this "task force" does little other than to further demonstrate how out of touch the Recording Academy is.
I hear you, and I don't like associating the artist too closely with their creative content either. But there's really no deeper meaning to what those lyrics are saying other than "Gay people, fuck off". With Rick Ross there's a bravado where the message is "I'm a bad ass, don't mess with me." with references to drugs it's "I party hard, I'm a wild man." (not to mention other possible commentary in specific tracks). With this it's really only skin deep. It's lazy.
Nick only got himself to blame, all he had to do was say "Why don't those judges come out here and tell me that? I'll show them the difference between a gangster and a gangsta." He would've gotten those points right back. They testing you, fam.
As a fictional writer known myself, I don't like the idea of shooting a story based on premise alone. That said, the chances of this being a good idea are very small.
The song is alright, but Ariana Grande's persona feels about as real as those hair extensions. She could leak a sex-tape I still wouldn't believe this whole "sex kitten" act.
- "Dad, what happened next?"
- "Some Russian hackers told us that Hillary's party didn't want Arianna Grande singing for them because she licked a donut and we all called Hillary corrupt because of it."
- "Wow"
- "Yup. Okay, son, time to go back to the Trump mines."
The show did a great job of capturing early 70s NYC. My dad (who is from NYC and went to college there) watched the whole season for that reason alone. The crime stuff and the Olivia Wilde artist storylines (and the whole episode where the dead guy wants a fucking hot dog) didn't work at all.
"And then, Taylor Swift finished playing the song and we all had an orgy in celebration of the dark lord Satan." - That's the end of the story. I know, I was there.
I don't agree with nearly anything she's said. I think her views are highly naive and ignorant. But, I'm not so self righteous to crucify her for it. Whatever, happened to trying to lead people into the light instead of just shaming them out of the conversation? Oh, that's right, the internet fucking happened.
Dear Police Officers,
We truly appreciate the hard work and sacrifices you make while working to keep society safe. Please, stop being butt hurt little bitches.
Sincerely Yours,
Humanity.
M.I.A. is right in step here with the mentality of the Social Media generation. You are not allowed to care about any problem, any issue, any group of people if you can find a group of people worse off.
FJM sounds like the bitter kid in the corner angry that Ryan Adams is more popular than him. Adams clearly did the Swift cover album from a place of respect and Swift embraced it. He tries coming in and dumping on it for some vague reason that its disrespecting art or something. I guess he thinks because he can't cover someone else without it being ironic, no one else can.
No she hasn't. It would be almost impossible to prove anything since she doesn't seem to have any evidence outside of her word. And, I believe the statute of limitations would have passed since she seems to be claiming the rapes happened 10 years ago.
Okay, I'll cut you some slack because music is at its core about preference, but if those are your favorite Guns songs big arenas are EXACTLY the venues you like them best in. Civil War (while not a bad song) is example #1 of GnR at their greatest stage of Hubris. It's so over the top. Same goes for Locomotive (a so-so song in my book). One in a Million is just a shit song that they probably haven't played live in 25 years. Appetite songs are not only most of their best but they're the best example of the down and dirty nature the original line up represented.
Used to Love Her is a legit classic in my book. Great music, clever lyrics. It gets by with its subject matter because the narrator is noted to be insane and its clearly not serious. If you think Used to Lover Her is offensive, it gets pretty hard to defend any song with violent imagery (Hey Joe, Date Rape, Maxwell's Hammer). One in a Million is a crap song and little more lyrically than an opportunity for Axl to sing some bigoted garbage.
Well, that implies that they new about the alleged abuse, which there isn't any evidence of. They already told Kesha she didn't have to work with him anymore, she rejected that offer because she wanted to be released from her contract. If these reports are even true, Dr. Luke has just become too toxic for them to have associated with them at all.
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