Re: Where have all the ugly musicians gone?

From: Willie Johnson (wjohnson@mail.pratt.lib.md.us)
Date: Fri Mar 17 2000 - 15:29:00 MET

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    It's just a way to make the artist more markartable, you know. A pretty
    face to go with the voice. It's funny because I remember hearing and
    seeing all the buzz for Kelly Price before she came out, and when B.I.G "
    Mo' Money More Problems" video came out she was'nt even the girl in the
    video and she's the one singing the hook, just like if you saw hear album
    cover You would not think she was really who she was. You know what I have
    an even better example, I think her Name is Martha Wash (I think that's
    her name from the "Weather Girls" she sang for C&C music factory but she
    was never in the videos

    On Fri, 17 Mar 2000, dj t-bird wrote:

    >
    > 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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