I've never actually listened to a song by The Pretty Reckless, nor have I watched a single episode of Gossip Girl, who she signs for and and which she acts in respectively. Until now!
No I haven't watched gossip girl, and probably never will but I have now heard a Song by The Pretty Reckless, and it's pretty damn good. Yes I only watched it because it has Miss Momsen dropping her robe and leaving only the tinniest bits to the imagination. In this case she has only a body-painted or stuck on crucifix with an arrow at the bottom covering her bare breasts and pussy!
Woah, now Taylor is no stranger to getting quite obviously naked in her live performances, showing off her body is part of her character. But is she being firmly expressive or exploiting sexuality to sell her music?
I'd question that we look back at her history of nudity to answer this puzzle. It's fairly obvious when you consider that she always keep she best bits covered. Sex sells, we know this and so does she. She always shows everything "but" the bits people really want to see. It's like taking you to the edge of orgasm but not letting you finish, edging I think it's called. You want her, she makes you want her, she's playing hard to get and only when she really needs a publicity boost will she bear to bare her puppies.
A better example of true personal expression was back when Avril Lavigne flashed her bra in September last year, It was more of a Fuck You I won't do what you tell me attitude than a hey look i'm naked again. We certainly don't object to Miss Momsen's approach, but we can't say it doesn't upset us that she seem to have the angry "I've got attitude face", yet seems to be taking advantage of people who look up to leaders of modern expressionism. (remember se said "seems to be", we could be wrong, and normally are).
People, young girls (women) especially will look up to Miss Momsen, and no doubt try to emulate or even beat her in this act. By all means ladies, be free but more than that, be yourself whilst you're doing it. Taylor looks fantastic in this video and if you've got it, and the balls to do so, damn well flaunt it.
And to Taylor; It's an awesome song, but please babe, put a smile on your face and show us your tits already.
UPDATE: Well, if it is commercialism, it' definitely works because I just bought the album.
No comments:
Post a Comment