Taylor Hicks performs on the PBS Special, A Capitol Fourth. “Soul Thing”, “Dancing in the Dark” and “This Land is Your Land” are right after the JUMP…
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i don’t spend money on music i don’t like, sorry and music reviews are important to me.
SpenserJ, I think I love you. You say things the way I wish I could! We must both be very uncool.
Clearly, this is why teenagers hold political office and run the world’s most successful corporations.
Then you will not be aging gracefully, IMO. But Glamour — and I think we’re all assuming that you’re a young woman here — you will be surprised how your opinions will change when you reach the “uncool” age and realize that your life doesn’t have to be dictated by some VJ on MTV or by the cheerleading squad at your high school telling you what’s cool and what’s not cool. It will be a wonderful experience.
I realize that at your age you probably have “uncool” adults telling you this every single day, but somehow I predict that, as articulate as you are at your age right now, you will not look in the mirror one day and simply acquiesce to your “uncool” status.
Maybe that’s what’s wrong with this country.
I have no idea how i will age. but, my parents look very good for their ages!
I think what’s cool changes as we age. I certainly think my friend Spense is the coolest person in Tampa. :=)
I don’t spend money on music I don’t like, either. However, I figure that out for myself, rather then let reviewers dictate my tastes.
LOL, I can see it now…as its first order of business, the Middle School Congress rewrites the First Amendment as such:
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press, unless, of course, such speaker or journalist is deemed by the Middle School Congress to be uncool, in which case, they shall have absolutely no rights to freedom; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
Yeah, but are they COOL?!?!?
Like i said, when i’m middle age, i don’t plan on being cool and it will not bother me in the least.
Parents are NEVER cool.
Something tells me your opinion on that subject will be drastically different in ten years.
LOL. You ARE young, aren’t you?
i usually agree with music reviews. i have bought cd’s w/o bothering to read reviews – big mistake!
No, it won’t. i’m 27, not married. in 10 years, i will be married with children – i could care less about being cool at 37.
If you are 27 years old and you are still influenced by what’s “cool” and what’s “not cool” to the point where it dictates the choices you make in entertainment and in life, then I am simply at a loss for words.
i like to be cool. what’s wrong with that? at 27, i am not old!!
Could we keep this conversation NON-PERSONAL and ON TOPIC? If it continues in this vein, I’m closing comments.
In fact, the cut off is HERE. Get back to talking about Taylor Hicks, NOT what you think of each other.
I think any artist wants to reach out and touch as many people as possible (as a visual artist, I desire the same thing), but if ’superstardom’ comes at the cost of your own taste in music, then selling out probably isn’t an option a lot of artists are willing to take. “Fame” just for the sake of fame is only vaulable to people like Paris Hilton, imo.
[edited] I think my parents are very cool. They are helping to support me through grad school. My dad has excellent taste in music and we share CDs all the time. He has taught me to keep a very open mind to all types of music. I hope to be as cool as he is someday.
Whoops sorry MJ. I posted before I read your warning.
BTW, my dad likes Under The Radar but not the new CD. Maybe he is not so cool after all, LOL.
You’re pretty freaking cool yourself girlfriend.
EDIT – sorry mj – I must have been posting at the same time you were! All done here
Sorry MJ – me too – I think I was blabbing on and on as you wrote that
the bottom line is i’m pretty sure his new cd’s won’t be very successful. just judging from his current “situation”.
first week sales will be less than 50k…yes my crystal ball told me…
But here is the question — so what? Those of us who listen to it and like it will buy it, and we (well, most of us) won’t throw it away when the numbers are released and it fails to sell 500,000 copies. Taylor will probably continue to tour small venues, and his fans will continue to go see him. Neither he nor his followers will commit suicide or submit themselves for a public stoning because of his lack of “success” or over his or our uncool status.
Life will go on, a new Idol will be crowned, crappy new music will continue to get played on the radio station, and independent artists a lot more interesting and talented than Taylor (and some less interesting and less talented) will come and go. Taylor will be there in the middle of it all. For me, that is good enough. I, and I think a lot of his fans, simply don’t need our CD purchase validated by sales or reviews.
As someone posted in another thread and I agreed with, there is something about seeing Taylor and hearing him sing that just makes a lot of people happy, no explanation for why that occurs. It just does, apparently to a lot of people.
To me that’s “cool”.