A Long Overdue Rant

February 6, 2008
Mood: calm

Pausing just a bit to say, zomg - I'm calm? ZOMG, I am calm!! xD

After days of turbulent, raging, sea of emotions... I'm calm! Hurray!!

Anyway...

I am posting to talk about Avril Lavigne.

This is a long overdue rant, I know. Hence, the title. I've been meaning to write this when the song "Girlfriend" came out, but as usual, procrastination won.

But enough excuses.

Avril Lavigne is a very good example as to why we should never EVER trust MTV. I admit it, I like some of Avril's songs - notably, Happy Ending. You could even say I was a fan. But then again, no. I was never a fan. I only liked 3 of her songs, really.

I'm not really familiar with her life story. But it seems that in the Sk8ter Boi music video, MTV saw her make this sign;

And so the executive monkeys of MTV were like "Whoah! Hardcore! She made the punk sign! That means she's punk! And she's all... punky and everything. How can we market this? Well, she's a girl... I know! Let's call her 'Punk Princess'!"

See what happens when you let monkeys run your business?

I don't feel like elaborating too much on this subject. Point is, they called her Punk Princess, and the public ate it up. I myself was blinded by this, until one day it clicked. Punk is about not conforming to anything. It's about fighting the system, if you will. Songs made by real punk bands are usually heavily laden with political issues and the likes. Avril's songs...

Well...

Emo did not yet exist at that time, yet that is the only word that comes to mind right now.

And so it hit me. Little miss Punk Princess is just a poseur.

I didn't really mind that much. Until this happened...




Seriously.

SERIOUSLY.

What kind of abomination is that?!

It hurts me to watch that. And I'm not even punk. It's just... the dance, the cheerleader moves, the über-cutesy-ness... and the pink! The pink! OMFG - the pink!

It's horrible. It's... it's...

Sid Vicious would be rolling around his grave right now, if he sees this.

Actually, no. I think he'd get up, straight from the land of the dead, just to stop this crap from happening.

And now I'm at a loss for what to say. I probably should sleep. But I have this text that has to be memorized by tomorrow. Ah well. I'll cram at lunch break.

Ciao.

PS: MTV is a conglomerate of primitive primates. Do not trust them. True, they are fun to watch, but it doesn't mean you have to believe them.