macklemore occupies the same space in my head as pitbull - basically, somebody who has no business making a living from rapping, but who somehow has, and have no idea what they're talking about most of the time, or what they're even supposed to be doing, but are just riding this wave of approbation to wherever it takes them, and maybe it's wrong but i kind of find them both adorable. stupid but adorable. that's probably really condescending. again, ¯\(°_o)/¯
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Monday, 19 May 2014 20:54 (ten years ago) link
Really tired of people excusing their behavior via "that wasn't my intention", as if that would make it "better" when it's really just a different kind of depressing/ugly (don't blame me, blame society)
― brimstead, Monday, 19 May 2014 20:55 (ten years ago) link
that "ceilings" song plays in an ad for a chintzy casino here, it's kind of perfect in that regard
― brimstead, Monday, 19 May 2014 20:58 (ten years ago) link
I hate to rehash the whole grammy thing, but there was something really tone deaf in a similar way to the "I thought I was gay in 3rd grade" stuff the way he said to Kendrick Lamar "I robbed you." Not "you were robbed, you really deserved the awared" but "I robbed you."
― Doritos Loco Parentis (Hurting 2), Monday, 19 May 2014 21:04 (ten years ago) link
there it is:
https://twitter.com/TuneZanotti_206/status/468442232119255040
― The Reverend, Monday, 19 May 2014 21:18 (ten years ago) link
?
― how's life, Monday, 19 May 2014 21:20 (ten years ago) link
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Monday, May 19, 2014 1:54 PM Bookmark
Maaaan, that's really unfair to Pitbull. Dude went the dance-pop route but he could be (and was) making really good Real Rap if he wanted to.
― The Reverend, Monday, 19 May 2014 21:20 (ten years ago) link
xp: I'm saying Macklemore fans representing the demographic of modern Reagan Democrats is spot on
― The Reverend, Monday, 19 May 2014 21:21 (ten years ago) link
I actually know too many self-professed liberals who liked "Same Love."
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 19 May 2014 21:22 (ten years ago) link
I've had to argue down white libruls on that one a few times.
― The Reverend, Monday, 19 May 2014 21:24 (ten years ago) link
And I'm saying "sorry that page does not exist. "
― how's life, Monday, 19 May 2014 21:25 (ten years ago) link
yah rev check yr link & repost
― °ㅇ๐ْ ° (gr8080), Monday, 19 May 2014 21:29 (ten years ago) link
pitbull and macklemore aren't really comparable except as "massively popular rappers that critics dislike"
― le goon (J0rdan S.), Monday, 19 May 2014 21:33 (ten years ago) link
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, May 19, 2014 5:22 PM (11 minutes ago) Bookmark
i've argued on various platforms with white, liberal music critics who generally like rap music but have nonetheless taken the position that you don't have to like macklemore but he should be immune from criticism because at least his music stands for something "positive"
this is a strong faction of people
― le goon (J0rdan S.), Monday, 19 May 2014 21:37 (ten years ago) link
works for me, I think twitter is just having tech probs right now \o_O/
Ken Spliffey Jr. @TuneZanotti_206
@DJNphared @PROMO206 @sherpaco @akrish @Wizdom80 true. but mack fans have a special "Reagan democrat" stench to them. it's really a lot
― The Reverend, Monday, 19 May 2014 21:37 (ten years ago) link
Yep. It's the intentionally fallacy wearing a Shylock nose.
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 19 May 2014 21:38 (ten years ago) link
Dude went the dance-pop route but he could be (and was) making really good Real Rap if he wanted to.
haha i will confess to having zero knowledge of pitbull before he became whatever the hell he is today. but like... my point was that i kind of like pitbull? the point of comparison with macklemore is that basically i just don't think they're forces for evil. forces for dumbness sure but i think eliding the two is a mistake in this case. (interesting that reagan has been brought up, i remember similar debates about him: dumb or evil? or both?) just my own POV - i recognise there are things to hate about macklemore that i don't have the right receptors for.
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Monday, 19 May 2014 21:54 (ten years ago) link
Not seeing the connection to "Reagan Democrats." Is it just being used as a term to mean people who say they are liberal but actually are staid and upholding the status quo? Because there's a lot more to the Reagan Democrat "phenomenon."
― intheblanks, Monday, 19 May 2014 22:02 (ten years ago) link
Unless we're saying Macklemore's fanbase is primarily working class whites who've recently migrated from urban cores.
― intheblanks, Monday, 19 May 2014 22:03 (ten years ago) link
If Katy Perry had done it, she would have at least said something about how Yentl inspired her so much as a child.
"If"?
https://encrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcS2Ctqt0AF8tAE-sQHczdvuXbhkUJ3Wd1DBG12r8ABAaU4ohCFC
― Greer, Monday, 19 May 2014 22:09 (ten years ago) link
I'm a total idiot about politics, but i'm pretty sure the poster was referring to ppl who were progressive *for their time* but once the 80s rolled around they didn't want to budge no more
― brimstead, Monday, 19 May 2014 22:09 (ten years ago) link
re: reagan democrats, it was a matter of "we've given you enough", which has been the political narrative ever since
― brimstead, Monday, 19 May 2014 22:11 (ten years ago) link
"Let us have fun, for godsake"
― brimstead, Monday, 19 May 2014 22:13 (ten years ago) link
Reagan Democrat = "Shit, Mabel, there's blacks moving into the neighborhood and the plant's closing."
