Since I mentioned Rosie on the Tamar thread, I decided to show some love for her on a new thread.

Rosie was arguably one of the MOST talented people to ever come through the Prince camp. She has an amazing voice, plays multiple instruments - keys, drums, guitar, etc, writes and produces.

It's sad that the industry (Prince included) focuses on packaging and promoting talentless barbie dolls while ignoring real talents like Rosie because they don't fit the pre-cut mold. Anyway, here's some clips that underscore my point about her beauty and talent.




THANK YOU!!! The whole reason I got started on prince.org was to find out more on Shelby J and Rosie. When the Elixer C.D. was given to Bria I was extra bitchy about it. Then one day I had an eureka moment. I thought of Elvis then David Bowie, then Elton John, then Barbra, Tina, Cher etc, etc. None of them showcased back-up singers. Same for their dancers. Would the twin sisters still be known as the dancing twin sisters instead of the Twinz if it were not for Prince? He has not done all that he could have and I wish would have but he's done more than most when it comes to sharing the spotlight. It's sad to think of all the great music we'll never listen to because studio bigwigs are more concerned with what we are looking at. Make no mistake the American public is partley to blame.







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THANK YOU!!! The whole reason I got started on prince.org was to find out more on Shelby J and Rosie. When the Elixer C.D. was given to Bria I was extra bitchy about it. Then one day I had an eureka moment. I thought of Elvis then David Bowie, then Elton John, then Barbra, Tina, Cher etc, etc. None of them showcased back-up singers. Same for their dancers. Would the twin sisters still be known as the dancing twin sisters instead of the Twinz if it were not for Prince? He has not done all that he could have and I wish would have but he's done more than most when it comes to sharing the spotlight. It's sad to think of all the great music we'll never listen to because studio bigwigs are more concerned with what we are looking at. Make no mistake the American public is partley to blame.

I know this thread is about Rosie but a few days ago I got on MySpace to send a fan letter to Shelby J. and she said she's planning to release an album in 2010 she didn't say if it was in the first part of the year or not. Anyway it's GREAT news!!

I didn't have music in school unfortunately so I deffinately talk like a lay person. My older brother, who did have music, moved to New York to be a sound tech and my older sister (who also had music class) has always been in alot amateur musicals. I can not read music but I can at least hear that Bria's range is much more limited than Rosie's. I am hoping that maybe all this attention given to Susan Boyle will actually lead to something and not be a fluke. Compare the press that Susan Boyle has received since April and the press that Bria has received over the same amount of time.

It's not just the musicians that loose out; We the public loose out on the gift God gave these people to share with the world.

I want to buy a Rosie CD too.....

Why cant we walk into a record store log onto the internet
and get some sort of portable CD packaging printer to make it there and then
so we the people can get what we want when and how we want it without
all the run around and phones calls and zone delays.


There has got to be something we can do. When I am listening to music I am not also watching the video. I am doing something totally unrelated like writing or housework. That's why it doesn't mean crap to me what musicians look like and if they have pretty hair like Milli Vanilli. It's not just because I am older, I was always like that. I keep writing nasty stuff about poor Bria because I feel a bit patronized by her CD, as if I don't know a good musician from an OK at best singer. I also want to give my money to the musicians that deserve it and not the studio execs who want lap dances in exchange for contracts.