Rush Limbaugh Hilariously Misinterprets Beyonce’s ‘Bow Down / I Been On’ As Ode To Wifely Submission

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FAIL again!

http://thinkprogress.org/alyssa/2013/03/20/1752131/rush-limbaugh-hilariously-misinterprets-beyonces-bow-down-i-been-on-as-ode-to-wifely-submission/


Rush Limbaugh Hilariously Misinterprets Beyonce’s ‘Bow Down / I Been On’ As Ode To Wifely Submission

By Alyssa Rosenberg on Mar 20, 2013 at 3:04 pm


I wouldn’t say I exactly feel sorry for Rush Limbaugh, but it’s pretty embarrassing to comment on something in a way that reveals you literally didn’t consider the material at hand for more than 30 seconds. Or 29, to be exact. Limbaugh went on the air to praise Beyonce Knowles’ latest single “Bow Down / I Been On” for what he thinks is the song’s ode to submitting to your husband. “She got married, she married the rich guy, she now understands — she now understands it’s worth it to bow down,” he says. Listen to the segment here:

Ewww, and segment @ link~

But if Limbaugh had listened to the song for fifteen seconds, he’d know that it’s addressed to the women Knowles addresses in the opening lyric, when she sings: ““I know when you were little girls/ You dreamt of being in my world.” and if he’d gotten all the way to the 29-second mark, he’d have heard Beyonce remind listeners, some of whom have been perturbed by her plan to tour as Mrs. Carter—her husband’s legal name—for her next album, “I took some time to live my life / But don’t think I’m just his little wife.” Now, I’m aware that Mr. Limbaugh is a busy man with a lot of time to fill, and that being sexually nasty to women in public life only goes so far, but you’d think that he has enough money to at least pay a staffer to listen to popular music he’s going to natter about on the air.

And part of what’s funniest about this is that if Limbaugh wanted to make a case that Beyonce’s an advocate for women making efforts to please their husbands, it wouldn’t have been too hard—he just needed to pick a different song. In “Countdown,” for example, Beyonce pulls out the Betty Draper drag to tell her listeners that “I’m all up under him like it’s cold, winter time / All up in the kitchen in my heels, dinner time / Do whatever that it takes, he got a winner’s mind / Give it all to him, meet him at the finish line”:

But then, maybe Limbaugh’s not ready to tell his female audience “Ladies, if you love your man show him you the fliest / Grind up on it, girl, show him how you ride it.” Though given the way he’s willing to talk about the sex lives of women he’s never met, and about which he knows precisely nothing, I’d hardly put it past him.

[Kalidurga]

1. He should be used to being wrong...

I don't think he will ever admit to being wrong though. He will come up with some convoluted reason he isn't wrong or he will blame a liberal for him being wrong.

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2. Rush Limbaugh: Beyonce's new song means she 'understands it's worth it to bow down' to men

The conservative radio host played pop critic on his show Wednesday, claiming that the singer's new single was an expression of anti-feminism.

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Rush Limbaugh says Beyoncé is encouraging women to be subservient to their spouses in "Bow Down."


Rush Limbaugh is giving Beyoncé's new single two thumbs down in the feminism department.

The talk show host, 62, spent part of his show on Wednesday criticizing the pop singer for pulling a "total 180" with her new single "Bow Down/I Been On."

Citing a story in The Telegraph, Limbaugh claimed that, rather than extolling women's independence in her song, Beyoncé is encouraging women to be subservient to their spouses.

"Bow Down," according to Limbaugh, advises women to "put up with it."

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I don't listen to Limbaugh nearly enough to comment on what he said; others here obviously may listen to his entire show, or at least large parts of it.

There are comments at the link, including one with a complete or nearly complete transcript of what Limbaugh said about the business yesterday.