Wednesday, December 13, 2006
Kanye West doesn't care about Evel!
Fights between quirky celebrities are always fun, especially when they are waged from opposite ends of the cultural spectrum. The newest tiff has Evel Knievel suing Kayne West over West's video for "Touch the Sky."
The video features Kanye West wearing a jumpsuit and attempting to jump over a canyon, much like Knievel did with Snake River Canyon in 1974.
Naturally, Knievel crashed. Kanye does the same in this video.
It seems that Knievel is most upset over his image being tarnished as a result of Kanye impersonating his likeness.
"That video that Kanye West put out is the most worthless piece of crap I've ever seen in my life, and he uses my image to catapult himself on the public," said Knievel.I just hate it when people do outlandish things to catapult themselves into the public view. Like I have always said, it's far more noble to change your name to "Evel" and jump a motorcycle over 19 flaming cars and a river in order to gain attention.
"The guy just went too far using me to promote his filth to the world," said Knievel. "I'm not in any way that kind of a person."I bet none of the 3.6 million people who bought Kanye's filth last year would have purchased the album if Knievel wasn't used to promote it. It was brilliant marketing by Kanye, really; many hip-hop fans are commonly known to love white, redneck men who were born in Montana. In 1938.
Also, speaking of filth, in 1984, Evel Knievel was arrested for soliciting an undercover policewoman for sex. His wife soon left him.
He also assaulted the vice president of 20th Century Fox with an aluminum baseball bat (while a friend was holding the VP on the ground) and pleaded guilty to battery.
In 1981, he was sued for $390,000 by the State of Montana for failing to pay his taxes. He has also been unable to reconcile with his estranged son.
So ... what were you saying, Evel?
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You just character assassinated a man in support of...Kanye West?
They giving them permission to go down there and shoot us!
"Character assassinated?"
I love that term.
But yeah, that's pretty much what I did.
I don't think Evel had any character left to be assassinated. I think it's funny he woke up from his drug-cocktail-induced coma long enough to notice that Kanye did a video parodying his failed canyon jump stunt like 10 months ago (or more?) and then got all self-righteous about it. You know it's mainly because he needs the money, though.
Damnit, Andrew. Now I have to go back and change everything to "Evel."
It's not your fault that guy couldn't spell Evil. Now your title reads "Kanye West doesn't care about Ev-el." And that's not as funny. I want to be friends with Andrew.
I suppose this may be evel's last true stunt. The man has pulmonary fibrosis for the love of God, and he's nearly 70. He can't be hopping canyons or riding rockets. So, in a effort to reclaim what little credibility as a stuntman he has left, he's suing the most popular rapper. Granted, if he had sued Suge Knight I'd be impressed. But dammit, Evel Kneivel still has balls.