Sunday, April 6, 2008
After looking for the Joplin clip last night (previous post), I wandered around other clips from the era.
I think I see what's missing with many of today's singers, especially the females. Somewhere along the line, passion got confused with sex.
They really aren't the same thing.
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Becs commented on the previous post that she loved Janis' clothes. Watching the film last night, I was struck by the hair and clothes of the women in general. Loose, flowing, fluttering, natural. And somehow oddly modest and chaste. I liked that look. Still like it.
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1 comment:
I read something in the NY Times at least ten years ago about current rock female singers. Basically what it said was that their agents / managers kept hammering at them to lose weight that their "rock anger" was like a little girl pounding on a stone wall. You can't do anything with your rage or your passion if you can barely lift your head up off the pillow or strum a guitar.
And I personally despise those whispery little voices, the cynical little voices talking about how hard life is when you're being seen with a friend who insists on wearing preppy clothes.
Sorry. Didn't mean to go on. But ahem, a far as clothes go, Carly Simon was the one who made being pregnant a beautiful and sexy thing. No bows or Peter Pan colors for her.
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