Feb. 4, 2024, was a night that will live in infamy. The same kind of infamy that Feb. 1, 2015, was when I told the world, or those one or two people who follow my blog besides myself that was the first time I watched the Super Bowl.
Or June 13, 2012, when I told the world I still don’t know who shot fictional Texas oil tycoon J.R. Ewing actor Larry Hagman played on "Dallas" (1978-1991) (2012-2014). Someone on my “Fakebook” page told me to “Please turn in my man card right now."
Or June 13, 2012, when I told the world I still don’t know who shot fictional Texas oil tycoon J.R. Ewing actor Larry Hagman played on "Dallas" (1978-1991) (2012-2014). Someone on my “Fakebook” page told me to “Please turn in my man card right now."
On Feb. 4, 2024, I did something I never thought I’d do so long as live. I not only listened to and watched a music video by one of the artists who won a Grammy that night for Record of the Year on youtube but the popstar I watched perform was Miley Cyrus.
“Who had to come here after Miley won the Grammy for this song, just cuz it is so freaking amazing?!?!” wrote a user on Miley Cyrus’ youtube channel. (Sorry it wasn’t me who posted that!)
I’ve also heard of Billie Eilish thanks to her winning an Oscar in 2022. But for what song I don’t know. And before you start saying how I should know this useless information I’m going to take the liberty (since this is MY blog) and throw the egg back in your face and ask, “Do you not only know what singer won an Oscar but for what song and movie without finding the answer on the net? The Beatles, Stevie Wonder, Carly Simon, Lionel Ritchie?
Yeah! Thought so!
Like this Sunday’s Super Bowl LVIII who I didn’t learn who is playing until a week before, I was as ignorant in uselessly trivial knowledge on Miley Cyrus’ attention getting background short of her knowing she starred in “Woke” Disney’s "Hannah Montana" (2006-2011).
Her “I don’t think I’ve forgotten anyone, but I might’ve forgotten underwear,” comment at the Grammys during her Feb. 4 acceptance speech comes to mind.
I won’t lie and say the video didn’t catch my attention as she danced in a golden dress and heels on her way up the driveway to her home. Then slipping the dress off down to her black bra and panties (it looked nothing like a bikini) strutting through the grass with the sprinklers on before jumping in the pool for a brief swim. Then doing some yoga exercises showing off her “I am woman, hear me roar” persona which wasn’t far from the truth since Grammys night in terms of who won could be called “Woman Power.”
Seeing all those tattoos on her body I said to myself, well the 31-year-old singer/actress is sure not daddy Billy Ray Cyrus’ little girl anymore from “Hannah Montana.”
I liked “Flowers”! There I said it! I’ve watched the music video a few times on YouTube since 2/4 (no it’s not because I liked Cyrus showing off a lot of skin working out and showering). Even as I write this blog I still cannot get the lyrics out of my head.
Rest assured one of these days if time ever allows, I will add "Flowers" to my growing list of iTunes music to listen to while doing something else. (yet another project on my to-do list I may never get to). If there is any reason why I won’t is since it only takes me less than 15 minutes to get to work and all I do is drive to work and home five days a week, I see no reason to hook up my iPhone to the auxiliary port in my car to jam to my music choices. The port doesn’t work anyway.
I suppose I could have the radio tuned in to one of those pop music stations while driving instead of on WBAP 820 for news and commentaries or KEOM 88.5 for easy listening oldies songs. The trouble is I wasn’t born with patience and having to wade through a lot songs I’ve not heard of on those pop stations in hopes they will play “Flowers” for a little over three minutes airtime won’t be worth it.
Even less will be how when listening to the “Flowers” lyrics I may wind up yelling at the top of my lungs in the car like Cyrus did at the Grammys telling drivers “Why you acting like you don’t know this song” which some irate driver will mistake my actions as starting a road rage incident that will make the evening news.
I’m not ashamed to admit I liked a Miley Cyrus song. That’s more than I can say for all the guys who are clearly not man enough to admit they watched “Barbie (2023)” and liked the movie, which to date, I still haven’t finished watching.
©2/7/24
“Who had to come here after Miley won the Grammy for this song, just cuz it is so freaking amazing?!?!” wrote a user on Miley Cyrus’ youtube channel. (Sorry it wasn’t me who posted that!)
I already envision the backlash coming…from guys no doubt who are too afraid to admit their own shortcomings. (The older I get the less I give a rat’s ass what people think).For the record I have heard a few songs since the mid-2000s by Taylor Swift, more than I care to admit (“You Need to Calm Down”, “Shake It Off”, “You Belong With Me”, “Bad Blood”) two decades before she made the front cover of Time’s Person of the Year in 2023 because hey, with all the crap going on in the country and the world right now, we could use someone to take our minds off all this misery, right?
