Did anyone else watch Saturday Night Live last week?
I've always been fairly indifferent toward Beyonce. I enjoyed the wide variety of strong women who broke into the music scene in the mid-90s. But aside from that, I haven't had much of an opinion on her.
Until last Saturday.
Her live performance of "Single Ladies" was awful. The song is catchy, the message behind the song seems pretty cool (from what I could understand). But the performance? Where do I even start...?
- I'm all for women of every shape and size being proud of their bodies, but being proud of your body means knowing your body and what it looks best in. I'm sorry, but it takes a frickin' skinny girl to wear a girdle and undies on stage, and Beyonce is not that skinny. Her trashy little gitup accentuated the biggest parts of her body (and no, that's NOT her chest).
- How many times during the song did Beyonce actually put down the microphone and just dance? From my perspective, here's the deal: you're either a musician who takes your craft seriously, or you're a performer who sells sex and has a voice that doesn't crack the fantasy. I suppose there's a place for each, but I personally value the latter FAR more than the former. Beyonce made a WEAK attempt to downgrade from actual musician to sex-sells performer.
- If you're going to be a performer, and not a serious singer, you have to be able to dance. Advertising the fact that you're a cheap, mechanical fuck does not qualify as dancing. Seriously. Typically, people consider smooth, fluid motions to be sexy in dancing... not thrusting like a jack-rabbit.
So, in summary, Beyonce was a heavy-bottomed, awkwardly-thrusting fake. Wow. What an accomplishment.