Why can't Kanye West let Taylor Swift be great?
I love Kanye West. I like his music a lot and I love his antics and his blog. I generally approve of everything he says and I always want to read more. He has written the second most epic celebrity blog post I’ve ever read. (The first belongs to Diablo Cody “I’m sorry that while you were shooting your failed opus at Tisch, I was jamming toxic silicon toys up my ass for money.”) In his usual all-caps style he wrote (I’ll condense it a little):
I HAD THE TWO GREATEST DAYS OF MY LIFE AND WHEN I GET BACK FROM THE LOUIE [Vuitton] SHOW I READ SOME SHIT CLAIMING I SAID I’M DOWN TO DO PORN AND SOME BISEXUAL PORN!!!! .... I FOUND OUT I HAD TWELVE UNAUTHORIZED SKYPE ACCOUNTS UNDER MY NAME!!! ... PLEASE I BEG YOU, GIVE ME A BREAK!!!!! PLEEEEEEEEEEEEEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! LET ME BE GREAT!!! ...LOOK HOW FRESH MY SUIT IS...NUFF SAID!
Here’s the link to that entry
And in Kanye’s defense his suit wasn’t bad.
Everything Kanye does gets a thumbs up from me. Even when he said he was the next Michael Jackson. Why not? But tonight I gotta say “Not cool Kanye. Not cool.”
Tonight was the advent of the annual MTV VMA’s (Music Television’s Music Video Awards for you acronymphobes) and during the course of the event, country singer Taylor Swift was presented with some pointless award for something. During the acceptance speech a Mr. Kanye West found his way on to the stage taking over the mic from Taylor Swift and proceeded in to a mini-rant about how he disagreed with the results of this award. After he was taken off the stage, Taylor Swift, who is about 18 years old, stood there for about 30 seconds completely dumbfounded and looking like she was about to cry. Reports later came out that she broke down in to sobbing hysterics back stage.
Later on in the night while Beyonce was accepting her award she invited Swift up on stage to complete her speech. Swift was met with a standing ovation. Kanye West was booed at every opporotunity through out the rest of the night. Katy Perry aparently tweeted: FUCK U KANYE. IT’S LIKE U STEPPED ON A KITTEN.
Now the VMA’s are far from an important ceremony. The awards are meaningless and usually the entire event is a ridiculous blakc hole of culture and entertainment. This is why I support it when the attendees dress outrageously, rush the stage, climb on the props and generally misbehave. It’s entertaining. It’s also very important that no one takes the evening too seriously. Most everyone who shows up with any sense should very well be as inebriated as possible.
That being said, it is my opinion that what Kanye West did was mean and pointless and I disapprove. It was a completely unnecissary act of bullying during a night when tastelessness and rudeness should be championed. In other words, it’s hard to fuck up acting like a dick at an event where you’re supposed to act like a dick. But somehow Kanye pulled it off.
I remember one year during the VMAs one of the Beastie Boys interupted an acceptance speech, in costume and accent, singing the praises of then music video director Spike Jonze. That was funny and entertaining. The reason that went well was because he interupted what I believe to be some worthless unmemorable act (I can’t remember who it was. REM maybe?) that could handle it and geniunely didn’t deserve the award. When the guy from Rage Against the Machine, saturated with enough alcohol to propel a small rocket, ascended the stage backdrop one year he was interrupting a Limp Bizkit speech. Do you see where you went wrong Kanye?
I’m not a fan of Taylor Swift in the least. I don’t like her music and I think the world would be better off if she were serving poppers at TGI Friday’s rather than taking up space in the music industry. But she is very pretty and she sings okay and she is generally harmless. She is not your enemy Kanye. You should channel your hatred toward more worthy opponents. You should set fire to those kids from 3OH3 or maybe assault a Blacked Eyed Pea or two. And I don’t think anyone would object if you violently gunned down Flo Rida. Those are much more appropriate targets of your venom.
And Taylor Swift, if you’re reading this I admire your poise and graciouness throughout the incident. I would like to present you with a statue I have with your name engraved on it. And anyone that knows me knows that by “engraved” I mean “written in sharpie” and by “statue” I mean “12 guage cyberskin dildo.”
