Is Music not enough? (rant)

[Dall_Piobaire]

Is it just me though, or do the Pop stars of today lack the substance of those of the previous three decades. It's all about who looks good on camera, who will do what they are told by the marketing gurus, and if they can't sing, why they will computerize it or make it so noisy it really doesn't matter

[george7]

I think Lily Allen is great! She writes her own music. She's witty, sarcastic, and unapologetic.

[Dall_Piobaire]

Not familiar with her, but I will check her out!

How would you describe her work?

[Larry124]

...Is their undoubtable musical talent insufficient to attract a discerning audience.

Right on.
And the onliest* reason (and I said that to say this*) is that performance music is a visual as well as an auditory entertainment, and entertainment is a product, and sex sells.

*Appalachian Mountain region USA dialect.

[george7]

Not familiar with her, but I will check her out!

How would you describe her work?

A bit odd, but catchy. I love her voice though. Not that she's a great singer, I just enjoy her voice.

[Dall_Piobaire]

Where would you fit her in, what genre, if that applies!

Whose pipes do ya play? I've got Naills

[gilmore]

Just watching the Glastonbury highlights on the BBC. Some great acts showcased but one thing that occurs to me. Why do singists like Lilly Allen and Lady GaGa, insist on parading round with there chesticles provocatively displayed or (I love this unword) worserer, in their undercrackers. Is their undoubtable musical talent insufficient to attract a discerning audience. I may have been on a higher plain at the time but it wasn't like this in 1979 when I was watching Zeppelin at Knebworth. ...

You must have missed Robert Plant's unbuttoned shirt, beautiful long hair, tight jeans and sensual moves.

[ronstew]

Consider:

Elvis the Pelvis.

Sorry, but nothing has changed in 50 years. Which is why we all soud like our parents.

[Dall_Piobaire]

See the thing about Elvis, and really the Beatles as well, is that they accomplished what I will call paradigm shifts. The Beatles three times. Elvis, ? twice. They changed the music. I don't think they went with what their handklers told them, but what they felt. That was heart in that music, not fluff!

[dfmacliam]

Throughout history, they are all peacocks.. its just done it with clothing... Sir Elton John comes to mind...and others do it with sexuality.. in varying degrees.. all in all its the same result.. to catch our attention.. and some of them actually have talent...LOL