my adoration for the sentiment and meaning behind PH makes me "like" it somewhat more. Although I do feel it's kinda out of place when I go through the entire album.
Haunted makes as a perfect opener.
on a sidenote: I do love the video too. So well shot and she's so gorgeous in it.
The photo of her with the Yonce phone case is another one of my favorites. + that one where she's in lingerie and Blue is listening to Loud
I also think that the ST interviews captured her personality perfectly. She was in a comfortable environment but you could tell that it wasn't scripted (well, most of it. I think some there may have been some use of voice over at certain parts.)
Those ST docs were my absolute favorite...it just showed the personal growth & insight of a woman who is free & liberated. somebody who has started out as a teen and has been in the business 15+ years and has been through the ups & downs. She has the right head on her shoulders & she's in control. ST is truly her most personal & insightful work...hands down...thats why I don't like when ppl ignorantly minimize it as some sex album. its way more than that. but even those sex songs have a meaning... as she said...she felt stifled about how far she could go always being mindful of her image & children who listen to her. but her fans that have been there with her since '97 are grown up now. it reminds me of when she did "Obsessed"...there was supposed to be a sex scene w/ her & Idris in the original script but she took it out to be mindful of her audience. as filthy as "Partition" is...the song is a fantasy...as Bey explained...she just had Blue & was feeling out of sorts just as most women. but she's still a wife and was trying to get her mojo back and thinking these thoughts. i think this is a story of most wives/mothers who can relate to focusing on their new baby too much & trying to get the spice back with their husbands.
even though "pretty hurts" may not be the world's greatest song...i respect what the song itself represented to her & why she thought it was necessary to include on her album. every song had a purpose here....i just wish we got to hear about EVERY song.
Those ST docs were my absolute favorite...it just showed the personal growth & insight of a woman who is free & liberated. somebody who has started out as a teen and has been in the business 15+ years and has been through the ups & downs. She has the right head on her shoulders & she's in control. ST is truly her most personal & insightful work...hands down...thats why I don't like when ppl ignorantly minimize it as some sex album. its way more than that. but even those sex songs have a meaning... as she said...she felt stifled about how far she could go always being mindful of her image & children who listen to her. but her fans that have been there with her since '97 are grown up now. it reminds me of when she did "Obsessed"...there was supposed to be a sex scene w/ her & Idris in the original script but she took it out to be mindful of her audience. as filthy as "Partition" is...the song is a fantasy...as Bey explained...she just had Blue & was feeling out of sorts just as most women. but she's still a wife and was trying to get her mojo back and thinking these thoughts. i think this is a story of most wives/mothers who can relate to focusing on their new baby too much & trying to get the spice back with their husbands.
even though "pretty hurts" may not be the world's greatest song...i respect what the song itself represented to her & why she thought it was necessary to include on her album. every song had a purpose here....i just wish we got to hear about EVERY song.
all of this
BEYONCÉ is the best thing she's ever released by leaps and bounds
