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In reply to the discussion: Can't a woman enjoy her sexuality without being called a whore? [View all]rtassi
(629 posts)I will say I agree with a lot of what you ranted ... in particular about the average person not often enough being exposed to real talent ... but you left out one important element ... and it always gets left out because its so easy just to blame the industry. Most of us, though obviously motivated by monetary success, really wanted to make great records .. Hell, most of us wanted to be the Beatles ... We danced on the a pin head to the fake cries of radio to give them something new ...something different ... and every single time we did ... they wouldn't play it, or if they did work with us to break an artist who was a little over weight, or not so pretty, the PUBLIC would not buy it ... you CAN'T SELL what the public WON'T BUY ... So the INDUSTRY then responds buy packaging what will sell ... gets the blame, and the consumer takes a pass for their own mediocrity ... Yes, there has always been the segment of the industry that if they could would sell you a blank disc for $20 and leave it at that ... but that was never what made the music business flourish ... it was the discovery of true talent ... it has always been driven by youth ... I could go on for some time about the incredible song writers who have catalogs of "hits" that could rip your heart out with integrity who can't get cut anymore, or worse still if they can get cut, they have to give almost all of it away to the here today gone tomorrow "artist" just to get it cut ... so I won't go down that rant ... it obviously does not need to be the motive of every song written to inspire ... its Ok just to be fun and sexy and there is a place for it in the matrix.
As far as your last paragraph goes it makes great points again ... for a moment go to FB and look at profile pics of many young women ... and tell me if you don't think there is a correlation to the push up bra low cut spaghetti strapped tank topped photo(s) we see of our daughters everyday ... and what we witnessed on TV last night ... I think there is .. but no one is forcing these young women to accept that image of themselves except THEM .. really! The work of a tireless generation of women who fought hard battles for equality, and against sexism, only to see it denigrated by a generation of young women who believe that all they have to offer is their sexuality ... saddens me as a father of a 12 year old girl ... What happens when that all fades as it inevitably will?
I've said too much already ... I would like to state before I am executed ... that I am a double grammy winner .. and I have been directly involved in the success of 22 number one singles ... I don't claim to know everything ... but I was in the game ... I remember being brought to tears when Miss Whitney Houston sang the national Anthem ... and she did it with her clothes on ... and her sexuality and her comfort with it, was never in question ... she was elegant ... and she was authentic ..
rt