Kanye West Throws Tantrum in Europe

When West recently lost the Best Video award at the MTV EMA's, he apparently completely freaked out. Suddenly in possession of a mike, he climbed onstage while it was being announced that the winner (French dance act Justice Vs Simian for their "We Are Your Friends" video) was on tour in the States and therefore could not be there to accept the award.

Though the clip we saw of West's appearance has a bunch of French people talking over the broadcast (almost annoying as Kanye's pastel wardrobe) we definitely caught this genius sound bite coming out of West's mouth: "If I don't win, the awards show loses." Dude. Totally. West also mistook the host accepting Justice's award on the band's behalf for a member of the band. "Nothing against you man," West said, "I've never seen your video but hell no." Kanye, as per usual, thanks for the memories.

[via Nah Right]

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“(We're Not) The Jet Set”

George Jones and Tammy Wynette | 1973

George Jones and Tammy Wynette were still married when they recorded the tongue-in-cheek "(We're Not) The Jet Set." The lyrics, written by Nashville songwriter Bobby Braddock, who also penned Wynette's "D-I-V-O-R-C-E" and Jones' "He Stopped Loving Her Today," make fun of the good life by declaring, "We're not the Jet Set/We're the old Chevrolet set." Braddock recalled that while writing the song, he needed the name of a city that evened out the rhyme he had with "Riviera" and "Missourah." “I got out a Rand McNally atlas," he said. "In the first part are the maps. The last part is an alphabetical listing of cities. I wanted a rustic, small-time sound. I went to the listing for Missouri. And I found 'Festus.' I loved the sound of it."

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