The Barbie/Authenticity pop pendulum

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How many times is the Barbie band vs. "authentic" rock battle going to swing back and forth in the pop forum, and when will major rock critics stop pretending to be excited or enraged whenever the swing gains the most momemtum?

And why are the bands these days touted as "authentic" relying on gimmicks far more colorful and gaudy than the manufactured pop bands?

― donut bitch (donut), Sunday, 15 December 2002 20:39 (twenty-three years ago)

Shh, DB. You're giving it all away!

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Sunday, 15 December 2002 21:11 (twenty-three years ago)

The answer my friend is blowing in the wind.

― Sterling Clover (s_clover), Monday, 16 December 2002 01:15 (twenty-three years ago)

the answer BLOWS alright, it blows big time!

that's right, Bart, get in the spirit!

― Anthony Miccio (Anthony Miccio), Monday, 16 December 2002 01:25 (twenty-three years ago)

I think the 'authentic'/non-manufactured pop and rock acts have ALWAYS been more gaudy and ridiculous than boy/girl band/diva types. They have all the creative freedom, while A&R/Maurice Starr types have to work with little more than castrati vox or tits & ass for fear of scaring off the lowest common denominator.

Kiss & Kid Rock, fr ex, came up with all that ridiculous behavior on their own. Glam rock was not an A&R scheme. Punk wasn't either. Devo, Kraftwerk, the list goes on and on.

The fashion and antics of self-made groups & associated fans will always top those (in terms of outlandishness) of the label creations/'discoveries'.

But as for the other parts of the question you might as well be asking 'when will the majority of professional music crits stop being dumb, greedy scuzzbucket asslogs?'

― Tom Millar (Millar), Monday, 16 December 2002 01:51 (twenty-three years ago)

Kiss & Kid Rock, fr ex,

At least Kiss were decent enough to dun ugly masks that hid their far-uglier faces from the public, Kid Rawk didn't even give us a similar option there.

― V, Monday, 16 December 2002 01:55 (twenty-three years ago)

eighteen years pass...

https://variety.com/2021/music/news/barbie-music-producer-doll-gender-gap-1235066472

― When Young Sheldon began to rap (forksclovetofu), Monday, 20 September 2021 20:14 (four years ago)

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