Gotta love Chrissie Hynde . . .

sunvalleylaw

sunvalleylaw

Yep.
You tell 'em Chrissy.

http://blog.sfgate.com/dailydish/20...de-has-strong-words-for-todays-young-singers/

The Pretenders star Chrissie Hynde has blasted young singers for selling sex ahead of music, calling them “porn stars trying to make records.”

Hynde fears there are too many scantily clad pop stars and rockers filming videos with next to nothing on.

She says, “There’s a definite division of what I’d call porn stars trying to make records, and then musicians. If you go and see Kate Bush, you’ll see a real musician. She takes care of business the way she wants. If a girl walks on stage and starts playing like Jimi Hendrix, believe me, no one will be asking her to take her clothes off.

“If anyone says, ‘I have to do this because my record company told me’, that’s a lie. The artist is in control of what they’re doing. You can always tell anyone to f— off. If they’re under pressure to get their kit off (get naked), maybe they should just be making porn films. Maybe they’re in the wrong game.”

Hynde isn’t singling out anyone for criticism, but her remarks come just days after actress Mayim Bialik took aim at Adriana Grande for wearing “lingerie” to promote her new album. Sinead O’Connor also had words for Miley Cyrus after watching the pop star’s “Wrecking Ball” video, in which the former Disney regular swings about on a huge metal ball, wearing only boots.




Now get off her lawn you little tramps.
 
I was listening to her latest album earlier this week. She's still doing great stuff musically and can speak to this with an authority that few others are able. Chrissie is the real deal and knows of what she speaks. That said, is should go without saying to anyone with eyes and ears.
 
She is assuming the music industry still cares about music. They don't. They care about profits. Having porn stars get autotuned and shaking their money maker makes money because the rest of the entertainment industry (TV, radio, 'entertainment' rags) all flock to cover it. The music is secondary. and yeah.....its disheartening.

There is still a lot of great music being made. It just rarely gets coverage in the media in any form.
 
I gotta say who cares. People aren't buying teen-pop albums for the deep lyrics and killer guitar work. If somebody wanted to pay me more to do my job without a shirt on I'd be all over that :shrug:

 
sunvalleylaw said:
Hynde isn’t singling out anyone for criticism, but her remarks come just days after actress Mayim Bialik took aim at Adriana Grande for wearing “lingerie” to promote her new album.
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Pop music isn't my thing, but Grande is a very poor example of what Hynde (and this thread) is talking about.
 
I'm a fan....

I like all of the hits but this one I've really liked for years.....The melody....

Written for her Mom.............

 
Flamencology said:
Pop music isn't my thing, but Grande is a very poor example of what Hynde (and this thread) is talking about.
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I am pretty sure that the author of the article picked that name and not Hynde. But I don't really know for sure. I do know she (Chrissie) can kick ass in a live show. Very enjoyable.
 
Flamencology said:
Oh, I know that.

From the same sentence in my previous quote: "Hynde isn’t singling out anyone for criticism".
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You can't nowadays...Without some critic wannabe trying to sue your ass off and costing you.....

Have to keep things on a non-personal level...Just look at what the young kids have going on today.......It's a joke.........I also think mature artists have a little more couth in most cases..........
 
Denverdave said:
She is assuming the music industry still cares about music. They don't. They care about profits. Having porn stars get autotuned and shaking their money maker makes money because the rest of the entertainment industry (TV, radio, 'entertainment' rags) all flock to cover it. The music is secondary. and yeah.....its disheartening.

There is still a lot of great music being made. It just rarely gets coverage in the media in any form.
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I don't think Chrissie really cares about the music industry. When she released Boots of Chinese Plastic, she spent a significant amount time talking about how she was more invested in her restaurant these days. She's smart enough to know that things have changed, she's just complaining about it and pointing out what she sees as wrong with it.

Seriously guys, give her new album a listen. It's good stuff.
 
BEACHBUM said:
I agree with her entirely but it's not like it's a new thing.

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And she does realize that all those pics of her from the '70's still exist, right?

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Brian Krashpad said:
And she does realize that all those pics of her from the '70's still exist, right?

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An excellent retort.

That said, today’s pop tarts are pretty bland. We need another Wendy O. Williams in the music world. GWAR’s new co-lead singer Vulvatron looks like a good start. But I’d love to see Miley Cyrus blowing up and chainsawing political effigies on stage. Lady Gaga went pretty crazy on her Monster Ball tour with the Jesus blood fountain and it’s wings of fire, but Catholics messing with Catholic icons is even getting stale.
 
I really never took Lady Gaga,(C'mon girl,If John Cougar can can change his name back,so can you),serious until I found out that Tony Bennett took her serious....
 
tompetty said:
I really never took Lady Gaga,(C'mon girl,If John Cougar can can change his name back,so can you),serious until I found out that Tony Bennett took her serious....
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I thought she was ridiculous until I realized how many cool pop songs I heard at the gym were all by the same person. We went to see her at MSG and it was a very atypical pop show. She sings live without auto-tune or a backing track and the music is played by a five piece band. And she jumps in on piano and the crazy keytar/synth props she dreams up. She does quite well for a girl who dropped out of Tisch.
 
While Ms. Hynde has a vaild point, the problem isn't really the women; it is the business that forces women to sexualize themselves to get a chance to be noticed, and it is the public who embraces this, thus giving the business all the more reason to say "this is what you have to do."
 
Gary Blanchard said:
While Ms. Hynde has a vaild point, the problem isn't really the women; it is the business that forces women to sexualize themselves to get a chance to be noticed, and it is the public who embraces this, thus giving the business all the more reason to say "this is what you have to do."
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http://markweinguitarlessons.com/forums/threads/kill-this-thread-please.62400/

symptoms of a greater issue. not intending to trash on the folks just having fun in this other thread, but just observing.
 
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