Eff the Parent Television Council

Ahem, I'm sorry, Parent TV Council but who the hell are you? I've never heard of you before up until today. And I'm pretty sure it goes the same for the rest of the world. So who exactly do you think you are telling celebrities how they should go forth on their own music videos??

I was going to do a recap of Man Down, a new music video brought to you by the one and only amazing Rihanna, but instead I'm just going to give you the ENTIRE story of what happened and the claims that were made against the Man Down video. But for those who haven't seen it yet, to go from long story short:

It starts off with a man walking in, I'm going to assume it's some central station, because that's what it says in the lyrics and he is gunned down. Then you see Rihanna's character looking all sad but relieved. Then there's a flashback to the day beforehand where you see Rihanna's character looking all happy, riding her bike down her neighborhood with her friends, socializing with everyone on the streets. She looks like your average happy social butterfly.

Night falls, and Rihanna goes to a club and she's dancing around, because let's face it: We all dance around, provocatively in a club. I mean, who doesn't? It's a club. If you wanna dance respectfully and gracefully, go find some ballroom dance. Otherwise, don't say anything. That's what clubs are for. Sadly, but that's what they are for. For pure fun.

So Riri finds this guy, the same guy that was gunned down at the station, and she is dancing with him. Then when she's done, she pushes herself off of him. Now, the guy isn't too happy and he's angry but whatever. Then Rihanna decides to leave so she walks out, saying goodbye to everyone because that's the social butterfly that she is, and she starts walking home in the dark night.

The guy follows her out, asking nearby people where she went. They all point to some dark secluded alleyway, and he begins following her all the way down this alleyway. Now, we don't see what happens next BUT we assume he either rapes her or he sexually assaults her.

Next you see Rihanna running into her house, all flustered and crying, and she walks over to a dresser and pulls out a gun. Now you can put two and two together that it was indeed, Rihanna who killed the guy in the first scene of the music video.

Whoopdeedoodaday. I'm glad we all got it.

But apparently, the Parent Television Council completely is against and went all OD on Rihanna for that music video. They think that it is inappropriate of a message that Rihanna is sending out. That if any girl sees that music video, she'll automatically think, "Hey, if I was sexually assaulted or raped, I'm not gonna go for help, I'm gonna kill that mofo."

I'm sorry, but WTF?! On what planet do you come from, dear Parent Television Council. It is YOUR effing job to monitor what your children are watching. Why are you blaming it on Rihanna? Stop watching TV, get your stupid ass off whatever chair your sitting on, and go PARENT your own children. Rihanna didn't do anything. She just made an awesome, moving music video about a flustered girl who was raped/sexually assaulted and didn't know what to do. Rihanna didn't have your kids, did she? No. So don't expect HER to parent them. Parent them yourself. If your child's first conclusion of that video is to shoot a man, then that is one big parenting problem you've got there. Why is it okay in Law and Order or CSI for some dumb wife to shoot her husband for no apparent reason but it's not okay for Rihanna's character, who had been sexually assaulted/raped?

Either way, Parent TV Council, don't tell people what to do. Quit pointing fingers at everyone else. Point a finger at yourself, monitor what your kids watch and parent your own children.

Watch Man Down by Rihanna below and tell me if you think PTC is not completely crazy or not:

Paramore Was, Is, and Always Will Be a Band

Ever since the departure of brothers, Josh (guitarist) and Zac (drummer) Farro, Paramore fans' hearts ache.

"How could they leave?!"

"What will happen now?!"

"Will Paramore continue being a band?"

But ladies and gents, you can all take a great and deep sigh of relief. Because Paramore has released their new single, a single that they made post-Farro brothers departure, so they, Paramore that is, are not going anywhere. Yayyy!

Honestly, I really don't know everything about the whole Farros/Williams conflict but I do know that the Farros had accused the band of being a "manufactured product of a record label" and accused Hayley Williams, herself, of being manipulated by her management, treating the rest of the group as her solo project, and claimed she was the only member of the band who was signed to Atlantic Records, while her band mates were simply "riding on the coattails of her dream".

