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steve2470

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Mon Sep 12, 2016, 06:37 PM Sep 2016

Kanye West shooting the bird at audience = feeling my age, explanation.....

http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/kanye-west-responds-to-yeezy-season-4-fashion-show-critics-w438981


Surrounded by smoke and orange lights, West hit the stage at the Plaza Hotel to perform several of his hits, including "Famous," "All of the Lights" and "Touch the Sky." He then performed "Runaway" (complete with the infamous line "Let's have a toast for the douchebags&quot and repeatedly stuck up his middle finger before addressing the star-studded crowd.


I showed my son this article, after reading a similar one a few days ago. His reaction: Ho hum, punk rockers were doing it back in the day.

I obviously wasn't super into punk back in the day. Sigh.


on edit: Ok here was the part that grabbed my attention a few days ago

"Let's have a toast to the douchebags," he proclaimed, while belting his hit "Runaway," middle finger held high for almost the entire song.

The crowd got the message loud and clear.

"This seems to be directed at us," one insider mumbled as West recited the expletive-laden lyrics.


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Kanye West shooting the bird at audience = feeling my age, explanation..... (Original Post) steve2470 Sep 2016 OP
but did he do it with a tambourine in his pants? Enrique Sep 2016 #1
nope lol...that's Phil Collins, interesting nt steve2470 Sep 2016 #2
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