Beyonce's lyrics are disgusting

[Anonymous]

Jolene is an antiquated song that puts the blame on a woman for another woman's lack of faith in her man's faithfulness, absolving men of responsibility for cheating.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I was thinking the Netflix doc would provide some insights into her whole persona and how that fit into HBCU culture/history, but was grossed out by the lyrics about Red Lobster, Monica Lewinsky, surfboards, "Yonce on her knees," etc.

This is coming from someone who listened to the City Girls album on repeat at the gym the past two weeks. I have no problem with crass/raunchy music but for Beyonce to perform her nastiest songs while pretending it represents Black Excellence is so absurd and I think ultimately degrading to all the talented people she had involved.

To think of the hundreds of hours the drill team, marching band musicians, steppers worked to develop their skills, probably requiring much sacrifice from their family/teachers/school, to end up performing for Beyonce who sings about "cigars on ice" and riding Jay Z like a surfboard is just....sad.

Trash it's all trash.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Beyoncé’s version of Jolene is quite possibly the worst recording by a major recording artist that I’ve ever heard. Any random cover is better than this garbage.

I haven't read this whole thread, but a point worth mentioning is that Dolly Parton actually requested Beyonce to cover Jolene some years ago. It may not be everyone's cup of tea, but I love how her reinterpretation fits into the narrative arc of the music she has created the past decade, around her marriage, and recovering from Jay-Z's infidelity. It's not supposed to be a perfect cover, but instead offer an alternate vision of the female response to the other woman. Rage instead of sorrow.

And Dolly is the only one with writing credits on it. So, she wrote this version. The haters can seethe and/or take it up with Dolly.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Beyoncé’s version of Jolene is quite possibly the worst recording by a major recording artist that I’ve ever heard. Any random cover is better than this garbage.

Dolly loved it.

Dolly has class beyond measure. Doesn't mean anything about the song performance one way or the other.

Sure it does. It's her song and her request. She loved it, nothing else matters.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Jolene is an antiquated song that puts the blame on a woman for another woman's lack of faith in her man's faithfulness, absolving men of responsibility for cheating.

Sorry you’re not living in reality.

“You want it to be one way, but it’s the other way.”

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Jolene is an antiquated song that puts the blame on a woman for another woman's lack of faith in her man's faithfulness, absolving men of responsibility for cheating.

You’re really bad at interpreting song meanings.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Beyoncé’s version of Jolene is quite possibly the worst recording by a major recording artist that I’ve ever heard. Any random cover is better than this garbage.

Dolly loved it.

Or said that, probably because she makes money on it.

[Anonymous]

Well good, the golden girls of DCUM have spoken.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Well good, the golden girls of DCUM have spoken.

Which part

[Anonymous]

You know I have never really put much thought behind her lyrics lol.

[Anonymous]

Any objective person would agree that Beyoncé has some songs with crass/trashy lyrics. That’s a fact.

If a performer wants to carry themselves in an overtly sexual and crass way, that’s their prerogative.

But that doesn’t mean others can’t judge them based on their body of work and how they carry themselves.

As a woman, I think a lot of women performers do a disservice to themselves and our gender. They certainly aren’t role models. Some people solely use fame and fortune as a metric for role models, and that’s weird imho.

What about intellect? Character?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:In looking at the comment above, I do wonder if Beyoncé is actually happy and living the life she wants. I’m sure that her father/mother plus Jay-Z made her into what we see as opposed to her being her. When you compare her to the other members of Destiny’s Child, they seem to live a subdued life with some successes.

She looks so unhappy now. It's like the light has disappeared from her eyes. I think their relationship should have ended years ago. I fear their brand is too big at this point

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:In looking at the comment above, I do wonder if Beyoncé is actually happy and living the life she wants. I’m sure that her father/mother plus Jay-Z made her into what we see as opposed to her being her. When you compare her to the other members of Destiny’s Child, they seem to live a subdued life with some successes.

She looks so unhappy now. It's like the light has disappeared from her eyes. I think their relationship should have ended years ago. I fear their brand is too big at this point

She seems medicated.

And she doesn’t really do interviews.

[Anonymous]

https://www.tmz.com/watch/0-c4gqb33n/

WW pretty much captures it in this clip about Beyoncé and her documentary.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:https://www.tmz.com/watch/0-c4gqb33n/

WW pretty much captures it in this clip about Beyoncé and her documentary.

is that why she never does interviews?