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 19 May 2014 22:14 (ten years ago) link
Yeah, I understand those things about Reagan Democrats; I totally am familiar with the term. I'm just struggling to see the connection to Macklemore in this case.
― intheblanks, Monday, 19 May 2014 22:17 (ten years ago) link
wht ppl who think they are "down" but are in fact not all that "down" after all
― katsu kittens (contenderizer), Monday, 19 May 2014 22:19 (ten years ago) link
wind up voting for lourde
― katsu kittens (contenderizer), Monday, 19 May 2014 22:20 (ten years ago) link
To me it seems more linked to yuppies and high school/college kids with pseudo-hippie tendencies than working class people whose fortunes are falling and are openly resentful of minorities.
Which is not to say there aren't some unpleasant things re: race underlying the Macklemore phenomenon. Just not seeing the connection here.
― intheblanks, Monday, 19 May 2014 22:20 (ten years ago) link
But Reagan democrats weren't concerned with being "down;" that's the point I'm making. It's grafting a weird hipster narrative about coolness onto a phenomenon directly related to the decline of industry.
― intheblanks, Monday, 19 May 2014 22:22 (ten years ago) link
And the ever-present components of racial resentment that arose with that decline, naturally because this is America.
Again, there's a lot of gnarly things about race to be found in Macklemore's popularity, that have been discussed at length on this board,.
― intheblanks, Monday, 19 May 2014 22:23 (ten years ago) link
How about this: every Macklemore fan is Brian Griffin
― hella good Jewish homies (DJP), Monday, 19 May 2014 22:31 (ten years ago) link
lol truth
― the only loving boy in UKIP (Noodle Vague), Monday, 19 May 2014 22:33 (ten years ago) link
picturing Macklemore barking uncontrollably at Kendrick Lamar now
― the only loving boy in UKIP (Noodle Vague), Monday, 19 May 2014 22:34 (ten years ago) link
haha ok just the idea of picturing a "macklemore fan" has magically granted me the required receptors to understand the hate i think
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Monday, 19 May 2014 22:39 (ten years ago) link
http://cdn.memegenerator.net/instances/400x/28886243.jpg
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 19 May 2014 22:41 (ten years ago) link
mackle morefan power rangers
― ςὖτιe (some dude), Monday, 19 May 2014 22:45 (ten years ago) link
I just wish this dude would Mackle a little less
― unknown pleasure zone (uptown churl), Monday, 19 May 2014 22:58 (ten years ago) link
lol.
― smhphony orchestra (crüt), Monday, 19 May 2014 23:09 (ten years ago) link
This linked yet?
http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2014/05/19/im-jewish-i-was-at-the-macklemore-show-and-heres-what-i-saw
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 19 May 2014 23:38 (ten years ago) link
I'm Jewish and most of the time these things don't bother me. But this was kinda bad. Phony apology made it worse. I'd give it an 8/10 on the Gibson scale. He's not going full Mel, but this is going to certainly hurt his future grammy prospects.
The only way it could have been worse is if he said his accountant gave him the idea.
― kornrulez6969, Monday, 19 May 2014 23:53 (ten years ago) link
I hoped that he would have first offered an apology to anyone in the audience, like myself, who was horrified, going on to explain that he could see how the costume was a poor choice. That yes, he didn't really consider the racial overtones because of course, as a white man in our culture, he doesn't have to. That his privilege got in the way of his awareness and that he was deeply sorry to the Jewish people and to his audience for what was clearly an oversight.
jfc
― Mordy, Monday, 19 May 2014 23:55 (ten years ago) link
what's wrong w/ that mordy
― °ㅇ๐ْ ° (gr8080), Tuesday, 20 May 2014 00:02 (nine years ago) link
look if a member of the tribe feels offended enough to need an apology from macklemore, let them ask for one. not cloth it in all this identity whiney privilege bullshit. most jews i've discussed this with think a) macklemore is an idiot and b) who cares? like when justin bieber made a faux paus at anne frank's house.
― Mordy, Tuesday, 20 May 2014 00:06 (nine years ago) link
but what would happen to music internet if pointing out others' privilege goes away
― alpine static, Tuesday, 20 May 2014 00:08 (nine years ago) link
this is far worse than Justin Beiber saying something dumb at Anne Frank's house. This is closer to performing in blackface. Saying it's nothing ignores literally centuries of ethnic stereotypes and persecution.
― kornrulez6969, Tuesday, 20 May 2014 00:11 (nine years ago) link
jewface in america was a) mostly practiced by jews and b) didn't put anyone in an oven. it might have something to do w/ centuries of persecution but not much.
― Mordy, Tuesday, 20 May 2014 00:12 (nine years ago) link
Ovens? Dude what the fuck is wrong with you?
― kornrulez6969, Tuesday, 20 May 2014 00:13 (nine years ago) link
Congratulations, you just got 9 Gibsons
― kornrulez6969, Tuesday, 20 May 2014 00:17 (nine years ago) link
lol what you're ridiculous
― Mordy, Tuesday, 20 May 2014 00:18 (nine years ago) link