lilgish said:

No argument there.Today's artists put me to sleep.Everybody even dresses the same,lol.There's no originality anymore.

minneapolisgenius said:

actually, james taylor was a bad-ass... as for the rest of them ...



my advisor in college was a good friend of james taylor's... they used to get "buzzed" together... although, in this picture, it looks like james needs to buzz that damn unibrow... ...

badujunkie said:

in context....you are calling her a bitch and you would be calling usher a piece of shit....

if you had said Kelly clarkson's bitchy ass songs get on my nerves....I can feel that...

or I can't stand the bitch ass music of kelly clarkson....I can get with that..


but ya called her a bitch...

Rhondab said:

I guess in the end, we should to be fair; if bitch is offensive for one group of women, maybe it should be offensive to all women...can you believe I'm actually old enough to REMEMBER when "bitch" was a curse word and the highest insult you could ever apply to a female?Good grief, I'm OLD

DavidEye said:

It's weird, isn't it? Nothing against the youngbloods who were weened on music from the last 12 years, but I remember growing up in the 70's and 80's and having such a WIDE pallette of things to get into without the radio stations being controlled by monopoly. The 70's gave me Elton's "Philadelphia Freedom" and Aretha's "Giving Him something He Can Feel, and Dolly Parton's "Here You Go Again". Somewhere in between I got my first taste of punk, fledging rap, and Herbie Hancock's "Rock It". Of course there was pop mania of the 80's w/ Madonna, Michael, Prince, and Bruce .College stations gave us REM or the Sugarcubes, then these new soft jazz stations showed up all of a sudden bringing us Sade, and solo efforts from Sting....ahhh, those were the days...and that was the commerical stuff of the era I mentioned!

Sadly, it's almost like in American radio today we've now been reduced to a maximum of 3 styles of music, mass produced to be SHOVED down our throats whether we want it or not. It really SUX

Ottensen said:

let us bow our heads and remember the good old days when radio was relevant to the artistic music community.....

I miss those days so much, I try to explain to my children how I know the words of so many of the songs from the 70's no matter the genre and they don't get it. Its a real shame what has become of the industry. a real shame.

thanks for the trip down nostalgia lane

Ottensen said:

you hit the nail on the head!

EllisDee said:

Come on, you know that you sing along to "Close To You" and "Annie's Song" in your car.

minneapolisgenius said:

Now I feel gross - my first thought when I saw that picture and didn't know who it was, was, "Hmmm...hot kinda."

James Taylor and the Carpenters are/were great artists. They made real music and were damn good at it too. Karen Carpenter had one of the most beautiful voices ever. Those that don't know should check it.

RipHer2Shreds said:

I used to have a crush on James Taylor when I was a kid. I used to stare at his album covers.

kisscamille said:

Karen Carpenter had an amazing voice. She had such an economy to the way she sang, she could emote so much by doing what seemed like so little...but for those who paid attention, she came across loud and clear in the way she sang.

Anx said:

hers is one of the voices I most identify with my childhood. I loved her voice it soothed me when I was going through some of the hell of my childhood. I cried for days when she died and none of my friends understood why.

minneapolisgenius said:

actually, i really can't... lol... .. .with all of the damn msuical knowledg ei have, i really don't know those songs... well, i know bits and pieces of "close to you", but i know it from the ron isley/burt bacharach collab... not from the cparetneers...

minneapolisgenius said:

Ottensen said:

I feel ya!

EllisDee said:

I would choose artists like James Taylor,Karen Carpenter,Carly Simon and Gerry Rafferty anyday over the lame "artists" that pollute the airwaves these days.Hell,give me Barry Manilow too those artists had real talent and real songs,not this manufactured,processed pop crap that is so common on the radio today.

lilgish said:

some of that crappy music does grow on ya

although I can't stand chamillionaire....yuck...

but I do like snap ya fingas by lil jon

badujunkie said:

so are you tired of mariah too... she sounds like she is whining when she sings.... anyways.. .kelly is a down to earth celebrity.... she doesnt have a big ego.... and her songs are good..

Geesh, why are so many people ripping on her for getting out there and doin' her thing? The girl can sing a whole lot better than most out there. Her songs may not be deep and she can't play any instruments, but she has taken control of her career and isn't doing that cookie cutter crap that was on her first disc. Listen to her lyrics, "Because Of You" ... that's not some childish Hilary Duff ish about keeping her boyfriend's T-shirt! And as far as her body ... it's refreshing to see someone who isn't a walking lollipop. You go Kelly, you deserve to be idolized.

minneapolisgenius said:

please... don't act like you don't want it...

Kelly Clarkson is waaaaay better than most of these female artists out here today. She can sing and is making an attempt from what I see to put on a good show, not just gyrating her hips and whispering like she's 2 years old. I have downloaded a couple of her songs and I'm not ashamed to say that, even though I'm not a fan. She's making good pop music and unfortunately that's rare. I will give her props because she deserves it.

EllisDee said: