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TexasTowelie

(112,167 posts)
Thu Aug 19, 2021, 09:13 AM Aug 2021

Capitol Riot Suspect Jenna Ryan Released a Song, and It's About You-Know-Who

The story of Jenna Ryan, the Frisco real estate broker facing charges for participating in the Jan. 6 raid on the U.S. Capitol, is like an onion. Every time a new layer is exposed to the atmosphere, it smells like hell, but you can't help but take a huge whiff.

The latest odorous bit of news comes in musical form. Ryan wrote and recorded an original song for a self-help YouTube channel called SelfLoveU, which sounds like a college that markets itself as "home of the Fightin' Wellness Journals."

The song is called My Falling Heart. It's one of those sweeping, inspirational ballads with heavy religious tones that Bo Burnham was probably listening to when he wrote the lyrics to "White Woman's Instagram."

Now it would be unfair to do an honest critique of this song because Ryan wrote it 10 years ago, long before her infamous rise to the national spotlight, according to her Twitter account. Even if that weren't the case, Ryan is also an independent artist and music is not her main profession, so we won't hold her to the standard of professional musicians with the backing of a multimillion-dollar media machine.

Read more: https://www.dallasobserver.com/music/jenna-ryan-released-a-song-and-its-either-about-jesus-or-trump-12056974

She shouldn't have given up her day job.


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Capitol Riot Suspect Jenna Ryan Released a Song, and It's About You-Know-Who (Original Post) TexasTowelie Aug 2021 OP
social networking is like handing out participation awards NewHendoLib Aug 2021 #1
Why did she record this in a well? marble falls Aug 2021 #2
I lasted 58 seconds. Pinback Aug 2021 #3
I'll pass StClone Aug 2021 #4
"Love Yourself." 3Hotdogs Aug 2021 #5
I note that your parents didn't subscribe to National Geographic. TexasTowelie Aug 2021 #7
Too expensive 3Hotdogs Aug 2021 #8
Yikes. Bluethroughu Aug 2021 #6

NewHendoLib

(60,014 posts)
1. social networking is like handing out participation awards
Thu Aug 19, 2021, 09:15 AM
Aug 2021

makes so many people think they are so much more smarter, talented, important, etc than they really are!

Pinback

(12,154 posts)
3. I lasted 58 seconds.
Thu Aug 19, 2021, 09:33 AM
Aug 2021

I was prepared for the 9 millionth use of that insipid Cliched Chord Progression of Heartbreak, the “romantic” acoustic piano, and the “we’re-gonna-make-you-a-star” strings. But the second fake emotive voice-crack did me in.

Now I need to go listen to 20 hours of creative music as a restorative.

3Hotdogs

(12,375 posts)
5. "Love Yourself."
Thu Aug 19, 2021, 10:30 AM
Aug 2021

I use'ta do that every time the new Sears catalog comes out. Ain't been a new one in a while, so's I gotta take the old wrinkly one out to the out house and hope Mom don't catch me at it again. She says she knows because of how much time I spend in there. She tries to find the catalog so's she can throw it out but I hides it behind the manure rake where she won't go.

TexasTowelie

(112,167 posts)
7. I note that your parents didn't subscribe to National Geographic.
Thu Aug 19, 2021, 08:01 PM
Aug 2021

Far too provocative for young minds still being molded.

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