Re: Where have all the ugly musicians gone?

From: BAO (tunde@arches.uga.edu)
Date: Mon Mar 20 2000 - 20:53:58 MET

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    Its gonna be really hard for chritsina aguilera to get the recognition she
    wants as a vocalist while she is lumped in with the whole pop
    explosion.....not that she doesnt really belong, but she actually has a
    good voice, unlike all the other blond teen pop idol girls.

    On Fri, 17 Mar 2000, Elson Trinidad wrote:

    >
    >
    > dj t-bird wrote:
    >
    > > has bob dylan or um, janis joplin won any beauty contests? exception that
    > > they are, (i.e., generally you're right) they've sold a *lot* of records...
    >
    > And don't forget Alanis Morissette. She may look like a horse, but sold more
    > records than Dylan and Joplin combined. <ouch>
    >
    > True, but then it also goes both ways. Ugly musicians do get respect for their
    > talent and art...for example, Leonard Cohen or Philip Glass. Whereas a pretty
    > face would probably never get their props even if they had the talent...If
    > Britney Spears were the world's greatest singer and songwriter (hypothetically
    > speaking, of course :)), no one would really care.
    >
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