General Music Chat

I saw it on MSN. It was quite funny. The folks were a bit overly dramatic, but she sang it perfectly.

I watched the Larry King interview a little while ago. This is going to be big, bigger than anybody thought possible. It was a significant sociological event. You might think I'm exaggerating the effect of this, but I believe I'm not. I hope and pray this starts a trend in music where pure talent reigns supreme and the superficial B.S. ENDS.

I don't see it that way, myself. I mean, as long as teenagers are buying most of the music out there, things will tend to stay as they are - image will beat out music every time.

I hope I'm wrong, but I doubt it.

The mainstream ppl out there have too much to worry about to get too involved with entertainment at the levels necessary to change what we find available to us.

She will be another flash-in-the-pan, I'll bet. Soon to be forgotten when the next "idol" hits the stage.

Besides, I doubt very much that anyone with her background will be able to handle stardom...never dated? never been kissed? Now she's a #1 star...how will she handle it?

Great singing performance! The media is playing up the golden throated hatchet face angle. She could do a little more than she does to combat that impression if she wanted to. Even just plucking those caterpillars would be a start. Mind you, the fun of her performance clip is the way she turned the low expectations around.

Just goes to show that normal people can be as entertaining as the rich and famous ones. A friend just sent me this link and I thoroughly enjoyed the whole thing. http://www.parkwayreststop.com/archives/2937

I don't see it that way, myself. I mean, as long as teenagers are buying most of the music out there, things will tend to stay as they are - image will beat out music every time.

I hope I'm wrong, but I doubt it.

The mainstream ppl out there have too much to worry about to get too involved with entertainment at the levels necessary to change what we find available to us.

She will be another flash-in-the-pan, I'll bet. Soon to be forgotten when the next "idol" hits the stage.

Besides, I doubt very much that anyone with her background will be able to handle stardom...never dated? never been kissed? Now she's a #1 star...how will she handle it?

There will always be tons of people who buy music on image first, that's a given. This event is going to have a HUGE influence and as one of the judges said it is a wake-up call for everyone NOT to judge somebody on appearance. Whether she's a flash in the pan is irrelevant to me. I hope she becomes a big star and is able to sustain her stardom for years, but that remains to be seen. There's always a chance that somebody from such humble circumstances is not able to handle all this new star power and also her career may be mismanaged. Again, all we can do is hope that she has a long, successful career and she remains basically the same person she is. The importance of this event is not her, but the reaction of the audience and judges, and the HUGE lesson we all learned from it. MILLIONS of people are now not going to prejudge somebody. The "Idol" concept has taken a dramatic change for the better. This gives hope to countless ordinary people who aren't drop dead gorgeous that they CAN succeed in the music business. Maybe now we'll see people like Janis Joplin or Mama Cass again, people who wouldn't make it in the music business today because of their looks. The astounding thing to me was that the audience was mainly teenagers and they went crazy as soon as she started to sing, and the precious faces of the judges. What a lesson for the world to learn. Nothing but good can come from this. I couldn't be more encouraged for the future of music.

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Just goes to show that normal people can be as entertaining as the rich and famous ones. A friend just sent me this link and I thoroughly enjoyed the whole thing. http://www.parkwayreststop.com/archives/2937

You just gotta love people with a sense of humor....

This gives hope to countless ordinary people who aren't drop dead gorgeous that they CAN succeed in the music business.

Once more, let me mention Lyle Lovett.

It didn't hurt Lyle's career when he married Julia Roberts, did it?

It didn't hurt Lyle's career when he married Julia Roberts, did it?

Gave hope to ugly musicians all over the world!

Sad but true, Bob: this little event won't change anything.

I don't think this was a little event. Tens of millions of Youtube views in one week, Larry King, Oprah wants her on her show, e-mails from every corner of the globe, etc. No, this was bigger than a little event.

Bob, people are fickle, and how soon they forget.
Sadly a month from now no one will care. They will have moved on to some moronic moment in TV. Case in point: Who the hell would want to see Janet Jackson do anything?
Youtube = flash in the pan.

Who the hell would want to see Janet Jackson do anything?

Crip would. Remember? BOOBIES!!!!!