Us ugly butts don't stand a chance.....

Thats what deadmau5 and daft punk must have thought of themselves and found a workaround

that's not MUSIC, it's called "softcore".

She's had a few, of course she's only one of many artists that can sell almost anything now...there's the Biebster and also Katy Perry...who's songs I actually love

I love Rhianna. And she's one of the few out there who can actually sing.
She was on SNL a couple of weeks ago and was amazing. I think I know what you're getting at though. She's someone who's 'got it'. You just can't take your eyes off of her when she's performing.
And she loves to perform. I'm sure if you found someone like that you could 'make' them a star.
The thing about Rhianna is she's smart enough to corral the best songwriters and producers around.
I doubt she could do a version of, say - Zippity -Doo- Da and it would be a hit....

That depends upon who 'we' is. There are many very serious people who think that instant food is destroying serious eating, and there are many people who think that the best food in the world is McDonalds.





This I tend to agree with. The purposes, methods and aesthetics of these different kinds of music are quite distinct. The problem is that, for many people, 'commercially produced musical entertainment' is completely synonymous with 'music', the art form. Just look through some of the threads here about experimental or avant-garde music to find all kinds of pop-star-producer-wannabes and their enablers snickering rudely at the notion of making interesting music that isn't commercial. You will see, ad nauseum, the same accusations over and over again: "people who make this crap just can't write or sing a tune LOL" or "This is just trying to appeal to cooler-than-thou dipshits who really like Rihanna but pretend not to LOL".

I agree, but 'Music' was an overstretched concept long before the internet.

I like Rhianna...
I LOVE Florence and The Machine.
Feel better.

You know what I think she could. With the right beat and Lil' Wayne on a feature. They could take that into all kinds of directions

She'll do that kinda thing when she's over the hill and goes Disney to save her career.
Maybe a remake of Mary Poppins with a 45-year-old Rihanna in the title role? Lil' Wayne could do the Dick van Dyke part.

this have really nothing to do with the singer/"artist". you oversimplify and confuse the issue.

I don't think so but I'm open to alternative opinions, what's your take on it?

Destroying eating habits maybe...... but not destroying the art of cooking per se, because we understand that fast food has nothing to do with the art of cooking.

But I think we basically agree - I'm just being pedantic

Reading these comments, I don't know how anyone can like Rhianna (I'm not suggesting you do). I've nothing against slick, over produced, image based pop.... (just like I've nothing against pot noodles) .... but the 'energy' is just so bad with brand Rhianna it always hits me in the face like a giant fart.

She's obviously one of those acts which is being used to brainwash the youth. And for all the 'coincidence theorists' out there I would say this: if popular entertainment wasn't being used to indoctrinate the youth today then it would be the first time in history!

I mean come one ..... even Hitler would have found this a bit OTT

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I17r-Re9yOI

Holy frickin' Godwin!

I see it the other way around. The pop acts are a reflection of what the youth have become.