On the other hand, the trio along with MTV released online Paramore: The Last Word, where they agreed to some of the accusations but not to the ones that consisted of them being a manufactured product. They also confirmed the statement that yes, Hayley was signed to Atlantic Records but so what? The band thought that it was irrelevant.

The band also said: "None of us were really shocked [about their departure]. For the last year it hasn't seemed as if they wanted to be around anymore. We want Josh and Zac to do something that makes them happy and if that isn't here with us, then we support them finding happiness elsewhere."

Well said, guys. As for the Farro brothers, Josh had made a new band called Novel American and Zac made a new band called Half Noise (even though he is also in Novel American. I don't really know how he plans on juggling two bands but whatever).

Point is, if Zac and Josh wanted to leave, so be it. It looks like the trio is completely a-okay with that and they want the Farro bros to be happy. If Novel American and Half Noise makes them happy, hallelujah. They're all happy so I think fans should stop slumping around in their computer chairs and be happy for them as well.

But okay, even though everyone is happy, you would think that Paramore would be heavily affected, musically, by going of Josh and Zac but Monster, the new single, completely proved otherwise.

It's a great song, really truly amazing. And it was only released yesterday, already becoming number 8 on the iTunes top 100. Most of the reviews are 5 star, because in all honesty, the song is five star. The sound sounds like their own but it is really missing Zac and Josh's unique feel to it. And in certain parts it sounds like their song, Brick By Boring Brick, from their third album, Brand New Eyes.

But nevertheless, it's an awesome song! I've been listening to it on replay for the past two hours. The lyrics sound very vengeful and harsh, as if she's trying to yell at this person who has left her life. But still, she sounds like she's trying at the same time to start anew.

I'll stop the whole world
I'll stop the whole world
From turning into a monster
Eating us alive
Don't you ever wonder how we survive?
But now that you're gone, the whole world is ours.


Are they talking about the Farro brothers?

Paramore without Farros

Check out their new single, Monster, below!

Adele- Keep Rockin'

"We could've had it aaaaaaall... Rollin' in the Deeeeeep."

Sounds oh so familiar, doesn't it?

Ugh, now you're wondering, 'God, V, why do you do this to us? Why does it sound so familiar?'

Maybe it's because it's that song that's on every radio station called "Rolling in the Deep" by Adele.
Now you've got it! :)

the best singer ever

"Rolling in the Deep" and her album 21 are and have been number one on iTunes for a while now and I'm actually very happy about it. Not just because it's a great song and album, achieving almost 5 stars on iTunes, but because she deserves to be as number one. Adele is a wonderful and powerful singer, with such a pure voice. 

When her first album, 19, had dropped about two years ago, the only song I really liked was her first single, "Chasing Pavements" but I wasn't actually obsessed with it. It was just a really good song sung by a girl who had a good voice.

Then when her sophomore album, 21, had been released just a few months ago, I swear, every single artist or actor were praising her via Twitter or Facebook:

 

Yep. From Adam Lambert to even Tyler Blackburn (Caleb from PLL), people have been talking and talking and talking about Adele's new album. And I must say, it is phenomenal. 

I know, I know, I am late for reviewing the album, mostly because it was released around in February but I don't care. Since Feb, I have been obsessed with the album and I wish to share it with ya'll.

Okay, here's how it's going to go. I am going to rate each song out of five and give you my opinion on the song.
1. Rolling in the Deep: 5/5. It is one of my favorite songs off of 21. Her voice is really powerful in this one.
2. Rumor Has It: 3/5. Not one of my favorites at all. I don't know, I just don't like it that much.
3. Turning Tables: If I could give this song a 6/5 I would. It is so mezmerising. Her voice is just so beautiful along with the piano. And the words are so powerful, "I won't let you close enough to hurt me".This song sounds impossible to sing live but of course, Adele mesmerizes everyone and sings it even better live.