They’ll probably tell me, “Miley Cyrus?!?!?!? You couldn’t have at least listened to Taylor Swift’s album, “Midnight” which won Album of the Year or Billie Eilish who won Song of the Year?”
I’ve also heard of Billie Eilish thanks to her winning an Oscar in 2022. But for what song I don’t know. And before you start saying how I should know this useless information I’m going to take the liberty (since this is MY blog) and throw the egg back in your face and ask, “Do you not only know what singer won an Oscar but for what song and movie without finding the answer on the net? The Beatles, Stevie Wonder, Carly Simon, Lionel Ritchie?
Yeah! Thought so!
Like this Sunday’s Super Bowl LVIII who I didn’t learn who is playing until a week before, I was as ignorant in uselessly trivial knowledge on Miley Cyrus’ attention getting background short of her knowing she starred in “Woke” Disney’s "Hannah Montana" (2006-2011).
Prior to watching Cyrus’ music video “Flowers” I had heard tidbits the past year about how the song came about detailing her supposed disastrous marriage to actor Liam Hemsworth but paid less than zero attention to what the morning entertainment shows supposed attractive looking talking heads on “The Today Show” and “Good Morning America” discussed in their “nothing burger” segments.Up until watching “Flowers” I saw the song as just another attempt by Miley Cyrus, who like Madonna, to draw attention to herself in hopes of making herself still seem relevant.
Her “I don’t think I’ve forgotten anyone, but I might’ve forgotten underwear,” comment at the Grammys during her Feb. 4 acceptance speech comes to mind.
I won’t lie and say the video didn’t catch my attention as she danced in a golden dress and heels on her way up the driveway to her home. Then slipping the dress off down to her black bra and panties (it looked nothing like a bikini) strutting through the grass with the sprinklers on before jumping in the pool for a brief swim. Then doing some yoga exercises showing off her “I am woman, hear me roar” persona which wasn’t far from the truth since Grammys night in terms of who won could be called “Woman Power.”
Seeing all those tattoos on her body I said to myself, well the 31-year-old singer/actress is sure not daddy Billy Ray Cyrus’ little girl anymore from “Hannah Montana.”
Believe it or not I could see where she came from in terms of bad relationships reading the lyrics. As someone who every once in a blue moon does want some female companionship I am just as happy being alone 1000 percent of the time. I’ve got plenty of hobbies and things to occupy my “me time” – so much that I don’t think I will get to finishing all of them before I leave this world both literally and physically to become one with “The Dark Side of the Force” when my time here on Earth is done.Watching Cyrus dance with no one around was equivalent to the happy dance I did back in November busting out moves like Les Grossman – the bald quick tempered movie producer Tom Cruise played in “Tropic Thunder” (2008) when I heard “Woke” Disney’s “The Marvels” had its worst box office opening for a Marvel movie to date. (I HATE MARVEL MOVIES)!
I liked “Flowers”! There I said it! I’ve watched the music video a few times on YouTube since 2/4 (no it’s not because I liked Cyrus showing off a lot of skin working out and showering). Even as I write this blog I still cannot get the lyrics out of my head.
Rest assured one of these days if time ever allows, I will add "Flowers" to my growing list of iTunes music to listen to while doing something else. (yet another project on my to-do list I may never get to). If there is any reason why I won’t is since it only takes me less than 15 minutes to get to work and all I do is drive to work and home five days a week, I see no reason to hook up my iPhone to the auxiliary port in my car to jam to my music choices. The port doesn’t work anyway.
I suppose I could have the radio tuned in to one of those pop music stations while driving instead of on WBAP 820 for news and commentaries or KEOM 88.5 for easy listening oldies songs. The trouble is I wasn’t born with patience and having to wade through a lot songs I’ve not heard of on those pop stations in hopes they will play “Flowers” for a little over three minutes airtime won’t be worth it.
Even less will be how when listening to the “Flowers” lyrics I may wind up yelling at the top of my lungs in the car like Cyrus did at the Grammys telling drivers “Why you acting like you don’t know this song” which some irate driver will mistake my actions as starting a road rage incident that will make the evening news.
I’m not ashamed to admit I liked a Miley Cyrus song. That’s more than I can say for all the guys who are clearly not man enough to admit they watched “Barbie (2023)” and liked the movie, which to date, I still haven’t finished watching.
©2/7/24
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