Wednesday, June 25, 2008

DEFENSIVE

I think we all already know I'm a Kanye fan. In fact ya'll would be surprised if you knew how big a Kanye fan I am, but that's another story.

Mr. West was performed at Bonnaroo. Apparently it didn't go well. He was late getting on stage and cut his set short. Personally, I think if you are taking in a concert at 2:30 in the morning then you have much bigger problems than the artist going on stage late, but whatever.

Anyway, Yeezy has gotten a lot of bad publicity for that performance. Of course he's not going to take it lying down. He wrote this on his blog. My comments are italicized in brackets, and other than a little f-bomb editing, I didn't revise this in any way. Sorry about the caps but homeboy was mad.

"I am sick of negative people who just sit around trying 2 plot my downfall… Why???? I understand if people don't like me because I like me [haha] or if people think tight clothes look gay or people say I run my mouth to much, But this Bonnaroo thing is the worst insult I've ever had in my life. This is the most offended I've ever been… this is the maddest I ever will be [really?]. I'm typing so freaking hard I might break my freaking Mac book Air!!!!!!!! Call me any name you want…. arrogant, conceited, narcissistic, racist, metro, fag whatever you can think of…. BUT NEVER SAY I DIDN'T GIVE MY ALL! NEVER SAY I DIDN'T GIVE MY ALL! THIS SHOWS NO MATTER HOW HARD YOU TRY TO BE GOOD AT SOMETHING THERE WILL BE PEOPLE THERE TO LIE ABOUT YOU AND BRING YOU DOWN! LIKE WAYNE SAYS PLEASE DON'T SHOOT ME DOWN CAUSE I'M FLYING! I'M FREAKING HURT BY THIS ONE. ALL I CARE ABOUT ARE THE FANS. JUST SAY THIS OUT LOUD IN A ROOM FULL OF PEOPLE, "KANYE DOESN'T CARE ABOUT GIVING A GOOD PERFORMANCE." CAN ANYONE HONESTLY SAY THAT ????????? HAS ANYONE EVEN TAKEN THE TIME TO AT LEAST DO THE MATH??? BONNAROO SHOULD HAVE RELEASED A STATEMENT IN MY DEFENSE BUT SINCE THEY HAVEN'T LET'S BREAK DOWN THE WALLS ON THIS TRUMAN SHOW AND LET YOU KNOW WHAT REALLY OCCURRED!!! FOR OVER A MONTH WE WENT BACK AND FORTH ON WETHER [sic] OR NOT WE COULD EVEN FIT MY STAGE AT THE FESTIVAL. ONE DAY THEY WOULD SAY YES… WE'D SEND THEM OUR SPECS THEN THEY THEY'D SAY OK… THEN THEY WOULD SEND SPECS BACK THAT DIDN'T FIT THE STAGE. WE WERE OBVIOUSLY DEALING WITH FREAKING IDIOTS WHO DIDN'T REALLY HAVE THE CAPACITY TO REALLY PUT ON THIS SHOW PROPERLY. THEY TRIED 2 GIVE ME A TIME SLOT WERE IT WAS STILL LIGHT OUTSIDE … I HAVE A FREAKING LIGHT SHOW DUMB ASS, IT'S NOT CALLED GLOW IN THE DARK FOR NO REASON SQUID BRAINS! MY PEOPLE WORKED OUT A COMPROMISED STAGE PLOT AND A 3AM TIME SLOT AND I AGREED. FAST FOWARD [sic] TO THE DAY OF THE SHOW. MY PRODUCTION MANAGER TRIED TO LOAD IN FOR 24 HOURS BEFORE I WENT ON STAGE BUT THE FESTIVAL WOULDN'T ALLOW US TO DO ANYTHING UNTIL PEARL JAM LEFT THE STAGE. PEARL JAM ENDED ONE HOUR
LATE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AT THAT POINT WE'RE RACING AGAINST THE SUN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AT 4:20AM DON COMES BACK 2 THE BUS AND TELLS ME, " IT WOULD TAKE 45 MORE MINUTES TO PUT ALL YOUR PYRO IN!" I SAY I HAVE TO GET OUT THERE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE . I HIT THE STAGE AND PEOPLE HAD BEEN THROWING SHIT ON THE STAGE AND HAD ACTUALLY HIT THE JANE SCREEN WITH, I GUESS BOTTLES OR SOMETHING AND HAD BROKEN MY FREAKING SCREEN. REMEMBER WHEN YOU WERE A SHORTY AND WATER WOULD HIT THE TV?????? WHEN I GOT 2 "THROUGH THE WIRE" I STEPPED ON THE FRONT PART OF MY STAGE AND THERE WAS SO MUCH LIQUID ON THE STAGE I COULDN'T MOVE WITHOUT SLIPPING. I HAD TO ADJUST MY WHOLE PERFORMANCE STYLE BECAUSE OF IT. A FEW MORE SONGS IN AND THE SUN WAS ON IT'S WAY UP.. I CUT A FEW SONGS FROM THE SET BECAUSE I WANTED PEOPLE 2 EXPERIENCE STRONGER WHILE THERE WAS STILL SOME DARKNESS TO PERFORM IT IN. I'VE STRUGGLED WITH STRONGER FROM IT'S CONCEPTION. REMEMBER LAST SUMMER WHEN I CANCELED SOME TV APPEARANCES. IT WAS BECAUSE I DIDN'T WANT TO PERFORM STRONGER IN THE DAYTIME. ANYONE WHO CAME TO THE GLOW TOUR CAN UNDERSTAND WHY I WANTED PEOPLE TO SEE IT PROPERLY [it's very laser heavy, to say the least]. IT BROKE MY HEART THAT I COULDN'T GIVE THESE FANS STRONGER IN IT'S GREATEST FORM… BY THE TIME I GOT TO STRONGER IT WAS DAYTIME AND IT BROKE MY HEART. I'M SORRY TO EVERYONE THAT I DIDN'T HAVE THE ABILITY 2 GIVE THE PERFORMANCE I WANTED TO. I'M SORRY… SOMETIMES I GO 2, 3 DAYS W/O SLEEP WORKING ON MY PERFORMANCE… I HAVE TO ICE MY KNEES AFTER EVERY SHOW [I believe it] AND THEY HURT WHEN I WALK THROUGH THE AIRPORT… HAVING AN EXPENSIVE STAGE CUTS MY PAYDAY IN HALF… CALL ME WHAT YOU WANT BUT NEVER SAY I DIDN'T GIVE MY ALL!!!"

