Hi Andrew-
I am one of those freaks that you might be hard pressed to find. I don't
mind coming out of the closet about artists I do like that are not
necessarily cool to like. Britney is one of them that I DO like. I am not
crazy for her, but I "get it" so to speak. I also LOVE Nsync and Backstreet
Boys, Michael Jackson, Bee Gees (early years pre disco), Bread (yes I love
that song Diary and If and It Don't Matter to Me and Guitar Man) and I even
like Celine Dion (although I don't own any of her records. But then I have
been up close and personal with lots of them and worked along side of them
which might cause me a little biased. I usually prefer not to divulge in
writing my dislikes, but for the sake of argument I can't stand Madonna or
Donna Summer, absolutely was in mortal pain throughout the disco era. There
is not that much music that I dislike. My friend Zachary Richard might have
a cut on the new Celine album and I am praying for this cause I know it can
help with his retirement. It's great to have diversity and people liking
different stuff. What is really a drag is when people put down other people
for their dislikes or likes for that matter.
Best
Paz
P.S. You ought to hear this song my friend Beth Patterson wrote to the tune
of the theme from Titanic. She works in an Irish bar a lot and when the
movie came out she got asked all the time to play that song. It really is
hysterical. I need to check and see if she has the lyrics posted some where
and post them here.
on 11/24/02 8:08 PM, Little Bird at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I think we'd be hard pressed to find a major supporter of Britney Spears on
> this list, and even if there was one, he or she would think twice before
> coming out of the closet about it. Because, as critics (and we are all
> critics!), we have defined Britney Spears as a lesser artist than Joni
> Mitchell. And, she is a lesser artist than Joni Mitchell - it's just a fact of
> life. But who defines that? Would a 16 year-old fan of Britney agree with that
> evaluation or would she defend Britney to the end and denigrate Joni in the
> process? Borderlines, baby. Borderlines.