4. Don't You Remember: 4/5. It's good, not the best though. Her voice really belts out in the chorus.
5. Set Fire to The Rain: 5/5. So, so, so, so good! One of the best songs off the album. The words, the beat, her voice just all come together to make an unbelievable song about heartbreak.
6. He Won't Go: 3/5. Also not one of my favorites. It's alright but not amazing.
7. Take It All: 4/5. Really good with the piano. It's about a guy who breaks up with her and she doesn't understand why because she gave everything she had to him and he took it all. Really, really good.
8. I'll Be Waiting: 4/5. It seems like whenever she has a piano around to give her songs a bluesy feel, it just turns out really well because her voice can just adapt to anything really. I don't really listen to this song much because I'm not such a blues girl but it is still enjoyable. 

9. One and Only: 4/5. Wow, so powerful. Once again, she's with the piano, just making it amazing again.
10. Lovesong: 4/5. Sounds very Latin in the beginning, I don't know, maybe I'm just weird. But nevertheless, it's a really good love song.
11. Someone Like You: 5/5. One of the best songs by far. It's about how she goes to one of her past lovers who is married and is well off and she tells him that she will look for someone like them but he should never forget her. It's really sad but so, so well sung.

Overall, the album is really, really good! Job well done Adele! :)

Lady Gaga Has Completely Gone Gaga over Judas.

Okay, let me just make something clear: I love Gaga, I really do. Just... could she please for once not look like she has seriously just came out- no I'm sorry, escaped out- of Belleview? Please?

When I first saw Gaga, I saw her for two seconds in her Just Dance music video. I actually began hating Gaga because I just thought she was another crazy ass who needed to get famous to make herself feel better (which she still is) but I never thought that she had talent, I just thought she was a little "off". I gave her a second shot when I heard Poker Face when I was sitting in my dad's Honda Pilot and my first thought was, 'Omigosh, this song is great! I wonder who sings it.'

As soon as the song ended, Z100 said, "So that was once again, our very own Just Dance's singer, Lady Gaga."

My reaction was: WTF?!

Then I began stalking- I mean, doing intensive research- on Miss Gaga and it turned out that she actually does have talent. She really can sing. And if an artist knows how to sing, you are now off my "disliked" list and are in the waiting room to be "liked".

After that a bunch of her other songs and music videos (like Lovegame, Paparazzi, Bad Romance, even Telephone was okay) came out, and I really began liking her and her style. I LOVED her soft straight blonde hair, her crazy nails, her entire uniqueness really intrigued me.

Then Alejandro came out. I was actually sitting in class, waiting for the teacher to walk in, and my friend and I were talking about how Gaga recently released her new music video to Alejandro. For the next however many minutes (because you know Gaga, she can't be okay with just four minutes to a music video, she needs seven to get her freaky point across), I was sitting at my laptop, my mouth hanging open, my face all scrunched up (unattractive, yes I know), and completely creeped out.

WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED TO HER?! Did she hit her head or something? I saw in some Youtube concert video that she fell off her piano stool and hit the back of the piano (to which SHE STOOD UP AND CONTINUED TO SING), and I honestly believed that something happened that night, like she was in some concussion or something.

But I shrugged it off. All my friends were like, "V, you are completely insane for still liking her. She is nuts."

Secretly, I totally agreed but instead I said, "She still has talent. I'd like to see you belt out those kinds of notes."

Then....... her whole facade on the VMAs, was it? When she came out in a meat dress? Dear God, Gaga, even my parents (who are foreign) knew about it. They came to me and said, "V, can you show us that lady what's her name? The one who's completely insane? The one who wore meat to some award show?"

I nodded, getting out my laptop. I knew EXACTLY who they were talking about. Come on, who else wears freakin' meat as a dress? I mean, Ke$ha wore a garbage bag dress that same night but Gaga completely went all out. I showed them and they were stunned. (Apparently, a little FYI, Gaga cooked up her dress with the designer the next day and enjoyed some nice steak.)