You know what I think the problem was? Not the stage, not the load in, not the sun. The problem was that he even played Bonnaroo in the first place! Whose idea was that? That's like inviting Shania Twain to perform at the BET Awards. People that like Pearl Jam and Metallica, not just casually but are diehard enough to stay up all odd hours and go without sleep and showers to see them perform, typically don't also like a lot of rap. And vice versa. You can be a hippy or you can be a thug but you can't be both.

So you see, Kanye, you should have just performed at the Sommett Center at a reasonable hour instead of at Bonnaroo at 2:15 a.m. Then I could have come to see you again, and then afterward gone home to take a shower and sleep in my bed. The crowd wasn't mad at you, Kanye. They were tired and sleep deprived and stinky and mad at themselves for coming back to Bonnaroo when they swore after last year's festival they were done.

And the other problem? They weren't there to see you. You've sold out arenas all across the United States, full of ticket-wielding Kanye addicts like myself who appreciate your art and your talent and will drive hundreds of miles just to see YOU perform... twice! But those kids at Bonnaroo were far more interested in getting high and jamming with Eddie Vetter, and anyone that told you otherwise was lying.

But don't worry, Kanye. I still love you. I know you gave your all; you always do and you always will. So you've still got at least one fan in Tennessee. XOXOXO.

P.S.: Meant to show y'all this e-mail I got on my birthday. It was my second favorite birthday card.

3 comments:

  1. I hope you e-mailed him this as well...I know you aren't scared to e-mail...

    Hope all is well!

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  2. I don't have his e-mail address :(

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  3. That's awesome. It shows that he views his art as the collective sensations one experiences as a result of his live show. The fact that he thinks of the time of day a song is performed shows his emotional connection with his music, which if you ask me, is the whole purpose of making music. The artist has an emotional connection with the music, and thus those that listen to the music experience the same emotions. It's why people cry when they hear Beethoven symphonies.

    I totally agree with you Lindsay. Bonaroo is no place for Kanye. These people wanted to get high and jam out to whatever was playing. Kanye, live and learn I guess.

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