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Cimorene ([personal profile] cimorene) wrote2004-02-09 02:03 pm

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waaaaaaaaaaiit, beyoncé is now tied with norah jones, lauryn hill and alicia keys for most grammys for a female artist?

does anyone else think this is bizarre/wrong?

[identity profile] cimness.livejournal.com 2004-02-09 12:53 pm (UTC)(link)
yeah. their lyrics (and her lyrics) are awful.

has she dropped the riffs? i thought she improvised too much. i remember this gospel song they used to sing where they added so much stuff that you couldn't tap your foot to it because it didn't even have a regular beat anymore.

[identity profile] darksylvia.livejournal.com 2004-02-09 01:35 pm (UTC)(link)
I haven't heard any stolen stuff lately--the last one I remember was the stolen "Edge of Seventeen" Stevie Nicks riff. But I haven't been paying much attention either.

I think she improvises too much, too. A good performer knows where to stop and can usually even keep it in the regular beat.

[identity profile] cimness.livejournal.com 2004-02-09 02:14 pm (UTC)(link)
> A good performer knows where to stop and can usually even keep it in the regular beat.

agreed. christina aguilera goes overboard sometimes too.

[identity profile] darksylvia.livejournal.com 2004-02-09 08:46 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah, X-Tina does do that.

I don't know why I like her so much.

Perhaps it's because she can sing, but she doesn't pretend to write songs :)

[identity profile] cimness.livejournal.com 2004-02-09 09:36 pm (UTC)(link)
she does write songs--although she doesn't pretend to. but her singing blows beyonce's, and most everyone else's, out of the water.