DuranDuran
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^^^^^Again, what is played a lot on the radio has a lot to do with payola.
How about acts like Madonna or Grace Jones, who chose their image? Madonna made the Sex book or made a video having a boy go to a peep show (Open Your Heart), or another one about making out with Jesus (Like A Prayer, which got her fired from Pepsi). Her record company didn't have anything to do with these. It was her ideas. