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2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumExclusive: Hillary Clinton Pens Billboard Essay for Women in Music Issue, Pays Tribute to Lady Gaga
The great Loretta Lynn once said that to make it in the music business, "You either have to be first, best or different."
That's true for all of this year's Women in Music honorees, Ms. Lynn included. They're different from anyone else out there. They've racked up many "firsts" -- like first artist to get more than 1 billion views on YouTube (Lady Gaga) and first woman to chart more than 50 top 10 hits (Lynn). And they're the best at what they do, whether that's fronting a raucous soul band, writing hypnotic dance anthems, unspooling intricate rap lyrics about female empowerment or crooning ballads about heartbreak and young love.
I've been listening to some of these women for years. Others I recently discovered. Now I'm a fan of them all. Their talent is dazzling. So is their work ethic. None of these women had success handed to her. They all had to keep at it, even in the face of failure and discouragement -- they kept singing, kept writing, kept getting better and better. They did it because they knew they had something special to offer the world. They knew their stories and points of view were worth sharing. And they were absolutely right about that.
Wonderfully, many of these women are channeling their success in thoughtful and generous ways. They're starting foundations, mentoring girls and enthusiastically advocating for causes close to their hearts -- everything from improving mental health care to registering people to vote. They know how lucky they are to be doing what they love, and they're making it count in the best of ways. To me, that's worth honoring just as much as their music.
http://www.billboard.com/articles/events/women-in-music/6784929/hillary-clinton-women-in-music-essay-lady-gaga-loretta-lynn-exclusive
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Exclusive: Hillary Clinton Pens Billboard Essay for Women in Music Issue, Pays Tribute to Lady Gaga (Original Post)
DemocratSinceBirth
Dec 2015
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I am not an expert on such things but it seems like she has a truly great voice.
DemocratSinceBirth
Dec 2015
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bigwillq
(72,790 posts)1. Lady Gaga is very talented, imo.
She has such an amazing voice.
Saw her in concert in NYC in 2014 and it was incredible. It was the final show at the Roseland Ballroom, so it was kind of an intimate experience. Roseland could accommodate about 3,500 spectators.
She did a lot of her pop/dance songs, but she also did piano versions of some of the songs. I love her dance/pop songs because that's the type of music I get into, but I think her piano versions are so much better.
Gaga and a piano=beautiful music.
DemocratSinceBirth
(99,710 posts)2. I am not an expert on such things but it seems like she has a truly great voice.
I thought that the night I saw her at the Oscars.
msongs
(67,395 posts)3. thought she might hit the high note at the end. well done gaga nt