Hi. I love wearing cows. Isn't that so chic?

Oh, then the Born This Way single came out. I LOVED and still love it. Love the lyrics. But then her music video came out. I started watching it, got a little turned off, then shut it off. Needless to say, I don't like the music video.

Now... Judas came out. I liked the single, it is very Madonna-esque but then the music video came out. And...Gaga never seizes to freak me out on her music videos.

So apparently Judas is this dude who she's still in love with. She can't seem to uncling herself from him, even though he has betrayed her. She loves him so much that according to the lyrics, "I wash his feet with my hair if he needs".

Okay, on what planet does a guy ask you to wash his feet with your freaking hair? Obviously Planet Crazy which Gaga inhabits. She is probably the Queen of Planet Crazy along with Charlie Sheen being King. Lovely couple. Now I would definitely wake up at 3 in the morning to watch THEIR wedding online (sorry Willy and Kit-Kat).

I'm not even attempting to explain the music video because it is just so far-fetched and unexplainable. I have like, fifty questions just from that one music video. Like:
1. Why the hell is her hair yellow?
2. In the beginning, when Gaga is behind that guy on the motorcycle and she's singing, how did that guy keep a straight face for the entire time? I'd be laughing my brains out.
3. Where in the hell are they? Seriously? Where are they driving to? In where do they just break out and dance?
4. I know it's old news, but what's up with her outfits? These ones just seriously out do the meat dress altogether.
5. What happened to her lovestick that she sang in Lovegame? She has this porcupine spikey looking chain now.
6. I thought they were dancing. Why are they fighting now? Is that part of the choreography?
7. Okay... in the middle of the song, she just says, "Ew." What's ew? Somebody explain?
8. I actually thought for a second that she was gonna shoot Judas. But instead she fires out a lipstick and writes on his face? Really? Weird.
9. After she scribbles on his face, why does she fall down in agony? I don't get it. Does she miss scribbling on his face that much?
10. WHAT IS WITH HER STANDING IN THE MIDDLE OF AN OCEAN?! doesn't she know she'll drown? Jesus. I mean, Judas. Gosh..
11. The bathtub scene? What the hell is going on? Why is she pouring water over that guy's feet? Isn't she supposed to wash it with her hair? At least she looks semi-pretty and normal...
12. Why does Judas pour holy water on her? I mean, she ain't so holy... Although she thinks she's some "holy fool".
13. Ha! She throws holy water into Judas's face. In yah face, Judas! That's not really a question.. but whatever.
14. Why are people throwing rocks at her?
15. Why is she crying?
Just a little sidenote: the Judas guy in the music video is so freaking scary looking, I like the guy who Gaga's not in love with ten times better.

Anyway, music video was insane. I don't understand it at all. Oh! Wait a second. Some Christian commented on the video: "I'm a Christian and love this song! It doesn't mean she's literally in love with Judas. She's in love with a guy who betrayed her like how Judas betrayed Jesus! Good Golly!"
Kay, calm down Brother Christian, we, Jews, don't know who Judas is. Chill.

And so what if she's still in love with some guy who betrayed her? Those are signs of completely obsession and she needs help. ASAP.

Note to Gaga: Gaga, you are a singer. That is an occupation, not a lifestyle. You don't have to be crazy 24/7.

But overall, I still kinda love her. She's different, crazy, yes I know, but she makes it okay for people to be crazy. On some Good Morning show, I only remember it because she came dressed as a condom but she said that in high school, she was the freak and she never fit in. So she wants to make this world where everyone is special and different and it's OK to be that way. I admire her for that. But it would help if she really didn't try so hard. She's got over 5 million fans, it's okay to simmer down at bit.

RIP Gaga 2008. You are greatly missed.

I have escaped from the mental institution!

I think it would be perfect if one day, during an award show, Gaga comes out in jeans n' tees, with sneakers. THAT would be the day... she won't but a girl can dream, no?

