Britney-fuckin-Spears (in that order)

[karmattack]

So, I went to a Britney Spears concert last night.


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Yes, I'm serious. And before you reach for them, I've hidden all the pitchforks and torches.

I just have to say I had a blast, as a Britney-loather. So first let me justify. My girlfriend's dad got free tickets from a co-worker who has a suite where the concert was being held, and the tickets got passed to us. We joked about how fun it would be to dress up in "I Hate Britney" shirts and be assholes, which turned into actually wanting to go and just watch the cultural trainwreck. It was well worth going, if not just for the ticket stub to show my kids later, then for all the drunken messages I left on my friends' voicemail from the show. And I'll do anything once.

BUT! I first want to confirm some things. Number 1, she does lip-synch. I know -- I was shocked too. There was even a moment where she pretended to play piano, and much to my dismay, the piano kept playing as she walked away from it. Now THAT'S talent -- I was actually watching her move her lips precisely to her CD vocals, sort of dance, and telekinetically play the piano! WITH HER MIND! Second, you DO want to smack that ass more when you see it in person. Naughty. Naughty little ass.

Which brings me to my last observation and question. There was a song she did where the stage was set up with a number of beds. Britney was dressed up in a fleshtone suit to make her look naked and she, with all her dancers (some in silhouette), simulated sex of all varieties -- masturbation, lesbian oral sex, straight-on doggy style, etc. It was a step below porn. I say this because I thought it at the time.....just before a guy next to me said it out loud. The thing is, I couldn't help but notice (from my suite bah-hahahahahaha) that the crowd was densely peppered with girls 10-and-younger.

Is anyone else unsettled by this?

I admit that I was on the verge of vomiting a lung from laughing, but part of laughter was nervous, I-can't-believe-I'm-seeing-this laughter.

What say you?

[Dave]

I say i want to see her in some softcore porn action

[Threadkiller]

Well, I would be unsettled by this if it weren't basically the same thing Madonna was doing about 20 years ago. Yeah it's a little heavier on the skank and little lighter on the talent but that's just the way these things go.

[karmattack]

Do you really think Madonna was pulling a 10 and younger crowd to her shows though? I mean, it was obviously inspired by what Madonna was doing -- plus Britney is doing that reality show thing that is inspired by Truth or Dare. BUT, I imagined even then that Madonna's crowd was no less than 15/16 on average.

Britney knows her crowd though. Do you think she has a responsibility to those younger fans? I mean, isn't that kind of like a set of parents sitting down their kids and showing them their home-made porno?

[Efexeye]

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I mean, isn't that kind of like a set of parents sitting down their kids and showing them their home-made porno?



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Oh, wait. I wasn't supposed to show those kids that video I found of their parents? Ruh-roh...

[Threadkiller]

Eh, maybe you are right. I just figure that the age of maturity and sophistication is getting younger. Kids are becoming consumers at a younger age and in some ways they are growing up much faster. I guess maybe that is dosconcerting now that I think about it.

[DarthMaulRat]

It's pretty funny. Most of the movies for 'tween' girls are full of these positive messages and "girl power", while their favorite singer seems to revolve around the theme "I want c*ck, badly."

[karmattack]

I think my favorite part about it was that maybe two songs before the raunchy one, she sat down and had a personal moment with the crowd. She was talking about life's twists and turns and how, at the end of the day, that's what makes you who you are. You have to struggle in life, but that's what makes it worth while. Don't give up.

She was saying all this because she knows she's influencing a troubled, youth culture.

And then two songs later, it's all about the fuck and suck.

[Efexeye]

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She was talking about life's twists and turns and how, at the end of the day, that's what makes you who you are. You have to struggle in life, but that's what makes it worth while. Don't give up.


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Yeah, Brintey Spears is pretty tough. Drop her ass in the middle of Nebraska without a cell phone and an entourage, and see how long she lasts. I hate it when celebrities try to tell all of us how hard life is. Gimme a break.

[karmattack]

Oh, believe me. It moved me. It touched me -- right here [points to heart......hand slowly redirects to bathing-suit-area]

[Matt1]

Speaking for myself, I am deeply unsettled by this. She's sending the message that if a girl dresses and behaves in a sexual manner, men will be drawn to her and she'll go further in society. And we all know how patently false that is. /forums/images/icons/wink.gif

[Zens_7s]

And any woman who denies using it occasionally to stun the opposite sex long enough to get their way at work is either:
a) lying
b) really ugly

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[Razorback]

You took the words right out of my mouth.

[Omaru]

Zens, let's be honest, sometimes you arent even trying and it happens.

[Zens_7s]

Yeah. I will admit it. Truly, it is almost always when I am not trying. I just don't complain about the outcome. /forums/images/icons/smirk.gif

[colcake]

I don't think Britney spears looks all that hot. I mean she is pretty hot but there is way hotter than her.

[Matthew]

Translation:


"I don't think Britney spears looks all that hot"

(Ya, she is doable, I'd definately do her, and I will never touch supple breasts and get me some tang that even comes close to that, so I will just say that she is not hot, to make me look more like a man.)

"I mean she is pretty hot"

(I don't want to seem like a total jerkoff by saying she is not hot, so I'll try to cover my ass.)

"but there is way hotter than her"

(Like my mom, she is hot, and my sister, she's is hot too, OH YA, and Gertrude, the family goat. now THAT's hot... wait, did I just say that out loud? AWW HELL, I am not ashamed! )

[BAMSS04]

Now, that is funny... Good stuff

[Razorback]

Britney is hot. No doubt about it. I would date her, marry her, divorce her and then get HALF! /forums/images/icons/wink.gif

[ILovePapaSmurf]

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And then two songs later, it's all about the fuck and suck.

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<font color="purple">This is also probably true during her first dates with a guy.

I bet you Karma, there were about hundreds of moms covering the eyes or their shocked little children and their 40 year old husbands at that moment.

I have her showtime concert saved on this DVR and couldn't sit through two songs of hers. I'm sorry, but she is so played out worst than Asteban's ADD jokes. /forums/images/icons/wink.gif (Kidding girl.)</font color>