I thouht these were interesting. I found them on some webpage. My comments follow each.
1. Ice Cube made much better music when he hated whitey. True Dat. F Tha Police not Are We There Yet?
2. Trucker hats weren't cool the first time around. They're not cool now. Aw hell yeah. Amen to that!
3. Everytime someone calls Kenny G's music "jazz" the baby Miles Davis cries. Amen To That as well!
4. Zombies don't run. Um, OK.
5. The Black Eyed Peas made two great hip-hop albums, which didn't sell. Then they hired a naked hoochie and dumbed down their music. This is called "selling out." You say 'selling out' like its a bad thing. I'm for people getting money, and naked hoochies. Its not like they made a kiddie road comedy. I'm looking at you Mr. Cube.
6. Believe it or not, Eddie Murphy was funny before he made movies for kids (notable exception: Donkey). Exactly! Remember the days of 48 Hours? Raw? Delirious? Ice Cube's following Eddie's lead.
7. If you are seemingly doing an aerobics routine on stage, you are not a "singer." You are an "entertainer." That's true. Nice way of putting it.
8. When you buy a Che Guevara t-shirt, you betray your trendy socialist ideals on several different levels. I don't think they know exactly who that guy is. But some marketing guy decided to make him into a T-Shirt. "Um he like freed the slaves or something?"
9. Just because a movie is quirky, doesn't mean it is funny. I'm looking at you, Napoleon Dynamite. I liked the movie. but I agree that some quirky movies suck, like Being John Malcovich.
10. There are two eras of the Beach Boys, both defined by its key member: Brian Wilson and John Stamos. One of these men was a genius deserving of his rank in the American music pantheon. The other banged Rebecca Romijn. Who cares either way?
11. Uma Thurman is not attractive. She's attractive, but not the hottest thing since sliced bread like everyone makes her out to be.
12. For anyone who thinks that their road to fame lies in reality TV, tell me who won Fox's Boot Camp. Or the names of the people on last night's Blind Date. Umm was his name was Glenn? Point taken.
13. Han Solo shoots first. Fuck yeah! Give Han his balls back!
Props to Micah's World.
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Thanks for the shout out! Yeah, I guess I did sound kinda harsh towards the Black Eyed Peas. I've always thought the notion of "selling out" wasn't a bad thing, either. Far be it for me to keep an artist poor just so I can be in an exclusive group of listeners. The more money a band makes, chances are the longer they'll be around.
ReplyDeleteBEP is the only band that I've ever felt negatively about "selling out." I absolutely love their first two albums, but find them unlistenable now. The chick is hot, though.
And the zombie comment was directed toward the remake of "Dawn of the Dead" (which I actually did like a lot). It had zombies that were running 50 yard dashes. Zombies are supposed to lumber, dammit!