Subject: Re: Where have all the ugly musicians gone?
> Would Marilyn Monroe have become the icon that she is if she had been
> ugly? Or even just average?
on that icon tip, i can't think of anyone who feels that humphrey bogart was
particularly good looking...
>
> It's simple really...
> The suits at the record companies ( and the managment offices, and
the
> artist production houses, etc. ) know damn well that a pretty face will
sell
> a zillion more records than an ugly one no matter how talented mr. or mrs.
> homely might be.
has bob dylan or um, janis joplin won any beauty contests? exception that
they are, (i.e., generally you're right) they've sold a *lot* of records...
-t (the devil's advocate)
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