After once again being subjected to Robin Thicke’s rape song, Blurred Lines, at the Grammys, I feel the need to repost a couple of blogs on the misogyny:
Rape culture in living color. Degrading women as second class starts with media images. The media is a powerful messenger. Fear and Anger and Sex are the major influences in Communications and the media uses them well to influence the public.
Music has been a part of my life since I could remember, and the Grammy’s were one of the shows I used to watch regularly, but last night was a reminder of why I quit watching the awards show…it’s more about promotion of artists than promotion of music as an art. Because I don’t see that Robin Thicke and the others (including women) that sexualize women to promote their songs have a load of talent.
If one has talent, their music speaks for itself.
Good music stirs the soul….speaks to the soul…bad music is just noise to fill the airwaves.
And on a personal note~ I really wish Ringo would have sung “It Don’t Come Easy”…I requested this song for Christmas one year, and my thirty year old son liked it…it could have been a way for Ringo to reach the younger crowd, if he had introduced them to it….
The opening notes as they are played on the recorded version are beautiful and stirring.
**edited to take out video–oops, thought it was official. Apologies.
Eagle 