Sunday, November 03, 2002
DOES SEX REALLY SELL?
I was driving home from work yesterday when the new Christina Aguilera song "Dirrty" came on. The DJs quickly said, "Christina has been under some controversy lately because of her new look and clothes (or lack thereof), but there's no denying that this song is hotttt! Here's Dirrty!" Apparently, the double "r" is there for extra emphasis. Yes, there is our little Christina, no longer singing "Reflection" from Mulan or that pop hit "Come on Over." Now, she's prancing around half-naked (and sometimes even more naked than that) presumably to shed her "teen pop star" image. Well, I hate that song so I flipped the station and heard Justin Timberlake's new song "Like I Love You." In it, he also shed his "'N Sync pretty-boy" look for a nastier, more hip-hop style. Unfortunately, his candid sex talk in that song doesn't make his music any more hip hop than my breakdancing makes me more hip hop! And don't even get me started on Britney Spears' downfall.
Wake up, people! Look at the cross you wear as a chain of contradiction around your neck.
You guys made it big as pop stars and are now pretty much type-casted. It's going to be difficult to break out of that mold. But it's possible. Except resorting to wearing less clothing, singing about sex all the time, and posing seductively all the time isn't going to get it done. It doesn't change your music or make you more edgy. It only makes you look stupid! Plus, it shows you have very little self-esteem and are proud to defame yourself every change you get.
This type of thinking didn't work ten years ago for Debbie Gibson or Tiffany. And it's not going to work for you guys now so please, please, please, just give it up.
I was driving home from work yesterday when the new Christina Aguilera song "Dirrty" came on. The DJs quickly said, "Christina has been under some controversy lately because of her new look and clothes (or lack thereof), but there's no denying that this song is hotttt! Here's Dirrty!" Apparently, the double "r" is there for extra emphasis. Yes, there is our little Christina, no longer singing "Reflection" from Mulan or that pop hit "Come on Over." Now, she's prancing around half-naked (and sometimes even more naked than that) presumably to shed her "teen pop star" image. Well, I hate that song so I flipped the station and heard Justin Timberlake's new song "Like I Love You." In it, he also shed his "'N Sync pretty-boy" look for a nastier, more hip-hop style. Unfortunately, his candid sex talk in that song doesn't make his music any more hip hop than my breakdancing makes me more hip hop! And don't even get me started on Britney Spears' downfall.
Wake up, people! Look at the cross you wear as a chain of contradiction around your neck.
You guys made it big as pop stars and are now pretty much type-casted. It's going to be difficult to break out of that mold. But it's possible. Except resorting to wearing less clothing, singing about sex all the time, and posing seductively all the time isn't going to get it done. It doesn't change your music or make you more edgy. It only makes you look stupid! Plus, it shows you have very little self-esteem and are proud to defame yourself every change you get.
This type of thinking didn't work ten years ago for Debbie Gibson or Tiffany. And it's not going to work for you guys now so please, please, please, just give it up.
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