Episode V: The Kanye Strikes Back

You all may remember Ajay's recent post about Bonnaroo Part Two (aka Kanye Sucks). In response to Ajay's (and others') criticism, Kanye has responded.

Key takeaways:

• He's pretty upset. He uses a lot of Caps Lock to emphasize his point. See below.
  
• "NEVER SAY I DIDN'T GIVE MY ALL!"
• "LET'S BREAK DOWN THE WALLS ON THIS TRUMAN SHOW"
• He seems to put a lot of the blame on the festival organizers.
  
• "IT'S NOT CALLED GLOW IN THE DARK FOR NO REASON SQUID BRAINS!"
  

In response to his response, people are still hating on Kanye. See the comments section of this Rolling Stone post.

My take on this (just in case you were wondering) is that Kanye is very particular about how he wants to present the show, and I think in this case, it did not serve him well. I'm still not entirely sure that he understood what kind of performance people were expecting at Bonnaroo. I think he could have stuck to something simpler (i.e., without all the lighting effects, new song orchestrations, storyline, etc.) and the audience would have still been happy.

Maybe it's because I'm very biased toward Kanye, but I give him the benefit of the doubt here. (I expect this statement does not surprise anyone.)

Also, listen to one of my favorite tracks from Graduation.

Kanye West - Good Morning


Insert clever sign off here.

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UPDATE: Pun Spot contributor Gerard just pointed me to this article from CNN which gives a little more background and perspective from the festival's organizers.