On Fri, 17 May 2002, John D. Giorgis wrote: > But really, Celine Dion is true music. One need only see the huge emotio > that she embues ito her music, or listen to the thick richess of toe i her > voice as she soars over notes.
Maria Callas is real music. Pavarotti is real music. Ella Fitzgerald and Tina Turner and Bonnie Raitt are real music. Celine has a nice voice but is basically a female Michael Bolton. Which is fine if that's what you like, but it doesn't do anything for me. > Somehow I think that beacue Celie Dio is *so* popular, many people think > that almost be definition she can't represent good music, but I'd argue > strongly that in this case - the popular public is on to a very good thing. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, as always. I don't mean to deny that she gives pleasure to a lot of people. But whenever I hear her I feel like I'm listening to the same recycled synth-pop hooks and sentiments that have been mass produced over and over again for decades. Marvin Long Austin, Texas "Never flay a live Episiarch." -- Galactic Proverbs 7563:34(j)