I Think I Now Have Infinite Dreams

Today, my friend and I decided to skip a bunch of classes and so our favorite hangout area is the locker room. In my school, there's no room for more than, oh I don't know, 70 lockers in the hallways so they crammed the rest in the basement, where there's a door to the boiler room (the famous hang out spots for the stoners and the pedophile-y janitors), and it gives you a feel of a weird, creepy, and spooky mansion, with the locker rooms being in the dungeon area.

Anyway, enough talking about your school, V, how egotistical of you.. I mean, how many people want to go to a school that looks like it just came off of a real estate sale for the Addam's family house? I hope none. Trust me, it's not as fly as it seems. Ceilings fall onto poor senior heads, railings snap in half, and you can't even sneak around anywhere during class time because the old floors make a creak in the floor.

Since there's absolutely no wifi down there, because I'm sure back in the day, the owners of the mansion didn't want the people in the dungeon posting "help" on their Facebook statuses, we were sitting around playing music from my laptop. Then my friend whipped out her handy dandy iPod and said, "V, you're gonna love this remix."

Approximately 3 minutes and 7 seconds later, I reached over, grabbed her iPod, and pressed repeat on Infinite Dream. I was in love.

The Katy Perry part is just amazing, and the whole feel with the trumpet or whatever instrument is being blown in the background makes the song ten times better. It feels like you're in Barcelona, or somewhere in Spain, on a trip and you're wandering on the streets and then enter a club because then the horn/trumpet/instrument fades away and then there's the techno/dance feel.

The song is sick. I love it. So me being a total music lover decided to look the band or group up. They are called The White Panda. And they are so cool! Kinda a cliche and copy of Deadmau5, being that mr. Deadmau5 wears a big ass mouse on his head and The White Panda (which by the way, consists of two people) wear panda masks. But as for that, I don't really know much about the group, because I didn't really want to intensively research them but I do recommend listening to the song. It is VERY cool.

Thank you friend!! =)

It's Sunday, Sunday, Gotta Get Down on Sundayy!

Oh.

My.

God.

Please someone send me a doctor. I think I'm suffering from ortorrhea... that's bleeding from the ears, right? If not, MY EARS ARE BLEEDING!!!

If anyone in this cyberspace vortex read my post about Kim Kardashian, you probably know how I feel about music producers letting just about anyone into their studios. If you thought Kimmie was horrible, wait for it... let me introduce to you Rebecca Black.

My friend sent me Black's Youtube video for her single "Friday" that's making everyone in the world either go crazy for it or hate it. And I'm not lying.

Just this past Friday, I heard people in the halls humming to Friday and in class, someone started singing "It's Friiiday, Friday, gotta get down on Friday..." OH! And I'm on the phone with my friend right now and she just started singing, "Sitting in the front seat, sitting in the back seat, gotta make up my mind...".. guess my friend likes the song. :/

Then there are the haters. Now. I personally dislike the song. It's autotuned to no absolute end and from the song, it seems like she has no talent. But some haters have really taken it out of proportion. To tell Black to go cut herself and get an eating disorder and die from it? I mean, come on, really? Are we really that much of animals? Do we have nothing better to do than to hate like that? It's okay to hate a song and an artist but to wish them that... I'm sure people can be higher than that low level.

My friend who sent me the Friday link also sent me a different link to where Black is interviewed. The interviewer asked her to sing her the national anthem. To which Black proceeded to sing it. Then the interviewer asks, "Do you think you're a good singer?"

Black responds, "I think I have talent on some level. I don't think I'm the worst singer but I don't think I'm the best singer."

Like I said, from "Friday", my ears are bleeding. It's a horrible song with absolutely no meaning to any of the words. But being that Black is only a thirteen year old... I mean, what can you expect? At 13, the only thing I cared about was also the weekend and fun. And from the interview where she sang the national anthem... she wasn't SO bad.

