"All About That Bass" Rant
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She doesn't once tear down anyone in that song. Are you mishearing lyrics or do you just interpret things in a certain way so you can rant?
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Um... try not to take it so personally or seriously :huh:
In my opinion but the skinny shaming and fat shaming groups need to take a chill pill, relax and enjoy their lives and their music. I honestly doubt she was trying to say she hates skinny girls. I think she was trying to say she isn't going to try to be skinny for a man's benefit and that her mom said she should love her body no matter what size. Not all music has to be taken in its most literal sense.
Reading the lyrics, she's talking about photoshop and silicone and barbie dolls, not women who are thin or have thigh gaps.
She's saying that you don't need a "spot healing tool" or surgery to be beautiful.0 -
What about boobs? How do you feel about those?My thoughts may not be the popular opinion, but here they are: If someone is skinny, cool. If someone is curvy and they are happy with that, cool. Someone writes a song about being skinny, I don't cry about it. Someone writes a song how being curvy is in, I don't care. A song doesn't dictate how I feel about myself...if someone prefers a girl skinnier than me that's their choice, it doesn't bother me. If someone wants a girl that is 500lbs, okay go for it. Basically I don't let a song, a persons opinion, societies view of beauty etc, dictate how I feel. It's actually kind of amusing that a song can make someone so angry. Lol
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Um... try not to take it so personally or seriously :huh:
In my opinion but the skinny shaming and fat shaming groups need to take a chill pill, relax and enjoy their lives and their music. I honestly doubt she was trying to say she hates skinny girls. I think she was trying to say she isn't going to try to be skinny for a man's benefit and that her mom said she should love her body no matter what size. Not all music has to be taken in its most literal sense.
Reading the lyrics, she's talking about photoshop and silicone and barbie dolls, not women who are thin or have thigh gaps.
She's saying that you don't need a "spot healing tool" or surgery to be beautiful.
Indeed! Agreed
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oh, and how do you feel about the lyrics to body bounce?
right there... those are classy lyrics...
http://www.directlyrics.com/kardinal-offishall-body-bounce-lyrics.html
Both my hands fit around her waist,
Her astronauts takin' up my space, yo,
I'm about to launch my rocket,
Take off your clothes and reach in my pocket,
Grab the controller, similar to wii,
It's a game and imma let you beat me
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(Kardinal)
Bounce, twerk,
Show me a little work,
Imma take them calories off with that shirt,
Look how you bouncin',
All of the sudden I think how many men try to climb that mountain,
Them heals you got is no joke, even Akon might go broke,
Spendin' them ones, throwin' them twenties,
? throwin' up centuries,
That's the body of the century,
You a little insecure but baby you got plenty,
Them stretch marks on your hips is just bungie cords bringin' you back when you dip,
I read your lips, my gang stay literate,
I ain't scared, not a little bit,
Gotta let you know, your worth about a million ?,
Now just bounce
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(Kardinal)
Chyeaa, ?
PS3, the PS stands for PSSS if ya body bouncin' around me,
Then it's game over, act like you older,
Either we bouncin' right now, or your dirt off the shoulder,
So extra, mr. material,
Lemme feel on your birthday suit texture,
So resilient,
I like how on the inside its like a wetsuit, brilliant,
Water resistant up to 9 inches,
Wrap that let me open it up like Christmas,
I'm about the same height as ?,
Keep on your heels, lets get down to business,
No gym but I'm seein' your fitness,
With my eyes closed you pose as a witness,
Everywhere the body language you pronounce0 -
I found it more offensive that she was banging on about how "big" she was when she's pretty much just a normal size. I would even call her thin if we bear in mind the fact that people do look bigger on camera.0
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What about boobs? How do you feel about those?My thoughts may not be the popular opinion, but here they are: If someone is skinny, cool. If someone is curvy and they are happy with that, cool. Someone writes a song about being skinny, I don't cry about it. Someone writes a song how being curvy is in, I don't care. A song doesn't dictate how I feel about myself...if someone prefers a girl skinnier than me that's their choice, it doesn't bother me. If someone wants a girl that is 500lbs, okay go for it. Basically I don't let a song, a persons opinion, societies view of beauty etc, dictate how I feel. It's actually kind of amusing that a song can make someone so angry. Lol
Well I like them of course! I like them all!0 -
This is why I listen to classic rock and country music. Both genres don't care what shape you are as long as you have a vagina and don't look like a foot.
