Comments on: Coachella Day 2–The Power of Pulchritude and Paper Planes http://passionweiss.com/2009/04/19/coachella-day-2-the-power-of-pulchritude-and-paper-planes/ Even when I was wrong, I got my point across. Thu, 24 May 2012 21:52:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Scott T. Sterling http://passionweiss.com/2009/04/19/coachella-day-2-the-power-of-pulchritude-and-paper-planes/#comment-94683 Scott T. Sterling Mon, 27 Apr 2009 20:11:26 +0000 http://passionweiss.com/2009/04/19/coachella-day-2-the-power-of-pulchritude-and-paper-planes/#comment-94683 M.I.A. = The Great Rock N Roll Swindle, 2.0. Somewhere, Malcolm McLaren is wondering where his check is. M.I.A. = The Great Rock N Roll Swindle, 2.0. Somewhere, Malcolm McLaren is wondering where his check is.

]]> By: Mcluskyist http://passionweiss.com/2009/04/19/coachella-day-2-the-power-of-pulchritude-and-paper-planes/#comment-92590 Mcluskyist Tue, 21 Apr 2009 00:03:47 +0000 http://passionweiss.com/2009/04/19/coachella-day-2-the-power-of-pulchritude-and-paper-planes/#comment-92590 I think you're probably being too kind. I saw her at Lolla a few years back and she sucked. Hard. It was a shame b/c the crowd was REALLY excited. This was after her visa issues and I don't even know if Kala had been released yet. She meandered around stage, would just not sing parts of the songs, looked bored and she bitched about her voice the whole time. Diplo tried hard to get the crowd going but it was a lot of awkward golf-clapping. She also kept saying "that sounds better in a club" so she should either get a decent stadium show going or stop doing them! Side note: I love her music so this isn't a blind rant. I think you’re probably being too kind. I saw her at Lolla a few years back and she sucked. Hard. It was a shame b/c the crowd was REALLY excited. This was after her visa issues and I don’t even know if Kala had been released yet. She meandered around stage, would just not sing parts of the songs, looked bored and she bitched about her voice the whole time. Diplo tried hard to get the crowd going but it was a lot of awkward golf-clapping. She also kept saying “that sounds better in a club” so she should either get a decent stadium show going or stop doing them!

Side note: I love her music so this isn’t a blind rant.

]]> By: Great Scott http://passionweiss.com/2009/04/19/coachella-day-2-the-power-of-pulchritude-and-paper-planes/#comment-92532 Great Scott Mon, 20 Apr 2009 18:06:09 +0000 http://passionweiss.com/2009/04/19/coachella-day-2-the-power-of-pulchritude-and-paper-planes/#comment-92532 'Big deal. “Pop star’s success aided by looks,” is a story so spavined that it could only be broken by the Onion.' well put and spot on. ‘Big deal. “Pop star’s success aided by looks,” is a story so spavined that it could only be broken by the Onion.’

well put and spot on.

]]> By: Dom http://passionweiss.com/2009/04/19/coachella-day-2-the-power-of-pulchritude-and-paper-planes/#comment-92446 Dom Mon, 20 Apr 2009 09:27:03 +0000 http://passionweiss.com/2009/04/19/coachella-day-2-the-power-of-pulchritude-and-paper-planes/#comment-92446 Why is MIA's promo shot up there seemingly taken in one of those "family photos for £29.95" stalls you get in provincial town shopping centres? That pic belongs next to one of a baby in a chef's hat covered in flour. Why is MIA’s promo shot up there seemingly taken in one of those “family photos for £29.95″ stalls you get in provincial town shopping centres? That pic belongs next to one of a baby in a chef’s hat covered in flour.

]]> By: Passion of the Weiss http://passionweiss.com/2009/04/19/coachella-day-2-the-power-of-pulchritude-and-paper-planes/#comment-92434 Passion of the Weiss Mon, 20 Apr 2009 08:24:22 +0000 http://passionweiss.com/2009/04/19/coachella-day-2-the-power-of-pulchritude-and-paper-planes/#comment-92434 Yeah, "story" should've probably read "marketing angle." Yeah, “story” should’ve probably read “marketing angle.”

]]> By: Tray http://passionweiss.com/2009/04/19/coachella-day-2-the-power-of-pulchritude-and-paper-planes/#comment-92396 Tray Mon, 20 Apr 2009 04:00:40 +0000 http://passionweiss.com/2009/04/19/coachella-day-2-the-power-of-pulchritude-and-paper-planes/#comment-92396 "M.I.A’s STORY is Slumdog Millionaire, her actual background, not so much…" Uh-oh, ugly-problematic time! But seriously, I would admit that M.I.A. IS Slumdog Millionaire - the shitty Hollywood movie, not the Third World poverty it's ostensibly about and in such great sympathy with/for. This of course being exemplified by the fact that 'Paper Planes' plays in the movie. That said, nothing to hand-wring over too much (the movie, way more deserving of hand-wringing, I would say), and she does have a few great songs. “M.I.A’s STORY is Slumdog Millionaire, her actual background, not so much…”

Uh-oh, ugly-problematic time!

But seriously, I would admit that M.I.A. IS Slumdog Millionaire – the shitty Hollywood movie, not the Third World poverty it’s ostensibly about and in such great sympathy with/for. This of course being exemplified by the fact that ‘Paper Planes’ plays in the movie. That said, nothing to hand-wring over too much (the movie, way more deserving of hand-wringing, I would say), and she does have a few great songs.

]]> By: Sach http://passionweiss.com/2009/04/19/coachella-day-2-the-power-of-pulchritude-and-paper-planes/#comment-92387 Sach Mon, 20 Apr 2009 02:54:07 +0000 http://passionweiss.com/2009/04/19/coachella-day-2-the-power-of-pulchritude-and-paper-planes/#comment-92387 Like Kanye, it's always 2 steps forward 1-3 steps back with her. She sings about political stuff!...and then wears more materialistic neon-crap than Busta Rhymes at a rave. She comes off as a real person!...and subsequently a bitchy superficial person. The Clash didn't wear leisure suits or publicly dated socialites. Those half a dozen great songs DO kill though, even the hater in me had to come around to that fact. Like Kanye, it’s always 2 steps forward 1-3 steps back with her. She sings about political stuff!…and then wears more materialistic neon-crap than Busta Rhymes at a rave. She comes off as a real person!…and subsequently a bitchy superficial person. The Clash didn’t wear leisure suits or publicly dated socialites.

Those half a dozen great songs DO kill though, even the hater in me had to come around to that fact.

]]> By: brandonsoderberg http://passionweiss.com/2009/04/19/coachella-day-2-the-power-of-pulchritude-and-paper-planes/#comment-92372 brandonsoderberg Mon, 20 Apr 2009 01:26:34 +0000 http://passionweiss.com/2009/04/19/coachella-day-2-the-power-of-pulchritude-and-paper-planes/#comment-92372 M.I.A's STORY is Slumdog Millionaire, her actual background, not so much... M.I.A’s STORY is Slumdog Millionaire, her actual background, not so much…

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