I still support Kanye West and I hope this is just a minor misstep on his path to being the greatest entertainer of the millenium. I just was so ashamed of him tonight that I felt I had to post about it. And also make an accompanying user icon. Good luck Kanye. I think you’re gonna need it.
I HAD THE TWO GREATEST DAYS OF MY LIFE AND WHEN I GET BACK FROM THE LOUIE [Vuitton] SHOW I READ SOME SHIT CLAIMING I SAID I’M DOWN TO DO PORN AND SOME BISEXUAL PORN!!!! .... I FOUND OUT I HAD TWELVE UNAUTHORIZED SKYPE ACCOUNTS UNDER MY NAME!!! ... PLEASE I BEG YOU, GIVE ME A BREAK!!!!! PLEEEEEEEEEEEEEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! LET ME BE GREAT!!! ...LOOK HOW FRESH MY SUIT IS...NUFF SAID!
Here’s the link to that entry
And in Kanye’s defense his suit wasn’t bad.
Everything Kanye does gets a thumbs up from me. Even when he said he was the next Michael Jackson. Why not? But tonight I gotta say “Not cool Kanye. Not cool.”
Tonight was the advent of the annual MTV VMA’s (Music Television’s Music Video Awards for you acronymphobes) and during the course of the event, country singer Taylor Swift was presented with some pointless award for something. During the acceptance speech a Mr. Kanye West found his way on to the stage taking over the mic from Taylor Swift and proceeded in to a mini-rant about how he disagreed with the results of this award. After he was taken off the stage, Taylor Swift, who is about 18 years old, stood there for about 30 seconds completely dumbfounded and looking like she was about to cry. Reports later came out that she broke down in to sobbing hysterics back stage.
Later on in the night while Beyonce was accepting her award she invited Swift up on stage to complete her speech. Swift was met with a standing ovation. Kanye West was booed at every opporotunity through out the rest of the night. Katy Perry aparently tweeted: FUCK U KANYE. IT’S LIKE U STEPPED ON A KITTEN.
Now the VMA’s are far from an important ceremony. The awards are meaningless and usually the entire event is a ridiculous blakc hole of culture and entertainment. This is why I support it when the attendees dress outrageously, rush the stage, climb on the props and generally misbehave. It’s entertaining. It’s also very important that no one takes the evening too seriously. Most everyone who shows up with any sense should very well be as inebriated as possible.
That being said, it is my opinion that what Kanye West did was mean and pointless and I disapprove. It was a completely unnecissary act of bullying during a night when tastelessness and rudeness should be championed. In other words, it’s hard to fuck up acting like a dick at an event where you’re supposed to act like a dick. But somehow Kanye pulled it off.
I remember one year during the VMAs one of the Beastie Boys interupted an acceptance speech, in costume and accent, singing the praises of then music video director Spike Jonze. That was funny and entertaining. The reason that went well was because he interupted what I believe to be some worthless unmemorable act (I can’t remember who it was. REM maybe?) that could handle it and geniunely didn’t deserve the award. When the guy from Rage Against the Machine, saturated with enough alcohol to propel a small rocket, ascended the stage backdrop one year he was interrupting a Limp Bizkit speech. Do you see where you went wrong Kanye?
I’m not a fan of Taylor Swift in the least. I don’t like her music and I think the world would be better off if she were serving poppers at TGI Friday’s rather than taking up space in the music industry. But she is very pretty and she sings okay and she is generally harmless. She is not your enemy Kanye. You should channel your hatred toward more worthy opponents. You should set fire to those kids from 3OH3 or maybe assault a Blacked Eyed Pea or two. And I don’t think anyone would object if you violently gunned down Flo Rida. Those are much more appropriate targets of your venom.
And Taylor Swift, if you’re reading this I admire your poise and graciouness throughout the incident. I would like to present you with a statue I have with your name engraved on it. And anyone that knows me knows that by “engraved” I mean “written in sharpie” and by “statue” I mean “12 guage cyberskin dildo.”
I still support Kanye West and I hope this is just a minor misstep on his path to being the greatest entertainer of the millenium. I just was so ashamed of him tonight that I felt I had to post about it. And also make an accompanying user icon. Good luck Kanye. I think you’re gonna need it.