The New Leader of the Taylor Swift War Wagon

If I had a vote, I would have to name Vince Romanelli leader of the Taylor Swift War Wagon. Why, you ask. Because of this amazing video parody of You Belong With Me. Romanelli's version, called You Don't Belong on MTV, is extremely creative & hilarious (yet very true). Like always I could write endlessly but I’ll let the clip speak for itself.

LYRICS:

You're on the stage with your big mouth, you're upset
You're going off about something you don't get
Now the crowd is starting to boo you...

Beyonce's in the room, it's a VMA Sunday night
Seems like every year you're looking for a fight
This time you picked on the wrong girl...

She wears cool boots, you have bad hair
She plays a 12 string, and you use autotune
Dreamin' 'bout the day when you'll wake up and find
That what you're looking for, she's had the whole time

Can't you see that no-one really even likes you
now you know the truth
why can't you see...
you don't belong on mtv

Lets start by looking back on the last year or two
cant deny that shes selling more CDs than you
Nashvilles sipping sweet tea thinking to themselves
theyre (harder better faster stronger clip)

you were best with the wires in your jaw
so you could barely speak anywords at all
and now we know youre not better than that
youre just a no talent hack


She wears cool boots, you have bad hair -
she plays a 12 string, you use Autotune -
dreamin' 'bout the day when you'll wake up and find,
that you're what you're looking for, she's had the whole time


Can't you see that no-one really even likes you
please stop doing what you do
why can't you see...you don't belong on mtv

Obama calls Kanye a 'Jackass'

During an interview(audio) with CNBC Obama was talking during an 'off the record conversation' when he was overheard calling Kanye West a "jackass" regarding his behavior at the MTV Video Music Awards. The remark was made in an off-the-record portion of the interview that was tweeted -- and then deleted -- by ABC News reporter Terry Moran.

"Pres. Obama just called Kanye West a 'jackass' for his outburst at VMAs when Taylor Swift won. Now THAT'S presidential," Moran wrote.

I think that Obama speaks for the nation in his quote, but I also think it was extremely unprofessional for ABC to post that given the fact that it was off-the-record banter not part of the actual interview.

There are some great photos of Kanye West interupting other moments in history.

Kanye West Apoligizes (Leno Version)

After viewing the Leno interview with Kanye I won't budge from my 'Dead to Me' stance. He is officially still dead to me but, if he backs up what he said he would do, I could budge from my stance.

Kanye seemed to understand that he was in the wrong, but at some points I doubted if he could really change. He was asked by Leno "When did you realize you had done wrong" and Kanye replies "When I handed her the mic back". This contradicts the fake apology he posted on his website though.

In the end he said he would like to take a break, apologize to Taylor and help her in any way possible. If I see a true change in his overall righteous attitude I could forgive him(haha like he cares...but I think overall it would go a long way to regain/gain new fans)

The guy who benefits the most from this is Jay Leno who's opening night ratings will be better than expected but I have a feeling it won't do as well as expected

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UPDATE

Today Taylor Swift did a fairly brief interview with The View. Taylor talked about her reaction during the moment as " “Don’t trip and fall” to “Oh, Kanye West is here” to “Cool haircut. What are you doing here? And then 'ouch'. And then, I guess I’m not going to get to thank the fans.” "

She also sad that Kanye has not yet reached out to apoligize to her personally which is disappointing given the potential his Leno interview had.

Before she went to perform to of her songs (fifteen, and you belong with me) she announced that she had bought her first condo. This news has gone under the radar which is surprising given the fact that her career has been built, at least somewhat, on her 'good girl, still lives with her mother' attitude.

All in all I'm glad to see she has already moved on and is continuing to gain popularity.

The VMAs...I'll try to keep this under control

If you somehow missed it or would like to see THE event again here is a link to a story and video.

Taylor Swift was nominated for Female Video of the Year along with

Katy Perry: Hot & Cold

Kelly Clarkson: My Life Would Suck Without You

Lady Gaga: Poker Face

P!nk: So What

Beyonce: Single Ladies

After reviewing all of the videos I still believe that Taylor's video was far better than Single Ladies. While I am clearly a but biased, I believe that Taylor's video was extremely creative and well designed. On the other hand Single Ladies was very well choreographed but lacked any sign of creativity. Seriously, it was her running in circles for 3 and half minutes. But I digress, that is not the point of this post.

My feeling on this is that Kanye West has showed time and time again that he cannot control himself at awards shows or on live TV. If he would have had even an ounce of self restrain he would have been able to witness that fact the Beyonce's video did indeed win the high honor of Video of the Year (even more prestigious than the award Taylor received).

By going on that stage he knowingly took away the symbolic moment of Taylor crossing over from the niche of country music to mainstream pop music. In the end though, because Taylor showed that she (unlike Kanye) does have self restrain, managed to leave the stage without any other incidents. This just shows how classy she really is and it will ultimately improve her career. Already "You Belong with Me" has jumped from number 13 on the iTunes chart to number 7.

After the show Kanye made a non-apology apology on his blog. That is less than an apology. He says that she should give up her award b/c he gave up one award once. How about all the times he's bitched b/c he hasn't won. He's just another hypocrite. Taylor worked hard and has sold more albums than any other artist this year. So she certainly deserves to be a contender for the award. No matter what your opinion is though, the way Kanye acted and continues to act is unacceptable which is why Kanye West will be the first member of my "DEAD TO ME" list.

After the incident many celebs tweeted/blogged about it and their responses can be seen in my next post.

All in all I would like to again congratulate Taylor Swift! and I can't wait to see her win more awards and for the release of Fearless the Deluxe Edition on Oct. 27! <3ts<3