T.A.T.U., belligerence and aberrant behavior

Last night, I was chatting with a girl pal who is in Germany. We were talking about T.A.T.U. [an upcoming Russian duo] and the banning of their video in some parts of Europe.

What’s with the public outcry against the music video?

I heard their song on the radio already – “All the Things She Said.” I’ve never listened to it closely since I am not really into pop songs.

So this morning, armed with my usual brewed coffee and the Inquirer, I propped myself in front of the TV and skidded channels between MTV and My MYX, waiting for the controversial music video.

And there it was – the T.A.T.U. girls in school uniforms with micro mini pleated skirts. It wasn’t the microminis that were the source of the pandemonium.

At the latter part of the video, the two girls passionately kissed each other.

Since MYX had the lyrics flashed on the screen, I realized the song was about lesbian love.

So that was what the fuss was all about.

Add to that “pedophiliac” undertones, as what its fierce critics charge.

This is not to undermine my distaste for pop [anything with Britney, even Avril Lavigne in it]. TATU may be pop – but I would have to forgive them for that. I am coming to their defense because by focusing on the kissing scene and their school uniforms – these self-righteous moralists are totally missing the point.

Who are they to impose their moral yardstick upon the viewers, anyway?

In this day and age, what with the impending war concocted by selfish, demented old men for young men to die in, these critics don’t know any better.

Please, instead of picking on upcoming artists, try looking at the bigger picture.

Happiness

Jovan has been raving – or ranting – about happiness in his blog. Happiness has been a perennial issue among friends: where to find it, how to get it. Better yet, what are the things that would make us happy?

This would make a good topic in one of those drinking sessions.

Jaded as I am, I think it’s human nature to forever search for happiness. Human beings’ desires are insatiable. Sometimes, we would define things that we think would make us happy. If we get them, however, we would want more.

Perhaps I’ve been watching too much Sex and the City reruns lately. Season 1 finds Carrie wanting a steady, defined and committed relationship that Big couldn’t provide for her. She wanted to be with someone who had marriage in mind – eventually. When Aidan came along on the 3rd season and popped the big question, she wasn’t ready to get married!

What are we, women, thinking?!?

I wanted a stable and committed relationship for me. I think I have it, but still, I find myself looking for something else. Not someone else – but something else [Now I am inclined to believe Emer that I could be quite a complicated girlfriend].

The same is true for a lot of things that we already have. We wanted them, got them anyhow, and still crave for more. Worse, we realize they’re not what constitute our happiness as how we pre-defined it.

Happiness can be very elusive. But I think it’s partly our fault too that it is.