Friday, March 21, 2008

So maybe it's a little bit unfair for me to be poking fun at "music" that quite obviously was not meant for me, but every time I see/hear a new, terrible video/song all I can think of is my 12 year old niece watching (and loving) it, and how badly I wish I was ALWAYS there next to her so I could counteract every female-negative message MTV throws at her.

This is the worst I've seen in a while:



You'll notice that although Ms. Swift talks about "her" guitar a lot (mainly crying on it), drapes herself across a bed with it clutched in her arms while clad in an elaborate prom dress, and even CARESSES it every once in a while forlornly, you never actually see her PLAY it. Because what else would a girl do with a guitar aside from use it as an expensive varnished tissue as she cries over a boy, right? Who is this "Drew" anyway? He looks like he's 30 years old. And why is she faking smiles to keep him happy when she obviously doesn't want to? If some inattentive high school boy is the only reason she has any goals or dreams, she needs to sign up for some serious extracurriculars, and fast. What SHOULD be going on in this video is some straight up 3 chord, 4/4 timing, electric distortion shouting and kicking. The problem is that he can't HEAR you, Taylor. None of us can! Use your voice! Speak up! Speak *UP!*