Week of Shame

I apologize for the lack of entries. My life has taken many twists and turns. Hollywood never fails to shower topics though and this week was no different. Let's jump right back in shall we?
Taylor Swift has taken the country and pop genres by storm. I don't think her vocals are truly up to standard and her writing has yet to graduate high school. However, America has embraced her. She has reached the hearts of young girls everywhere and recently garnered a whole new fan base. She didn't even have to release a new album to do it. Swift simply won "Best Female Vocal" at the MTV VMAs. Kanye West did the rest. While Swift deservingly basked in her victory, West jumped on stage and proclaimed Beyonce's superiority much to the seated artist's dismay. As quickly as he came, West retreated and left the stunned Swift to finish her speech. Later, Beyonce gave the young artist time to say her thank you's. While some may see this incident as shocking does it really garner surprise? Let's relive some classic Kanye moments. The 2004 American Music Awards. West loses the "Best New Artist" nod, takes the stage and declares that he was deprived of what he, being the superior talent to Gretchin Wilson, rightly deserved. (I won't open that can of worms.) The 2007 VMAs brought Kanye the horrifying ordeal of playing his single "Stronger" from a hotel suite and not the main stage. How could they ask something so vulgar of such a star?! Really Kanye you haven't done yourself any favors here. First of all, your threats are empty. I recall a threat of never returning to MTV after one of the earlier rants. We see how that ended up. Second, eventually even your fans are going to get tired of this. Stop giving yourself a pat on the back. That job belongs to the fans and the critics.
The last bit of news for this week comes from the charts. I suppose this is more of an opinion thing, but where did Miley Cyrus come from exactly? I would think it's a rather large leap from star of a Disney show to international pop sensation topping the charts. Oh how easily America is captivated. If I'm going to criticize Taylor Swift I would be amiss not to mention my increasing dislike of "Hannah Montana". Her father may have been a country star, a one hit wonder but a country star nonetheless, but she didn't inherit the vocals. While Swift's songs are too young many of Cyrus' are too old. How many mountains have you really climbed at 15? Especially when you have to take the gold spoon out of your mouth to sing. Others are just obnoxious. For example, "Hoedown Throwdown". With lyrics like "pop it, lock it, polka dot it" followed by "country fivin" I am at a loss for adjectives. And please don't say "GNO" in a song called "Girl's Night Out". Not only can America no longer write entire words in letters and emails, but we no longer have the patience to say entire words in song. This roast of Miley Cyrus was brought on by her single's position on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. "Party in the USA" is number 3. That's right. A song about her "tummy turnin" is higher than Kings of Leon's "Use Somebody". What's worse her EP "The Time of our Lives" is hanging on number 2 on the Billboard 200 one ahead of Whitney Houston. People. Really? Do you listen to what you buy?