but fat bottom girls make the rockin' world go 'round
I'll bet you like your "bicycle, bycycle"0 -
"I'm bringing booty back
Go ahead and tell them skinny *****es that
No I'm just playing. I know you think you're fat
But I'm here to tell ya
Every inch of you is perfect from the bottom to the top"
god forbid the influx of songs recently to make bigger girls feel good about themselves. if i'm reading these lyrics correctly, the only figure she puts down is a "stick figure silicone Barbie doll" and she says she's just playin after saying the phrase "skinny *****es" (which, when i was growing up, had a good connotation anyway) right before telling everyone they're perfect. i realize body shaming is terrible in all forms, but for bigger girls who are brought up in a society where thin is the thing to be and the media is incessantly representing only thin people, just let us enjoy the few songs recently that make us feel good about our size.
your edited lyrics are kind of hilarious to me. obviously, they would be considered offensive because a size 22 is not something society/the media portrays as desirable (nor is that even a size that almost any normal clothing stores sell?? so how do you think a size 22 girl would feel about that?). fat girls have ALWAYS been the oppressed body type, with every magazine headline telling us how to lose weight fast and get "toned" and be skinny and simply the fact that fat girls can't even shop in regular clothing stores because everything is too small. this is just ridiculous. the hate over this is so silly to me. i feel like some people who are constantly represented everywhere (like thin people, which you might not even realize, because you are so very used to it) suddenly feel so offended when something doesn't represent them.
she's saying she's not a size two, and she's not skinny etc etc and she's proud of herself ANYWAY, because those are DESIRABLE things to be. she's not saying they are BAD things to be. she is saying that she is proud of herself and her body, DESPITE her body not being what most people consider ideal. i truly cannot understand how people are so offended by a song that literally tells its audience that every inch of them is perfect.0 -
I'm all for ranting about the little thing in life, really I am! I could go on for hours about how people don't respect the "no crumbs in the peanut butter jar" rule, but it's just a song. It's no worse than half the other songs out there. It's a stupid opinion from one girl just trying to make a few bucks with a catchy tune. I hate the song but god help me I've found myself singing it when I'm in the shower.
Just complain about the prices at Starbucks like everyone else if you want to rant and leave the music alone for a while.0 -
This is why I listen to classic rock and country music. Both genres don't care what shape you are as long as you have a vagina and don't look like a foot.
Ok, so I know what country music is, but what is "classic rock" anyway?
The Kinks - "Destroyer" is a great example of a "classic rock" song.0 -
I don't like her b/c she's blonde.0
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I made the mistake of listening to the radio last week and heard this song for the first time and it's been stuck in my head ever since. This is why I listen to death metal. No body shaming, they just talk about brutally killing people of all shapes and sizes.
Plus I don't get her annoying voice stuck in my head. Make it stop, please.
I like you...........Papa Roach, Last Resort rocks. And believe it or not, I've never wanted to kill myself.
Rock on! :flowerforyou:
Thank you, but Papa Roach isn't death metal. It's rock. I'm talking about Suffocation, Deicide, Pestilence, Death, Mortitian, and of course, Cannibal Corpse. Mortitian has a song called "Hacked up for a Barbecue" or Cannibal Corpse's "Hammer Smashed Face" that was in Ace Ventura: Pet Detective. They are brutal with crazy fast speed playing. I don't want to kill or eat people and I'm not into necrophilia, but at least they accept every body shape, size, race, gender. Bless their little cotton socks. lol Oh and you can't understand they lyrics because they growl them pretty much. There is actually a band that uses their dog's growling in it. lol0 -
Marilyn Monroe was a 14 on average....
Victorian Age women were an average of 14...
All the best breast sizes are on 14....
14 is perfect...0 -
This is why I listen to classic rock and country music. Both genres don't care what shape you are as long as you have a vagina and don't look like a foot.
but fat bottom girls make the rockin' world go 'round
I'll bet you like your "bicycle, bycycle"
Now That song is in my head....0 -
I'm pretty sure it's more about loving yourself and not being upset over not being one of those "Photoshopped" women the tabloids display. She herself isn't really a "fat" girl. Definitely not a size "22".
Good for you if your thin, but I've been stuck listening to songs about hot thin chicks my whole life.I live in the south and hear how all good southern women look sexy in their "cut-off jeans" and bikini's. So Maybe we can just enjoy something for a change?
No one is about to tear down Sir-Mix-a lot and He Liked big butts.
This Post annoyed me.
Soo Yeah.
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She doesn't once tear down anyone in that song. Are you mishearing lyrics or do you just interpret things in a certain way so you can rant?
I love you, but I too found this song to be catchy, but yes, tearing down smaller girls. I actually posted a blog about the same exact thing a while back. So did many other women who aren't curvy and also found this song catchy.
If "every inch of you is perfect from the bottom to the top" is tearing people down sign me up to be blasted next.
not that part, obviously. It is ok if we don't all see everything the same exact way. I still love all of my friends.0 -
Marilyn Monroe was a 14 on average....
