Comments | gijoel666: Life Is But a Dream

gijoel666

Life Is But a Dream

Mar 07, 2013 03:19

There was nothing else on my many cable channels that I hadn't seen already, so out of random curiosity, I finally watched Beyonce's self-produced autobiographical documentary. And I made a discovery... I am a terrible musical snob. I don't listen to music that bores me, so virtually no R&B and soul; and I don't listen to music that irritates me ( Read more... )

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badqoph March 8 2013, 02:48:37 UTC

Some good points, except you nail why you enjoyed the documentary so much. It was self-produced. So essentially, it was an ad for her, which you bought. She sold herself to you. I don't deny that Beyonce's persona is charismatic and friendly, but at the very least, her publicist can't take a joke and that in some way translates to her not being able to either ( ... )

gijoel666 March 8 2013, 08:04:46 UTC

I wish I knew what the hell LJ is doing these days, it marked your comment as "suspicious" and I had to "unspam" it.

gijoel666 March 8 2013, 10:02:47 UTC

Anyway, tho, to address your points ( ... )

gijoel666 March 8 2013, 10:09:05 UTC

... I also watched Gaga's Monster Ball at MSG concert film, more than once. What I found was that only about the last five minutes was her being a musician, doing the best she is capable of, when she reprised "Born This Way" a capella in the dressing room. And I listened to all the songs, in both movies, and what I realized was that the difference between these ( ... )

wrongradical March 11 2013, 23:44:59 UTC

For me, Beyoncé is Be-YAWN-cé, entirely a plastic creation of the music industry and as talentless as Bieber. "The most beautiful woman in entertainment" even! The swelled head is growing larger than Brenda Dickson's.