The State of the World Pt. 2

Anyone remember that Equire issue with Britney Spears on the cover? You know, the one where she's topless and all that nonsense? Sure you do! Anybody check her out on the new Vanity Fair? Sure you did! Now, let's do some scientific calculations or something else that's just as unnecessary to determine what the difference between your reaction to the Esquire issue and your reaction to the Vanity Fair issue. Did you see the Vanity Fair issue, the one where's she's as naked as she's ever been...but pregnant, and let out an emphatic "Daaaaayym!" to rival the categorically similar response to the Esquire magazine?

If you're me...probably not.

And it's not that Britney Spears is ugly, or that I'm repulsed by pregos, I'm not. In fact, I thought the pictures of Britney on VF were some of the best of her in a long time. SO why the response? I don't know. I think it has a lot to do with the fact that now that I've seen Britney Spears for what she really is (a tacky, no-shoe-wearing, bearskin birth-giving, stupid, trailer baby), well...I'm just not interested in the whole checking out Britney Spears thing. I mean, now that I've seen repeatedly photographed as a disgusting individual, there's no fantasy curtain there anymore.

Remember the good ol' days where you'd turn and see a Britney Spears video and be entranced for 3 1/2 minutes? Remember the VMAs where she was consistently hot with every appearance? Yeah, not so much now'a'days. It's a shame, and from what I've been reading, and from what I've been hearing, I'm not the only one who feels this way.

I heard Britney Spears comment a few months back about the state of pop music, and it was something along the lines of:

"The current state of pop music is saddening. I can't wait to get back out there and revitalize the genre."

While we all know that when Britney Spears finally does drop 75 lbs and learns to dance again there will be a new hoarde of 11-year-old girls to greet her, I really can't help but wish that that's not the case. Personally, I find the current state of pop music to be entirely satisfactory. Since Britney left the scene there have been plenty of talented females to take her place. Natasha Bedingfield, for example, has flooded the airwave with music that is not only meaningful and inspirational, but good. I mean, she can sing, so she already has the upperhand against Britney. Then there's Christina Aguilera whose latest single is much better than anything Britney has even thought about doing. Gwen Stefani, Stars, Metric, The New Pornographers, and others are slowly climbing the ranks into all-out stardom, while Britney sits at home and eats the leftover Cheetos on the floor.

And she thinks she can come in and be pop music's savior? More like antichrist!

At best, Britney will come back and try her hardest to immitate Madonna, busting out with her own "Confessions of a Dance Floor" (an absolutely ludicrous title). So is there anything in Britney's future besides snack foods, babies, and the undeniable rip-off of Madonna? I hope not. Certainly, I've had my fair share of Britney.

I hope the rest of the world follows my lead.