So yeah, about that rant...
Ok, so going back and reading my comments on Gwen Stefani, I want to clarify a couple of things which might not have translated so well the first time, that being at 1:30 in the morning or so.
First of all, I don't want to condemn anyone's musical taste. To be perfectly honest, I have a very wide range of likes when it comes to genres and artists, many of whom are notoriously popular (I think we all know about my obsession with Evanescence). I even, in the height of hypocrisy, own the Gwen solo album. And I like to listen to it every now and then, or at least parts of it. It's got a lot of fun, dancy songs on it, and depending on what mood I'm in, that can be exactly what I want sometimes.
My issue is more with the drastic change in style that she's undergone. If you want to do thought provoking music, do thought provoking music. If you want to do fluff, do fluff. What I have a hard time understanding is why she would choose to start with the one and move to the latter. I don't usually concern myself with artists "selling out". If they want to make more money and become more mainstream, that makes sense, and it also gets whatever their trying to convey with their music more out there, even if there is some compromise involved. What Gwen did, however, seems downright lazy. I don't feel like she put any thought or effort into her solo album. Hell, half the songs don't even seem to make sense. More than anything it saddens me, because No Doubt was so much the opposite, so I know that that potential is there, and I feel like it's being wasted.
If it's what makes her happy, though, far be it for me to say what she should or shouldn't do. I just hope to one day see a revival of the No Doubt ideal, but in the mean time, I'll enjoy the beat. And hope that Gavin leaves her so that he can go marry Megan;-)
In other news, I have such a crush on my Art History teacher, because in class, while talking about the Sistine Chapel, she allowed as to how the style of using classical nudes was "absolutely the bee's knees at the time". In a British accent. *wistful sigh*
And my Shakespeare professor used the word "evanescence" in a sentence, thus inspiring me to use it in a paper. Not that my vocabulary is influenced by my musical taste...
First of all, I don't want to condemn anyone's musical taste. To be perfectly honest, I have a very wide range of likes when it comes to genres and artists, many of whom are notoriously popular (I think we all know about my obsession with Evanescence). I even, in the height of hypocrisy, own the Gwen solo album. And I like to listen to it every now and then, or at least parts of it. It's got a lot of fun, dancy songs on it, and depending on what mood I'm in, that can be exactly what I want sometimes.
My issue is more with the drastic change in style that she's undergone. If you want to do thought provoking music, do thought provoking music. If you want to do fluff, do fluff. What I have a hard time understanding is why she would choose to start with the one and move to the latter. I don't usually concern myself with artists "selling out". If they want to make more money and become more mainstream, that makes sense, and it also gets whatever their trying to convey with their music more out there, even if there is some compromise involved. What Gwen did, however, seems downright lazy. I don't feel like she put any thought or effort into her solo album. Hell, half the songs don't even seem to make sense. More than anything it saddens me, because No Doubt was so much the opposite, so I know that that potential is there, and I feel like it's being wasted.
If it's what makes her happy, though, far be it for me to say what she should or shouldn't do. I just hope to one day see a revival of the No Doubt ideal, but in the mean time, I'll enjoy the beat. And hope that Gavin leaves her so that he can go marry Megan;-)
In other news, I have such a crush on my Art History teacher, because in class, while talking about the Sistine Chapel, she allowed as to how the style of using classical nudes was "absolutely the bee's knees at the time". In a British accent. *wistful sigh*
And my Shakespeare professor used the word "evanescence" in a sentence, thus inspiring me to use it in a paper. Not that my vocabulary is influenced by my musical taste...