The interview also mentioned that her parents paid for the entire video and song. Desperate much? The girl's only thirteen. Give her a few years with a voice coach, will you? Or she'll end up being the next Miley Cyrus.

Maybe there is hidden talent underneath all that autotune. I honestly have no idea. But Friday really does suck. A whole lot. Hate the song.

Oh and to those extreme haters: Black doesn't care what you think. The more attention you give Friday, the more money she makes. Don't believe me? Here's a glimpse from an article from Metro:

Forbes has done the math, and figured out just how much your scorn is worth to the 13-year-old "Friday"songstress. The viral video has accumulated roughly 30 million views on YouTube, most on the past week; with the video site making roughly $1 per 1,000 views and offering offering content partners like Black 68% of the profits, that amounts to roughly $20,000.

So please... do hate on Black. Her income is higher than yours.

Anger Management Classes, Anyone?

You know what it's like when you have a favorite song that you just can't over listening to? But then one day you just forget about it... And then either a few months or even years later, you end up listening to it again, remembering all the memories that went with it? Does anyone know what I'm talking about? Or am I really just crazy?

Anyway, I just spent about twenty minutes listening to some of Chris Brown's old songs, recalling all the memories that went with those songs. Remember his hit single Run It? And With You? Forever? Oh, what about that amazing duet with Jordin Sparks, No Air?

Then.... Back in '09 or '08, was it? There had been allegations made against Chris Brown when he and Rihanna did not show up to the Grammys. Rihanna was found beaten and Chris Brown was to blame. Rihanna issued a restraining order out on Chris Brown. Brown, pleading not guilty, asked for a plea bargain. To stay out of jail, he'd do community service. Now, I'm no cop or a judge... I'm only a music lover so I don't really care about the details. I don't even know much about the details.

After 2 years of community service and obeying his restraining order, Brown finally releases F.A.M.E. (Forgiving All My Enemies), and I haven't really listened to the tracks yet. But what I CAN say is that all the beef and hate that has been put on Brown after he stormed out of the Good Morning America show is just rude and uncivil.

Brown had come to the show merely to discuss his album, mainly because it had been the album's release day. To put Brown on TV and COMPEL him to answer questions that is in his and Rihanna's past is just ridiculous. Whatever happened between Rihanna and Chris Brown is between them and the walls of the court room. Not the fans. It isn't even our business.

After the assault, fans had been going nuts about who's side were they on... the innocent singer or the hot-tempered one?

But really, it isn't our business. We don't know them. We only know their music. To say that you're on Brown's side or Rihanna's side doesn't matter. Sorry to say, your view on the entire ordeal doesn't matter. You weren't part of the jury to convict Brown.

Yes, Brown has been a little "not himself" since the attack but people change. So has Rihanna. I think her vulgar side has showed in her album Rated R and she has calmed down in her Loud album. Brown has the right to change. But to compel him to answer questions about HIS past that he has had to face with just isn't right.

I saw the interview on youtube and Robin, the interviewer, continuously asked him questions about the assault while Brown was merely trying to promote his new album. Whenever she'd ask a question about it, he'd just say that he was there for the album, that it was in his past, he didn't want to talk about it.

I'm not saying that I or anyone else can forgive him for what he did but that isn't our place. That's Rihanna's. Those marks on her face prove so. But to deliberately "interrogate" him on TV just doesn't settle right in my stomach.

The interviewer, excuse my French, was a bitch. She, and the rest of the media, probably knew that he was hot-tempered. Why toy with his emotions?

I can admit, after I saw what happened with Rihanna and Brown, I didn't like Brown after that. But I still liked his music. Yeah, he abuses women and definitely needs some anger management classes. But that isn't for us as fans to judge. That's for a judge, a jury, and a court room. The man still makes good music and still is talented. Bet you this... When he dies, people will probably think he's a legend. Doesn't that remind us of someone? Someone that fans turned their backs on when he was on trial but then when he died, he all of a sudden became the King of Pop?