Kanye West Attacks Beck At Grammy’s And The Internet Responds By Attacking… Beyonce
When Kanye West almost interrupted Beck onstage while he was accepting his Album of the Year Grammy award, and then later said that he should respect ‘true artists’ he showed one thing: how much of a twat he is. In fact, who can forget he did a similar thing to Taylor Swift a few years ago? (Weirdly Kanye has said that he will be collaborating with Swift soon).
Beck gave a very dignified response. Saying, ‘Come back, I need some help.’ and then later telling reporters: “[Kanye] deserves to be on stage as much as anybody.” Some reactions to Kanye’s pompousness have been bang on: David Spade calling him ‘virtually impossible’ to like, Shirley Manson calling him a ‘complete twat’ but what has really annoyed me is the large amount of people on the internet attacking Beyonce. Who didn’t even do anything apart from be in the audience, embarrassed at the events unfolding.
Instead of attacking Kanye as an artist, my Facebook feed is full of meme’s attacking Beyonce’s ‘artistry’. Some of it reeks of sexism and it is bullshit. Why not attack Kanye?
Beyonce is an artist. The meme’s say she plays no instruments. I don’t actually know if Beyonce plays any instruments apart from one: her voice. Her STUNNING voice. She is talented, she is visionary and anyone who has seen her documentary Life is But a Dream cannot be anything other than wowed by her work ethic, her talent and her vision. She is not just an artist: she is a superstar. Beck is also an artist. He writes songs and plays 16 instruments. I am a fan. There is room for them both in the music industry. They are like chalk and cheese and each has their place. To compare them is silly and stupid. They also claim that Beyonce does not write any of her songs. She doesn’t write them all, but she has written a fair amount.
So, people, enough with attacking the innocent party. There is only one person who deserves our scorn and his name is Kanye West.
Hi Melissa,
I said some people were coming across as a little sexist. Which is a fact. I then said that comparing Becks and Beyoncé’s music is not sexist. It is not competition like the Grammy’s, and silly as the genres are so different, but not sexist.
You never said it was sexism? Then what does “It reeks of sexism and bullshit. Why not attack Kanye?”
One man attacks another man and the internet is full of abuse towards the woman who had nothing to do with it. You can attack Beyonce’s music or even her. Women can attack other women. It’s not nice or mature but they can. You don’t have to like someone but ‘attacking’ them is a bit much. People, male and female, can slag anyone they want off and the internet is full of it. In this case however it is my personal opinion that it is not deserved. She didn’t do anything so why are people not attacking Kanye’s ‘artisty’, only hers? It is a good point and one I felt should be addressed.
People comparing Beyonce and Beck just play into Kanye’s hands. And she IS being attacked in the posts and memes that I have seen. So it is about attacking Beyonce. In fact, the entire post is about people attacking Beyonce. It’s hardly fair on her when she didn’t do anything. That is my personal opinion and I am sticking to it. Wouldn’t it be a dull world if we all agreed?
Beck does deserve a Grammy but so does Beyonce in my opinion and many others. We all have different tastes.
I never said criticising Beyonce’s music was sexism, you have completely missed the context, just that people are pointing their scorn in the wrong direction in my opinion.
It reeks of sexism… what?! What are you on about?!?! Seriously. I consider myself a feminist, I look very closely at issues of sexism but criticizing Beyonce’s “music” is not sexism. She just so happens to be a woman. We can’t say anything bad about women anymore? Please get a clue.