Trickster said:
Let's clarify a few points: boy bands, Brittney Spears, and their ilk are not responsible for themselves. Brittney is not the devil, boy bands are not trying to take over the world. They are creations of the media, specifically major labels such as Sony and Polygram, and their promotional affiliates such as radio, MTV(2) and music stores. Records labels create pop artists and are skilled in all the subtle arts of mass manipulation. No one buys an N'Sync album because they like the music - they buy it because they've been inundated with a single, or an array of singles. Make no mistake - "artists" created by record labels are being whored on the public for their sales ability, not for any musical talent. I pity them more than anything.
macleod said:
Britney is just the pawn of record execs. She doesn't write her own songs, she is extraordinarily naive about how she is portrayed sexually...
Hopefully in a year or two she will realize this, start writing her own songs. Obviously she will lose the "carson daly" crowd...but she has a pretty voice and if she learns to not sing like an over expressive hooch (should be easy, she is forced to sing this way any way) she has a chance of being a kick ass musician kinda like fionna apple or Tori Amos.
But anyway, she is being used like a tube sock..and she doesn't realize it. So leave the girl alone...
She will need someone to lean on when she wakes up on her 21st birthday and realizes she has been tooled.
Yenny said:
What bothers me about Britney Spears is that her celebrity is not based on anything approaching personal merit, but has been built up entirely by the media and the corporations that control her. She doesn't write her own songs, and is at best a decent singer. But media and entertainment conglomerates have been pushing her, and bands like N'Sync down the public's throat. Unfortunately, most people will accept whatever they're told to like, rather than making their own judgements.
Let's clarify a few points: boy bands, Brittney Spears, and their ilk are not responsible for themselves. Brittney is not the devil, boy bands are not trying to take over the world. They are creations of the media, specifically major labels such as Sony and Polygram, and their promotional affiliates such as radio, MTV(2) and music stores. Records labels create pop artists and are skilled in all the subtle arts of mass manipulation. No one buys an N'Sync album because they like the music - they buy it because they've been inundated with a single, or an array of singles. Make no mistake - "artists" created by record labels are being whored on the public for their sales ability, not for any musical talent. I pity them more than anything.
macleod said:
Britney is just the pawn of record execs. She doesn't write her own songs, she is extraordinarily naive about how she is portrayed sexually...
Hopefully in a year or two she will realize this, start writing her own songs. Obviously she will lose the "carson daly" crowd...but she has a pretty voice and if she learns to not sing like an over expressive hooch (should be easy, she is forced to sing this way any way) she has a chance of being a kick ass musician kinda like fionna apple or Tori Amos.
But anyway, she is being used like a tube sock..and she doesn't realize it. So leave the girl alone...
She will need someone to lean on when she wakes up on her 21st birthday and realizes she has been tooled.
Yenny said:
What bothers me about Britney Spears is that her celebrity is not based on anything approaching personal merit, but has been built up entirely by the media and the corporations that control her. She doesn't write her own songs, and is at best a decent singer. But media and entertainment conglomerates have been pushing her, and bands like N'Sync down the public's throat. Unfortunately, most people will accept whatever they're told to like, rather than making their own judgements.
