Monday 21 March 2011

which seat can i take?

hi. i have eyes, hands, and the ability to read. i can use a computer, and pay to have the internet on said computer. i have some awareness of the internet. therefore i have heard 'friday' by rebecca black.
I KNOW. I WENT THERE. fuck you vanessa hudgens, release as many nudie shots as you want and i will simply refer you to dane cook:



anywayz.



* if you haven't seen it, take a moment to acquaint yourself. learn the lyrics. think about what day it is*

the internet is foaming and churning with rage like a grecian sea in the wake of 'friday'. why? people find it irritating. it is poorly written. it marks the death of good music. it is stupid. etc etc etc. memes and parodies are popping up faster than sores on a druggie's face, and they show no signs of stopping. it's all in good fun, obviously.
NOT.
when did the internet get so mean? i mean, i know, i've read encylopedia dramatica, i've seen anonymous's opinion on everything from gays to jews. it's not pretty. but rebecca black and her plight have struck the previously believed to be dead sympathetic bit of my brain. she's a 13 year old kid and she just wanted to make a cool music video. but people are being horrible about her, like it's her that's made the video. why not blame her recording company for writing the song for her? or her agent for securing the deal? she's only little. it's not her fault. don't just pin all your hatred for anything sweet and stupid on her and turn her into a vehicle of bile. i will refer to the boxy case:
boxy recorded a spoof video of herself being pretty much an emo kid who talked too fast. anonymous reared its ugly head in anger and flamed her to hell, but that is because anonymous is a misogynistic and pseudo-machismo and feels the need to annihilate and abuse any form of female/ child. it's creepy, seriously. but there was a boxy revolution. she made people think that maybe it's ok to be cute, it's ok to be slightly irritating. it's not a personal offense that she is doing it for. she's not being funny to deliberately irritate you. and to refer back to rebecca black:
it's the same thing. she's young, dumb and full of ... smiles! (what did you think i was going to say, jeez?) calm the fuck down. stop making memes like she needs to be murdered for crimes against humanity. she's just some weird looking kid with kind of overly thick hair and a kind of awkward disposition. i feel sorry for her, honestly, imagine being 13 and getting to do your own song, and video, and being super-psyched about it, then getting torn to shreds and insulted for something you were proud of. it's just mean. i'm mean, i'll admit, but about people who are full of themselves. people who believe themselves to be the shit. rebecca black is younger even than my little brother, or cousins. bless her stupid little heart, it's just not fair. she's just having a nice time, so please just have a nice time with her and don't suggest that she cut her wrists on youtube.
the lyrics. ok, the lyrics ... are bad. like terrible. but most lyrics are! most lyrics don't make sense. vague pretty sounding sentiments are not real sentiments. isn't a kind of funny bad song enough to just make you laugh and think nothing more about it, rather than take to 4chan and conspire to bring the culprit to their knees? what does it even say about our culture that we'll damn and blast anyone who tries to do something just because it's not for us? we'll destroy anything cute and dedicate our actual time and effort to upsetting a 13 year old kid. i didn't see anything mean about casey heynes, and he bodyslammed a kid and broke his leg cos he wanted to. (i know, bullying and whatever, but honestly i tried to watch the video interview with him and his accent just grated on my brain) rebecca black is just another vehicle for a record label that wants to capitalize on justin bieber's success. so if you've got a problem with rebecca black.. take it to the people whose fault it is. how can you be so fucking stupid to not realise that making fun of her video means you're watching it; making fun of her song means you're listening to it. it doesn't make it any different that you're being 'ironic' or 'sarcastic', because that doesn't show up in the demographics. if you want to change music and what's being released, take it to the people who make the decisions. not the kids who just wanted to be cool. anonymous, stop taking yourself so god damn seriously because it's lame. have fun fun fun fun!





(lookin' forward to the weekend.)

2 comments:

  1. Wow, it really is everywhere isn't it? Sorry, you more or less represent all of Britain to me.

    But I'm surprised you took this stance, and kinda happy you did. It's true that the Internet's cynicism has mutated into something nasty. I don't think the people virtually vivisecting Black are aware of what they're doing.You're right: they're just tossing angry words into the fire pit 'cause it's cool.

    Seriously though this song is catastrophically terrible. Let us not forget that.

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  2. i'm not arguing that song isn't terrible, because by gum it is. it's awful. i just don't see why people have to take it so seriously. let it make them so hateful and angry.
    i'm proud that i represent the face of britain though, i like to think of myself as an ambassador. but i will say now i don't live in london or know the queen.

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