Lots of the new country gal singers are glamorous. That's a
fact. But some of them are going in directions that are disturbing to
me.
Sitll, the old timer girl singers are unforgettable. They
might not have had be glamor of the current crop, but they could sure
belt those songs out. And they developed a very loyal following.
And, as far as I've been able to determine, not a one of them ever
betrayed their fans.
thuss.
Thurston Howell <thu...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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She sounds quite a bit like Patsy, and she is one hell of a fox, to
boot.
For the ones who prefer the full-figured gals, I opt for Trisha
Yearwood. She's got charm.
--
-John
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> Lots of the new country gal singers are glamorous. That's a
>fact. But some of them are going in directions that are disturbing to
>me.
> Sitll, the old timer girl singers are unforgettable. They
>might not have had be glamor of the current crop, but they could sure
>belt those songs out. And they developed a very loyal following.
>And, as far as I've been able to determine, not a one of them ever
>betrayed their fans.
>thuss.
To wit: Kitty Wells.
There she sat, patiently, on the bench, at the train station.
Her band had forgotten her! She knew they would come back, or send
for her. She knew she wasn't betrayed. Shit happens!
--
-John
from dlk &(mimi).
It's called "music video." Singing nicely on a record doesn't mean
diddly, there has to be a video to go with it, a 'gimmick', e.g., a
special line dance or club tie-in, etc.
The 'throw it up against the wall and see if it sells' of a few decades
ago, wherein music soared or sank pretty much on its merits, is now
called 'merchandising', and requires months of planning and promotion.
The music is incidental, a 'hot' or controversial video is what the
labels are really after. The shelf life of such 'talent' is measured in
days and months, to pick names at random, Aaron Tippin, Neal McCoy,
can't imagine that in thirty years folks will be speaking as kindly of
their music as we do of Carl Butler & Pearl.