Kanye West Is An Idiot
October 2nd, 2009 by Mindy Lansdale
Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ve heard about or seen Kanye West gatecrashing the stage during the 2009 MTV video awards in the middle of Taylor Swift’s acceptance speech.
Now I’m no fan of Taylor (or the MTV video awards for that matter), but really – it was her big moment. As a society, has all respect and decorum been forgotten about? Apparently so, just take a look through the lyrics that Kanye uses in his songs. Having already done that myself, and ruined my appetite for the day, I really don’t think it’s that out of character for him.
Which brings me to another point – since when did pop music become such a lifeless joke? I mean, everything that’s out there is lacking in substance. Frankly, it’s all crap. These days I just can’t be bothered with pop music. It probably says something about our culture that we don’t even care to think beyond the shallowest levels in anything that we do. All most people want is pithy, nonsensical platitudes in our music and quick pop psychology fixes until the end of their days.
Yet that’s another tangent altogether, so let’s return to to moronic egomaniac that is Kanye West. Should we expect better? No. As long as we reward idiocy with airplay, youtube clips and massive publicity, more of the same can be expected. Fame is sought after at all costs even should it be someone elses five minutes of fame that you’re taking. I have no idea why we should take any notice of what these people say or do. There have mostly done nothing that warrants us valuing their opinion.
I know what you’re thinking – why should you care what I say, sing or think about? I love to rant and rave about anything that crosses the circuits in my little brain – even if I’m not particularly qualified to comment on the issue.
Maybe I should start writing pop music…
Mindy Lansdale
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