bono is annoying.
he seems sincere enough,
but you wish he'd shut up even when you agree with what he's saying,

compare him to stevie,
who preaches more than bono (stevie is the only artists
they let ramble on for 10 minutes at awards shows)
but he's just more likeable.

nobody describes stevie wonder as annoying.
for some reason, we tolerate preaching from stevie, and maybe even love him for it.
MJ's preaching was sacarine, but i wouldn't describe it as annoying.


macklemore will probably win a grammy tonight.
i agree with the message of "same love,"
but it rubs me the wrong way. he talks as if he's the first person
to discover tolerance, and he always sounds like he is preaching to black ppl in particular. even though i'm not convinced black ppl are more homophobic than whites.
lady gaga and madonna can preach about these topics in a way
that is much less (but not entirely less) annoying.

so what is it?
what is the quality that somebody preaching at us must have
in order to not be annoying?


"waiting on the world to change" works as a message song.
but "do they know it's christmas?" doesn't.

i wonder why.