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What Would Jesus Do? Obviously Not Buy Britney’s “Blackout”

10/30/07, 6:38 pm EST


Britney Spears has added an even-scarier foe to an enemy list that already includes Perez Hilton and her own fanbase. The Catholic League is livid over Spears’ photos in the centerfold of the liner notes of Blackout, out in stores today. The first picture shows Brit, a mother of two, posing provocatively in a confessional booth while the priest stares on disapprovingly (hmm … sexualizing religious imagery … where have we seen that before?). In the next frame, Brit crosses the line between church and state when she plops herself down on the priest’s lap and touches her chest, which dons a crucifix. The priest, meanwhile, doesn’t look too bummed about being smothered by Spears. The League, by contrast, is not too happy. “This girl is crashing,” League President Bill Donohue told the New York Daily News. “She’s not even allowed to bring up her own kids because she’s not responsible enough. Now we see she can’t even entertain.” She may not be responsible, but the girl can definitely entertain, as evidenced by the news that Brit’s lawyer has requested that the judge in her custody battle cease subjecting the pop star to random drug testing (today the judge granted her three visits a week with Sean Preston and Jayden James, rather than shared custody). But ultimately people, finally, after months of bad press, the VMA performance, the removal of her children, the album leak and many more headlines, Blackout is finally here. Now will it sell?

[Photo courtesy Jive Records]


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theosuperstar | 10/30/2007, 7:25 pm EST

Madonna wannabe. Call it a day and retire from music.

Jakobi | 10/30/2007, 11:06 pm EST

Look, I’m Catholic, but that’s not why I don’t like this.
It’s just in bad taste. Madonna did it in a whole different way, snaps to her; she’s got artistic talent

Zachra | 10/31/2007, 12:06 am EST

To answer the final question:

I work at a record store, I haven’t even heard anyone ask about or buy a Britney Spears album in the 2 1/2 years I have worked there. I’m sure this release will sit in her section and gather dust and I’ll pull it out to return it in a few months along with the new backstreet Boys album.

Tricky Dick | 10/31/2007, 1:16 am EST

Please stop comparing her to Madonna: neither have a shred of musical talent, sure, but at least Britney’s HOT! Madonna’s always been a little doggie. Woof, woof!

quibbles 'n bits | 10/31/2007, 4:43 am EST

toto survived oz.

HC Bukowski Jr. | 10/31/2007, 6:31 am EST

Great, now she’s pissing God off!

There’s another one off the list!!!

I still love you, but just for your body. Just stop talking, and doing, and trying to be something; it’s all in vain. Just shut up and lay down, baby.

NOW members need not apply. There’s nothing more annoying than a woman with ambition!

God | 10/31/2007, 7:25 am EST

toto may have survived oz, but YOU’RE gonna be burned alive in The Apocalypse! Sorry.

chinaski | 10/31/2007, 7:36 am EST

“I haven’t even heard anyone ask about or buy a Britney Spears album in the 2 1/2 years I have worked there.”

Yeh. Perhaps you give off the vibe of being moody and unapproachable, so people are afraid to ask you questions. Perhaps people can look under “S” in Pop without your assistence. In addition to being nasty, perhaps you also think the people who fund your paycheck are stupid as well, eh?

At any rate, somebody buys her records. She’s not exactly living on skid row!!!

chinaski | 10/31/2007, 7:55 am EST

britney might be onto something. if the church starting doing something like this, perhaps the priests would lay off the altar boys!

jb | 10/31/2007, 8:33 am EST

THIS WEBSITE IS GOING DOWN HILL FAST. ENOUGH WITH THE FUCKING BRITNEY SHE’S NOT EVEN A MUSICIAN

SUPERSONIC | 10/31/2007, 9:00 am EST

neither was kurt cobain

Country Crotch | 10/31/2007, 9:46 am EST

This is obviously an attempt by the recording company to create controversy and get people talking about Spears and that shitty new album of hers. And controversy, talk, sex will sell albums. Rolling Stone is only perpetuating the controversy by printing an article on this which is only going to benefit Britney. THIS IS ALL A RUSE TO SELL ALBUMS! I’m not offended at all by the pics, but it’s so easy to piss off the Catholics because they bitch about everything. If Britney really wanted to be controversial, why couldn’t put some seductive poses of herself standing next to Muhammed or some Islamic clerics?