Victorian Age women were an average of 14...
All the best breast sizes are on 14....
14 is perfect...
Marilyn Monroe was a size 10, max.
http://www.snopes.com/movies/actors/mmdress.asp0 -
All I see are a bunch of people judging people, then saying, "But not to judge."0
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So long as you're not a "skinny *****."She doesn't once tear down anyone in that song. Are you mishearing lyrics or do you just interpret things in a certain way so you can rant?
I love you, but I too found this song to be catchy, but yes, tearing down smaller girls. I actually posted a blog about the same exact thing a while back. So did many other women who aren't curvy and also found this song catchy.
If "every inch of you is perfect from the bottom to the top" is tearing people down sign me up to be blasted next.0 -
Lol..I love this song..not because of the lyrics but because it makes me want to dance. So buy the karoke version and shake ya tailfeather ! 0
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My girls (9 and 7) like the song and asked what it was about.
I said that she is saying that it is perfectly ok to love yourself as you are. That you don't have to look like a barbie doll (whose proportions are almost biologically impossible naturally anyways). I told them that beauty is not something that is tied to body size, and neither is being loved.
I told them that they need to realize that they are beautiful as they are - the size and shape they are - and that being healthy is far more important than fitting into a specific size or shape.
I think the song is catchy and fun, and it was a great teaching moment.
But maybe that's me.
I wasn't going to come in here but I saw this.....
::hugs:: :::squeeze::: Mirey!!!!!!!! That is exactly how I took it and what a great way to get that lesson to your girls!0 -
My thoughts:
Someone is HANGRY. Probably a lot of people based on the posts I've read. You really shouldn't let people get you all distraught over their jealousy. It can't hurt you unless you let it. Haters gonna hate. Just ignore them. There will always be haters no matter what. People hate on chubby chicks as much as skinny chicks get hated. For different reasons, but it's still hate.
Self-acceptance is what young girls need. So I think the message is ok. Does it go too far? Probably. The parts I can't stand the most are the girl's voice (she needs a voice-box removal) and hearing my 13-year-old sister-in-law singing with it on the radio. Singing about men groping women's butts in bed. Nothing better than a child singing about screwing and knowing that's what they singing about. She is going to be pregnant soon, I has a feeling... But that's the mom in me talking, I guess.
Turn off the song if you hates it. I want to stab my ear-drums with a pencil, but thankfully I can think enough to turn it off before I get so desperate.
Yep...that covers it.
And also, I'm still 45 lbs from my goal, but I got catcalled yesterday. Apparently, some men do indeed like big (but not monstrous) butts.0 -
*retreats back to Rammstein station on Pandora* can't be mad at them, I only know every other word they sing0
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I made the mistake of listening to the radio last week and heard this song for the first time and it's been stuck in my head ever since. This is why I listen to death metal. No body shaming, they just talk about brutally killing people of all shapes and sizes.
Plus I don't get her annoying voice stuck in my head. Make it stop, please.
I like you...........Papa Roach, Last Resort rocks. And believe it or not, I've never wanted to kill myself.
Rock on! :flowerforyou:
Thank you, but Papa Roach isn't death metal. It's rock. I'm talking about Suffocation, Deicide, Pestilence, Death, Mortitian, and of course, Cannibal Corpse. Mortitian has a song called "Hacked up for a Barbecue" or Cannibal Corpse's "Hammer Smashed Face" that was in Ace Ventura: Pet Detective. They are brutal with crazy fast speed playing. I don't want to kill or eat people and I'm not into necrophilia, but at least they accept every body shape, size, race, gender. Bless their little cotton socks. lol Oh and you can't understand they lyrics because they growl them pretty much. There is actually a band that uses their dog's growling in it. lol
I knew this was coming as soon as I read that...0 -
This is why I listen to classic rock and country music. Both genres don't care what shape you are as long as you have a vagina and don't look like a foot.
Bahahahahahahahahaha! LMFAO HAHAHAHAHA :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: Best damn reply I have read all day! LOVE IT0 -
Marilyn Monroe was a 14 on average....
Victorian Age women were an average of 14...
All the best breast sizes are on 14....
14 is perfect...
Marilyn Monroe had a 24-inch waist. My 30-inch waist is a modern size 8.0 -
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Marilyn Monroe was a 14 on average....
Victorian Age women were an average of 14...
All the best breast sizes are on 14....
14 is perfect...
Marilyn Monroe was a size 10, max.
http://www.snopes.com/movies/actors/mmdress.asp
Yeah, people forget that sizing changes over the years. My mother bought an old WW2 WAC uniform from a thrift shop. She's a size 6/8, and I think the uniform was a size 12 or 14 and it fit her perfectly.0
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