Rock Of Britney
Did anyone else think of this song when Brit cussed these lines at a reporter today: “Eat it, lick it, snort it, f**k it!” Seriously, her little fit of temper fits perfectly. And she may not have actually said it in this tempo, but in my head she did, and after all, that’s what matters.
Here’s what came to my mind…make up your own post, it isn’t hard to find the lyrics that fit Brit’s life:
Def Leppard, Â ”Rock Of Ages”
Gunter glieben glauten globen [Eat it, lick it, snort it, f**k it]
All right
I got something to say
Yeah it’s better to burn out
Yeah than fade away
All right
Ow gonna start a fire
C’mon
Rise up gather round
Rock this place to the ground
Burn it up let’s go for broke
Watch the night go up in smokeRock on
Rock onDrive me crazier no serenade
No fire brigade just pyromaniaWhat do you want
What do you want
I want rock’n'roll yes I do
Long live rock’n'rollOh let’s go let’s strike a light
We’re gonna blow like dynamite
I don’t care if it takes all night
Gonna set this town alightWhat do you want
What do you want
I want rock’n'roll all right
Long live rock’n'rollRock of ages
Rock of ages
Still rollin’
Keep a-rollin’
Rock of ages
Rock of ages
Still rollin’
Rock’n'rollin’We got the power got the glory
Just say you need it and if you need it
Say yeahHeh heh heh heh
Now listen to me
I’m burnin’ burnin’ I got the fever
I know for sure there ain’t no cure
So feel it don’t fight it go with the flow
Gimme gimme gimme gimme one more for the roadWhat do you want
What do you want
I want rock’n'roll you betcha
Long live rock’n'rollRock of ages
Eock of ages
Still rollin’
Keep a-rollin’
Rock of ages
Rock of ages
Still rollin’
Rock’n'rollin’We got the power got the glory
Just say you need it and if you need it
Say yeah
Say yeahWe’re gonna burn this damn place down
Down to the groundHeh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh
the drummer from def leppard’s only got one arm!
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HA!! If you ask her, she probably thinks Def Leppard is a cheetah that can’t hear.
It’s amazing that when confronted with reporters asking her how she is, that was all she could come up with. Just some inane mish-mash of a phrase with a pinch of profanity. How clever, how profound.
At the risk of giving away my age, it reminded me of some sort of dance club thing — like back in the way olden days when they’d play Billy Idol’s remake of Tommy James’ “Mony, Mony” — people would scream “hey get drunk, get laid, get f**ked!” (or something like that, it was so long ago I don’t remember).
When I saw the “quote” I thought of Kanye West’s sample of Daft Punk’s “bigger, harder, faster, stronger.” Could that be what the hip club crowd is yelling these days when the Kanye song plays?
She was probably listening to the CD in her car, and just wanted to give a shout-out to Kanye. She was really saying “Dude, your album is the shizz, you’re totally better than that cRAP artist K-Fed (who I happen to know personally, if you get me…) like this one time, when we were on tour, and we got all nasty on our hotel balcony where the paps were totally taking pictures of us… oh shit, I just saw myself in the glass, and I think my brown sunglasses would go so much better with this outfit than these black ones, because the brown ones would totally match my hot boots, god I love these boots, they make me feel sexy like a stripper!! I could totally be a stripper, and when I danced guys would want me and I’d tease them and say I’m Britney, bitch and they’d put TWENTY DOLLAR BILLS in my thong and buy me drinks and Carl’s Jr. I’m so hungry…Alli, where’s that fruit cup? I think it’s in my purse next to my ciggies and those pills that help me stay concentrated.”
Comment by crazymom — October 27, 2007 @ 6:51 am
I just think it’s such a reflection of the state of our music industry that the stripper pole thing has got so popular. Basically that’s what we’ve turned our female artists into anyway, so maybe it’s not that bizarre as it first seems. In an industry that popularized the use of the word “pimp” and turned it into some sort of positive description, rather than what it really means (which is the scum of the earth) I suppose it’s only a matter of time before we see women relegated to their appropriate roles as strippers. No wonder we don’t expect our female music stars to have much of anything to say. That’s not why we keep them around, is it. And as soon as their looks go, it’s time to get rid of them, no matter whether they can sing or not. If they’re not going to look good on a stripper pole, I suppose there’s just not much use for them.
My question is, when are all these young women going to realize the joke is on them, and get mad about it? I think the day is inevitably coming. All the women that are 20-something now, who have grown up with this hyper-sexualized music video culture, they’ll start to get older and lose their slut value. Women aren’t stupid, so sooner or later at least some of these young women are going to realize they got duped into a big lie. Like the “girls gone wild” who grow up a little bit and realize how cheapened they allowed their sexuality to become. It should be interesting to see what happens next, I’m watching…
Comment by Mitsu — October 27, 2007 @ 12:29 pm
Oops, typo, I meant “as” bizarre as it seems.
