¡viva la graham!

I’m not sure who came up with this Sasha Fierce character, but I’d like to give them a serious beat down. Beyonce can be irritating enough on her own (full disclosure: I’m still “Crazy In Love”), now she takes it a step further with this tart! I do applaud her for bringing the robotic glove to the mainstream (everyone needs one!), but otherwise Sasha Fierce is nothing but a useless but effective marketing ploy.

Of course, the gays have eaten this shit up. Case in point: a random mega-queen called Shane Mercado has become an internet celebrity thanks to his re-enactment of the dance in the video for “Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It).” He performed on The Bonnie Hunt Show, plus he inspired a slew of hysterical copycats. Even SNL got in on the Sasha Fierce action with an actually-quite-funny parody of the clip with Justin Timberlake last weekend.

Ok, so Sasha Fierce has inadvertently provided us with a few laughs. But it’s also unwittingly given Beyonce loads of publicity, so we’ll most likely be stuck with that bitch for the unforeseeable future. The worst part of all? I’m starting to like that horrible fucking song!! Somebody put me out of my misery.

congratulations are in order for freemasons, a group of beat masters who manage to resuscitate an otherwise limp beyonce track called “green light.” i loved their last single, “rain down love,” but i really admire them for what they’ve done here. who else could have transformed a by-the-numbers album track into something truly dancefloor-worthy? not i, said the fly.

unfortunately, the visuals are unremarkable… primarily because it seems as if all involved felt like parodying robert palmer was an original idea.