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Swiftness vs. Knowlesedge

We all know about Kanye West interrupting Taylor Swift's moment in the spotlight at the Video Music Awards to announce that Beyonce had one of the best videos of all time. But was he right? I hadn't seen either of the videos all the way through at the time. I'd heard the songs, which are of the typical pop hit variety, simple and impossible to get out of your head when you've heard them. I do have to say that Taylor had some bad timing with her song, though, because it's about her thinking she belongs with someone because they know everything about each other, when I'm currently learning that that doesn't always work out. Are you mocking me, Taylor? What did I ever do to you?
Anyway, here's the video for Beyonce's "Single Ladies":
It's her dancing for the entire length of the song. The fact that Kanye thinks this is one of the best videos of all time makes me wonder how many others he's seen. Maybe he was like me, and grew up without cable. Mind you, it's Beyonce's choice if she wants to release a fairly minimal video, and she's no slouch as a dancer. But really, I don't know the basis for judging the VMAs (considering that it's MTV, it probably has something to do with the size of the bribe offered), but I would have to think creativity would be an important factor. As you can see, Beyonce's video was sorely lacking in that department. Now, here's Taylor's video for "You Belong with Me":
I certainly wouldn't say it's one of the best of all time either, but it's clever and kind of sweet, and looks like a good deal of effort went into it. So, yeah, definitely a better video than Beyonce's. I'll have to agree with the President on this one.