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    I think it's an unavoidable consequence of this song. I consider myself a pretty progressive guy but be damned if I can think of a way to hate on this song that wouldn't put me in the same position as Mr. Ween. What's Up" is awful in a distinctly female kind of way, and by opposing it you kind of paint yourself in a

    Are you fucking kidding me? The Bad and the Beautiful is a complete copout of a movie and has nowhere near the guts of Sunset Blvd.

    Unfortunately, I don't think colons or semicolons or anything would work, as there is no punctuation mark that means "like," "for example," or "in the manner of."

    The few defenses of this song I've seen (on Gawker and such) is that it's at least about something unlike most country songs (true enough, I guess) and that it's "starting the conversation." I don't feel like it's starting the conversation at all because this is the same conversation shitty defensive Southerners have

    Starring Jon Cryer and Jim Belushi.

    Didn't they break up like last year?

    What twang? There's no twang in Sheryl Crow's voice in that line, faux or otherwise.

    This may actually be good for her career.

    Picking the world's famous Hitler to play the Pope?

    The mid-'70s, actually!

    I don't think that you "must" stay in a marriage, which is what the OP seems to be saying. But you should at least make the effort, especially when you have children involved, and the song doesn't make it sound like she did. "I'm sorry, I don't live you anymore" is a pretty callous way to end a marriage, and it

    I don't much find the tone of this song empowering at all, and I think the people trying to read it as such have got it wrong. It's "feminist" in that it's about the suffocating gender roles thrust upon a poor neglected housewife, but it's still an unhappy song about an unhappy situation, and maybe divorce is a better

    You didn't even mention the horrifically condescending Geritol commercial that inspired it. "I think I'll keep her" was the actual line from the ad, and it had the horrible timing of being released right at the height of Women's Lib and caused a huge stink.

    I certainly prefer Tina Fey to Taylor Swift, I think Fey's jab at Swift was beyond mild and I think Taylor's humorless response was ill-considered, but the outpouring of vitriol and disgust over what was also a fairly innocuous comment is a mite disturbing to me.

    Singer opens negative comments on song with a disclaimer mitigating any whininess or negativity; commenter responds by being a whiny, over-negative little bitch. Film at 11.

    Mystikal does, in fact, crap really fast. He's very good about his fiber intake.

    There's a typo up there. It's not "I Got a Feeling," it's "I Gotta Feeling." As in, "I got to feeling."

    3 Doors Down do not deserve to be here. Sucking has never been a criteria for this list, and 3 Doors Down, who were bafflingly successful, have every right to put out a greatest hits album. I protest!

    3 Doors Down do not deserve to be here. Sucking has never been a criteria for this list, and 3 Doors Down, who were bafflingly successful, have every right to put out a greatest hits album. I protest!

    Butt rock may have been coined for hairmetal, but I always thought it fit way better describing Nickelback and Three Days Grace and other bands in that genre, the singers of which often literally sound like butts.