____/ owl on Thursday 30 August 2007 20:39 : \____
> Hadron <hadronquark@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> "[H]omer" <spam@xxxxxxx> writes:
>>
>>> Verily I say unto thee, that Mark Kent spake thusly:
>>>
>>>> I hadn't realised until Mrs Mark told me that the last crop of "teen
>>>> talent" in the US had come from, wait for it, the "mickey mouse
>>>> club"! Apparently, I'm informed, Justin Timberlake, Britney Spears
>>>> and Christina Aguilera are all just kiddie TV presenters who've been
>>>> re-branded as pop stars.
>>>
>>> I knew about Aguilera and Spears, since I watched some MTV biography of
>>> their "rise to stardom" and rivalry (I was in the recreation area at
>>> work, and I didn't get to choose the channel). Aguilera /does/ indeed
>>> have a tremendous voice; pity I hate that "wailing" genre of music that
>>> she's so keen on - I think they call it "Diva Soul" ... or just "shite"
>>> for short.
>>
>> I hate to break it to you grouches, but these kids had real talent. They
>> could sing, dance etc. It's how they got the roles the Mickey Mouse
>> thang.
>>
>
> Some talent that never made it to Mickey Mouse:
>
> The scalloped god:
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2cm-w62o9o8
>
> mutter and children:
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5DWAdJKUlxo
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2iLIhLv8LuY
>
> 101st Airborne:
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TV74PsUo1dc
>
> inside:
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0x6chChxzV0
>
> two old guys:
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xymVxcLQVT8
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_1hS5LeBm0
>
> robin:
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fl16DLJ1d6Y
>
> still walking this earth:
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xo1wf32IbPE
>
> talented pot heads:
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-wHzlfLKbM
>
> hairstyles come and go:
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zdB1zyjI48
>
> pink has talent:
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dwg7sBgYrrg
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GbzpbD37ItM
>
>
>> If you don't think someone like Britney Spears has talent, despite it not
>> being your (or mine) cup of tea, then you are pretty weird.
>>
>> COLA - it's where success is despised.
>>
>
> No, some of us are just wondering what the fuck happened to music?
You can always listen to old records. There are also some rare musicians
(outside the mainstream, but you can find them) that stick to the roots.
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