[QUOTE] [b]Zebonka12 wrote:[/b]
She's a piece of shit and a horrible person.[/QUOTE]
ZING!! Lol
Though I don't know her personally, I've kinda got the feeling she would be. In either event; catering to a gay audience seems to insure longevity...
How else could Cher, Elton John and Robbie Williams be relevant?
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matt z wrote: "Though I don't know her personally, I've kinda got the feeling she would be."
You can't be serious, that's just ridiculous. Zeb almost certainly wasn't serious. If you are, well, I find that extraordinary.
"How else could Cher, Elton John and Robbie Williams be relevant?"
Cher aside, Elton John is extremely talented, and Robbie Williams is great at what he does. Elton and Williams also don't cater to gay audiences, so I don't see why you would bring them up.
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This site is so annoying!
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So annoying!
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Holly2003 wrote: "I've always thought Madonna has a thin and weak voice. Didn't the musical director of Evita say something similar about her voice?"
Probably. Her voice isn't amazing, that's for sure, and certainly it does come across sometimes as quite thin.
However, I don't think it lessens her as a singer. I mean, I don't listen to her and think 'wow, what a great voice'. I just think she's a fantastic pop singer, and I've listened to some of her Evita songs countless times. :D
"To some extent she can cover that up in the studio, which is fine by me -- some of her stuff was very catchy."
I should probably admit that I've only ever heard her studio stuff. I've never heard her live. But then again, consider her lip-syncing, nobody has heard her live! :D
"But she was a triumph of style & self promotion over substance, whereas Lady GaGa is imo more talented."
To some degree I agree with you. I do think that Gaga is more talented (she was brilliant on The Fame, and on a few songs post-The Fame), and Madonna's use of self-promotion and style were amazing, however the reason why songs like Like a Prayer, Like a Virgin, and Beautiful Stranger, among others, are so memorable is IMO due in large part to Madonna.
"Not that I would buy any of her stuff mind: my latest music purchase was 3 Deep Purple cds ;)"
I LOVE Deep Purple. The biggest crime against the musical gods is that Purple isn't in the Rock Hall of Fame. Which cds did you get? :D
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Fireball, Machine Head and In Rock. They're all anniversary edition cds or double cds with extra tracks. I've never been a fan because I've only ever heard one live album by them and I wasn't hugely impressed. I have a number of Rainbow LPs and CDs though, and I've always meant to check out some original Deep Purple stuff but never got around to it. The immediate catalyst was hearing Fireball on Youtube a few days ago. Outstanding!
3 cds + delivery from Amazon for less than £12. CDs are an absoulte steal these days.
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Haha, I didn't even realize it was an old thread till Waunakonor pointed it out..
And if Lady Gaga is today's equivalent of Queen as Gabiz suggests, then I'd rather not have anything to do with today's pop music.
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"Zeb almost certainly wasn't serious"
Yes and no. Measured against the whole of humanity as a basis for comparison, she's probably not all that bad. She does not meet my standards though on any personal level. Everything that comes out of her mouth is the same vapid trash as last time. I did have a good laugh when she recently made jokes about buying counterfeit goods in a South East Asian country, but that was *genuinely* amusing. I'm not one to begrudge someone for who they are - if they come out with a funny, then they've earned praise.
She can sure run her mouth a lot but the sales pitch and the music are a total mismatch. All of this 'be yourself' tripe when her music is an absolute contrivance. She's not the pits, she's not the worst out there, and she's not really deserving of extra scorn, but she's just not very good. I'd have more respect for her if she simply titled her next album "I Am Ripping You Off".
But anyway, as you said - I wasn't being serious. She's decidedly boring and I don't have enough ill-will to waste it on someone so average. I'd rather watch something like this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=edJFA83CNpc and enjoy some actual talent on display.
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"The biggest crime against the musical gods is that Purple isn't in the Rock Hall of Fame"
Eh, fuck the Hall of Fame. It's an actual joke. I can't picture the guys losing sleep over their omission.
