Ok, so the MTV video music awards ( VMA’s) were on last week and these videos have been all over the interwebs.
I have heard some ‘single ladies’ being pretty vocal about this Beyonce single, apparently she has not been getting all the super love from the feminists that she was getting during the early days.
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I think the difference between these lyrics is quite interesting;
Destiny’s Child- Independent Women
Question: Tell me what you think about me
I buy my own diamonds and I buy my own rings
Only ring your cell-y when I’m feelin lonely
When it’s all over please get up and leave
Question: Tell me how you feel about this
Try to control me boy you get dismissed
Pay my own fun, oh and I pay my own bills
Always 50/50 in relationships
The shoes on my feet
I’ve bought it
The clothes I’m wearing
I’ve bought it
The rock I’m rockin’
I’ve bought it
‘Cause I depend on me
If I wanted the watch you’re wearin’
I’ll buy it
The house I live in
I’ve bought it
The car I’m driving
I’ve bought it
I depend on me
(I depend on me)
All the women who are independent
Throw your hands up at me
All the honeys who makin’ money
Throw your hands up at me
All the mommas who profit dollas
Throw your hands up at me
All the ladies who truly feel me
Throw your hands up at me
Beyonce – Single Ladies
I got gloss on my lips, a man on my hips
hold me tighter than my Dereon jeans
acting up, drink in my cup
I couldnt care less what you think
I need no permission, did I mention
Dont pay him any attention
Cuz you had your turn
But now you gonna learn
What it really feels like to miss me
Cuz if you liked it then you should have put a ring on it
If you liked it then you shoulda put a ring on it
Don’t be mad once you see that he want it
If you liked it then you shoulda put a ring on it
And then there is this;
which i couldn’t find on youtube due to it being banned either by Gaga’s record label or by youtube itself due to its ‘graphic nature’. I find this performer quite interesting, she sticks to her guns art direction wise (apparently she was a conceptual artist when she was younger – wtf?) and what kind of crazy lady stages a suicide scene on stage at a major pop music awards?
I mean i guess it is no bigger shock than Madonna and Britney kissing or Bruno falling balls first into Eminem – maybe she aint so crash hot after all…
Hmmm, not sure where this is going really…