Anyway, Britney is of course the obvious example of a “sexy” celebrity (I hesitate to call her a singer - maybe “performer” is the best description) who based her entire career around being sexy and has now lost that…unfortunately she has nothing much else to offer, although she may be pursuing a new career track as a smutty haiku performance artist, apparently. (I’m still dumbfounded at that quote from her yesterday!)
It’s sad that women’s sexuality is still being defined in popular culture in terms of this slutty sexbot look…the high heels, the short skirts, the makeup, the false eyelashes, what do they have to do with reality? In real life people do want the people they’re attracted to to have some substance, men and women both. At least the ones I know do. And whatever happened to “smart is sexy”? They say that young men who are growing up with readily available, mass-marketed porn on the internet become unable to form lasting connections with real women, as they increasingly consume images of airbrushed, “perfect” plasticized women. And young women increasingly turn to plastic surgery in their attempts to attain the illusory goal of sexual perfection. It’s sad, really. But as I said above, I think one day these young women are going to take a look around and realize the myth they bought into brought them very little of lasting value, and just chewed them up and spit them out again once they got too old, too fat or too interested in their families. Hopefully we’ll see some changes then.
Comment by Mitsu — October 27, 2007 @ 1:12 pm
You know what’s really sad, is that I’m referencing some old 1980’s Def Leppard song…..
Gah, I feel old!
Comment by k — October 27, 2007 @ 2:26 pm
I’ll bet I’m older than you, k…I can’t even name a single Def Leppard song!
I’m sure my resident boy racer can though, I wouldn’t even want to get him started on the subject of 80s metal bands….
Comment by Mitsu — October 27, 2007 @ 2:53 pm
You can now, you know “Rock Of Ages”!
Comment by k — October 27, 2007 @ 3:54 pm
crazymom:
Heh! A long time ago, when she was dating JT, someone made a reference to Yoko Ono (referring to Brit) and she had no clue who Yoko Ono was.
Comment by k — October 27, 2007 @ 3:56 pm
Those sort of stories just amaze me. Even more astonishing are the stories of people who don’t know who the Beatles were (and I started hearing those many years ago). But my question is, what do Britney Spears and Yoko Ono have in common, that they would even be mentioned in the same sentence together?
Comment by Mitsu — October 27, 2007 @ 4:16 pm
Well, if my memory is right, she was being compared to Yoko breaking up the Beatles, as she was dating JT at the time. Wasn’t he in some sort of band or something?
Comment by k — October 27, 2007 @ 5:01 pm
RE: Mitsu’s comments #2/#3
I remember a time in music when women weren’t sexualized so much. It seems that went more into the mainstream with Madonna. She sort of pushed the envelope on sexualization of young, female entertainers.
Think even of the late 80s teen-pop girl singers (Tiffany and Debbie Gibson come to mind) — they weren’t promoted as “jailbait” that I can remember. Not like 15 y/o Britney in “Hit Me Baby” or even Christina Aguilera’s “Genie in a Bottle” — lots of midriff showing and suggestive dancing (not to mention lip-synching).
For the good that Madonna did pushing women to take control of their music, their image, their promotion, she also put out that expectation that you won’t be paid attention to unless you show plenty of skin.
Unfortunately, now it’s gotten to the point that you don’t even necessarily need talent, just show as much skin as you can and you’re good to go.
Sad really. One step forward, two steps back.
FTR, I am of the opinion that Yoko did NOT break up the Beatles. John and Paul were already moving in different directions, musically as well as politically — so it was only a matter of time.
Comment by crazymom — October 28, 2007 @ 2:52 pm
Exactly. I read this somewhere else, but it’s a question worth repeating: Would Janis Joplin be able to make it in the music industry today? Sadly, I think not.
I have kind of a different perspective on this, as I’m kind of on the outside looking in. I’ve never listened to a single Britney Spears song, nor Christina Aguilera. And although I became aware of some of Madonna’s music due to having it basically shoved in my face, I never sought it out and would never have considered buying one of her albums at any point in my life. I’ve always been far too punk for any of that pop music stuff I guess (he he) and I suspect that also informs my perspective on women’s sexuality and how it’s expressed. As someone who’s spent years of my life in combat boots, I see women prancing around in these stiletto heels and all I can think of is that it’s the modern corollary to the old practice of foot-binding.
I asked the question earlier, what ever happened to “smart is sexy”? I would add to that, what about “strong is sexy”? I know all the men I’ve ever been with (and there have been no shortage so I must be doing something right) have been the sort who want to be with a strong, independent woman, and they find that sexy. And I’ve had the good fortune to have never been hit, verbally abused or so much as been called a bad name. I wonder if the Britneys of this world can say the same?
I know I’m coming across as some sort of uber-feminist here, which I’m not actually. I especially have little time for the humorless variety of uptight feminists, but they do make some good points! Wake up little girls, chances are your breasts are just fine the size they are, and you’ll only end up regretting it if you get drunk and show them to the whole world for a baseball cap or a t-shirt.
Comment by Mitsu — October 28, 2007 @ 3:17 pm
Britney IS punk rock
Comment by nick — October 29, 2007 @ 2:37 am