Brian | 10/31/2007, 12:00 pm EST

I enjoyed in the RS disc review about how Britney is singing about her problems and letting us see this rebellious side of her … yet they admit she didn’t write the lyrics. So we don’t really get to see anything, you see, other than what a bunch of corporate-hired songwriters THINK curious onlookers will want to hear coming from her mouth. Ah, what a joke.

Father Timothy O'Brien | 10/31/2007, 12:52 pm EST

Britney Spears has crossed the line of decency and made a mockery of the Catholic Church. Besides that, she is also a hot piece of ass who I would easily forego my vow of celibacy if I had a moment alone with her in the confessional box, if you know what I mean. Britney just needs to use better judgement when trying to promote her albums instead of resorting to religious blasphemy. I’ll be happy to have her sit on my lap and teach her a thing or two about compassion and love and cleanse her of her demons! Ohhh, but those breasts and legs can sure try a man’s soul. Oh Lord, release me from my impure thoughts!!

by nature | 10/31/2007, 1:32 pm EST

she should apologize.

re: toto may have survived oz | 10/31/2007, 2:48 pm EST

God | 10/31/2007, 7:25 am EST

“toto may have survived oz, but YOU’RE gonna be burned alive in The Apocalypse! Sorry.”

I think you’re paranoid.

Clamhorn | 10/31/2007, 4:04 pm EST

Sat what you want about Britney, but the critics agree… Blackout is as good as anything Ashlee Simpson has ever done!

Oh wait, that’s not exactly high praise now, is it?

God | 11/1/2007, 8:08 am EST

Perhaps, I am Paranoid.

But you DEFINITELY ARE!!!

Enjoy Hell, Loser!

re: Perhaps, I am Paranoid | 11/1/2007, 3:46 pm EST

God | 11/1/2007, 8:08 am EST

“Perhaps, I am Paranoid.

But you DEFINITELY ARE!!!

Enjoy Hell, Loser!”

Who do you think you are – Eric Clapton? LOL – you wish!

MM | 11/1/2007, 3:52 pm EST

Eric Clapton is the boring guitar player I ever heard. No bullshit. If Eric Clapton never existed it would mean a damned thing to me. I’m sorry I wasted my time creating him!!!

I thought you were an sthiest.
How can hate something that doesn’t exist?

The FOOL says in his heart “there is no God”

You’re right, I’m not Eric Clapton; I’m Led Zeppelin!!!

Re: MM | 11/1/2007, 4:29 pm EST

Eric Clapton has always been referred to as God among musicians…and you cannot dispute his talent…

But I agree – Led Zeppelin are in a league of their own.

Everybody is entitled to their “own” spiritual beliefs (there are literally thousands of different religions in the world). Respect it. Peace.

MM | 11/1/2007, 5:11 pm EST

“Respect it”

I do.

MM | 11/1/2007, 5:15 pm EST

BTW, I know EC can play, he just puts me to sleep. Sorry.

And there’s no way Jimmy Page ever referred to him as “God”.
Because he knows he’s God on guitar (most defintely Satan, at least)!

Satan (egregore) | 11/4/2007, 12:11 pm EST

Thank you Rolling Stone, for your unfailing blanket coverage of a talentless, morbidly unintelligent and facile whore. Everyday you invoke the most filthy illusions of American life and venerate the idioms of the most insipid cultural Pariahs, and your readers, in vague Elysian fashion roar approval and identifacation with her most sublime septenary seductions. Her disease will be your birthing grounds, for we love what we do not have, and murder the child with in us all.

George | 11/5/2007, 5:12 pm EST

Britney is:
1-not a good singer.
2-not a good looking girl/woman.
3-not a songwriter.
4-not a real musician.
What are we left with?
Bussines…They are selling you shit and people are still buying. Unbelivable!!!

reserves | 11/6/2007, 6:43 pm EST

This is what the music industry has to fall back on now that it looks like all the true musicians are jumping ship. Let em continue selling to 14 year old girls. Thats what the industry has been focusing on lately anyhow.

westleahkn | 9/27/2009, 3:13 pm EST

attributable cupcake techniques likely

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