Single Men (Put a Ring on it?)

I had a very interesting conversation with a guy friend of mine a few days ago about Beyonce's anthem (yes I said anthem) Single Ladies (Put a ring on it). For whatever reason, guys seem to think that songs like this are having some kind of hypnotic effect on women everywhere. Songs that empower women to take back their lives, or get through a difficult situation some how influence ladies to "hate on" men everywhere. Now this is totally meant to be light-hearted in nature, and is more like a call for thoughts, opinions and the like, then a "go-tell-it-on-the-mountain" preach to the choir kind of thing.

So the question that I pose is this: is there a "Single Ladies" anthem for guys? Like so many of Beyonce's songs about trifling men (and in her defense, she has an equal amount of love songs thankyouverymuch), is there an equivalent out there for men? And on top of that; are there songs by females about doing a man wrong, or where BOTH parties did wrong?

As for the first question, the male equivalent that I can think of would be Lil Wayne's Comfortable that he did with singer/songwriter Babyface. That song even shouts out Beyonce's Irreplaceable in the first verse that Wayne spits. And let's be real here, Babyface probably felt empowered singing the chorus because it seems like Tracy Edmonds may have gotten to Comfortable, but you know this is all just media speculation.

Also, if you haven't seen some of the youtube spawns of the Single Ladies song, check out this article that has collected the best of the best. My favorite is the white guy in the leotard who appeared on Bonnie Hunt. Let's admit it..he brought the house down!
http://new.music.yahoo.com/blogs/hiphopmediatraining/43357/beyonce-prompts-single-ladies-men-and-kids-to-remake-her-video/

Final thoughts on this subject:

1. Beyonce was right, you can't get mad when you see your ex out dancing and flirting with another guy. She's single just like you, so chill out.
2. If you liked it you probably should have put a ring on it. But if you both weren't ready for that kind of life long commitment, no use crying over spilled milk
3. Guys..a little nugget of advice. If you see your boy's ex-girlfriend out and about doing her thing post break-up, don't tell your boy. No one wants that inevitable "so you're wildin out all over town now" kind of phone call
4. And last but finally not least..don't act like you don't like when ladies do this dance in the club/bar/lounge/apartment/on youtube/at a party with their girls. Especially the part where Beyonce goes into the pseudo split. Yea, I said it, and I may be wrong for it, but hey it's just music, it's a good time....

If you feel so inclined...leave your thoughts, comments, song ideas (Single Men, Put a ring on it remix with Lil Weezy, Robin Thicke, Ludacris, Raheem DeVaughn, Kanye, and T-Pain perhaps..lol). I especially would love, love, love to hear from the guys!

Welcome Welcome

Welcome to my blog. This is basically just a bunch of my random musings..musings of a young 20-something about to graduate from college and embark on the next phase of her life.

Kiss the sky is in reference to being able to follow your dreams and not letting anything hold you back. Being so enlightened and excited by the pursuit that you could float up above it all, into the clouds and "kiss the sky"

The huge picture is from Artscape 2007, it was about 8am in the morning before the festival had opened to the public. Artscape is an entirely free arts festival held in Baltimore,MD. It's been going for over 25 years, and in the summer of 2007, I was blessed with the opportunity to serve as one of two interns for the festival. It was a lot of hard work, and I couldn't have been happier.

I don't really have a purpose for this blog, I'll just see what happens and where it takes me. There's no where to go but up...

As 2008 Comes to a close...

As 2008 comes to a close, I, as people often do have started to reflect on the past year. Per usual, I've chosen not to make a New Year's resolution because I never keep them. I've been trying for the last five or so years to be less of a potty mouth, and those who know me know that it isn't my forte.

Instead, in 2009 I vow to live my life open to whatever comes my way. There is no time like the present to actually do all the things I've been planning to do, or things that I've said that I'm going to do. So, with that said here's a little peak at the list:

1. Get my own website, basically as a way to serve as a virtual business card
2. Read more books..I'm always open to suggestions.
3. Learn the entire Adobe Suite
   
4. Play at Juke Joint (it's been 4 years in the making, sad I know)
5. Volunteer more ( I recently started teaching music theory to middle school-aged kids, and LOVE it)
6. "Throw caution to the wind"