tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7414775977222684812.post2754344641648691967..comments2023-08-27T10:10:30.032+02:00Comments on Laws of Silence: Leave a good-looking corpseDauradehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06296473494856239751noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7414775977222684812.post-75769573927633918682012-12-20T17:32:02.637+01:002012-12-20T17:32:02.637+01:00Kesha, of course! :)Kesha, of course! :)Dauradehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06296473494856239751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7414775977222684812.post-52216981941890394162012-12-20T16:22:36.048+01:002012-12-20T16:22:36.048+01:00What are they marketing, exactly?What are they marketing, exactly?T.A.WILSONhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01947128396314205006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7414775977222684812.post-14057335457109994782012-12-20T16:21:34.949+01:002012-12-20T16:21:34.949+01:00"Why do you think Kesha chose this theme?&quo..."Why do you think Kesha chose this theme?"<br /><br />Imperial (monarch) conditioning, bro.T.A.WILSONhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01947128396314205006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7414775977222684812.post-85090019344787913722012-12-20T11:00:35.077+01:002012-12-20T11:00:35.077+01:00I would be doing that too. It's more about ma...I would be doing that too. It's more about marketing than music anyway.Dauradehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06296473494856239751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7414775977222684812.post-89785700682450853872012-12-19T15:17:50.601+01:002012-12-19T15:17:50.601+01:00Kesha and crew are probably checking the analytics...Kesha and crew are probably checking the analytics on those types of searches right now. Jasonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18288849522994640993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7414775977222684812.post-10591907621604135122012-12-19T10:04:11.866+01:002012-12-19T10:04:11.866+01:00"Regardless, the products are always very Nie..."Regardless, the products are always very Nietzsche-inspired." <br /><br />Seems like David Bowie was one of the first to explore the link between fascism and the rock star....the blind emotion, getting lost in mass hysteria, the cult of personality, etc. What you term "projections of power" (great phrase) seems to be what it's all about these dies. Not ironic at all, Dauradehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06296473494856239751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7414775977222684812.post-78693806322215139082012-12-17T22:33:48.963+01:002012-12-17T22:33:48.963+01:00Perhaps not much controversy as videos don't p...Perhaps not much controversy as videos don't push music as heavily as they used to - as in the Madonna case. MTV barely shows them anymore and I'm guessing most fans watch them online. Maybe due to the lag in viewership, more freedom is taken with themes. Certainly provocation will inspire more views, even if they are just "hatin'". <br /><br />As for why Kesha chose this Jasonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18288849522994640993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7414775977222684812.post-31455056184672168972012-12-17T21:41:52.832+01:002012-12-17T21:41:52.832+01:00Yes, I'm kind of surprised there isn't mor...Yes, I'm kind of surprised there isn't more controversy. The way she's veiled and carried around like a saint's icon could be interpreted as a mockery of religion. I guess since it's not overtly catholic, it passes. Remeber madonna's "Like a Prayer" video? A black saint comes to life and she makes out with him. Quite the controversy; And recently she was &Dauradehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06296473494856239751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7414775977222684812.post-7176351010175570992012-12-17T15:55:06.708+01:002012-12-17T15:55:06.708+01:00Good points made.
After watching the video (and ...Good points made. <br /><br />After watching the video (and your post was the first time I'd ever seen it, although I've heard the song as background music plenty of times) I'm struck by how overtly religious it is. Nevermind that the religion depicted is not one of the major 3, but we're talking about a song that's currently #3 on the Top 100, and which also ranked #1 on the Jasonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18288849522994640993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7414775977222684812.post-45680823433758731382012-12-17T12:39:50.031+01:002012-12-17T12:39:50.031+01:00Weird how that fits in with the recent spate of sh...Weird how that fits in with the recent spate of shootings, murder-suicides by young people....Dauradehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06296473494856239751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7414775977222684812.post-87397189210838065022012-12-17T05:15:08.585+01:002012-12-17T05:15:08.585+01:00General consensus seems to be that teens/YAs are c...General consensus seems to be that teens/YAs are crazy because they feel immortal.<br /><br />I suspect, however, that teens/YAs are crazy because they feel spectacularly *mortal*. They taste death keenly and expect to die young. So why not go crazy?The Gidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04222098025692029885noreply@blogger.com