Comments on: Nelly Furtado: Promiscuity Sells

By: Robert J. Ricci

Robert J. Ricci — Sat, 15 Jul 2006 19:45:00 +0000

“Artists who will be remembered 50 years from now…” – hmm. Doesn’t sound like posterity is anything the likes of Nelly (or Jessica, or Christina, or Britney, or Carrie, or JLo, or Beyonce, or Kelly – I could go on naming Pop-Tarts forever, trust me) will ever have to worry about.

By: Stephen Davies

Stephen Davies — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 17:42:00 +0000

Nelly Furtado’s new album is great. Whore or no whore.

By: SB

SB — Thu, 13 Jul 2006 23:48:00 +0000

Laura,

I’ll give you Sarah and India. Alanis, I believe, was naked throughout an entire music video, as I recall. And all of those women, including the Dixie Chicks, are very physically attractive, in my opinion. If you go back to the era of Janis and Joni, I think they’d probably be disqualified today for not being attractive enough.

By: Laura

Laura — Thu, 13 Jul 2006 23:41:00 +0000

Oh come on Scott, don’t be so cynical. What about Sarah McLachlan? India Arie? Alanis Morissette? The Dixie Chicks? I’ve never seen them “whore themselves out” with skimpy clothing and they’re all stars.

By: SB

SB — Thu, 13 Jul 2006 22:57:00 +0000

Um, yeah — probably the old double-standard trap to some extent. And heck, I can’t say I don’t prefer the new, Daisy Duke-wearing Jessica Simpson to the old virginal one.

Or before that, the leather-clad Olivia Newton John at the end of Grease to the virginal one at the beginning.

I guess I just want people to be honest about what’s going on here. The music industry today basically requires that female artists “whore” themselves, as Dylan put it. I wonder if a true artist like a Joni Mitchell would be allowed to emerge today; I think probably not. She’d be thrown out of the record exec’s office for not being sexy enough.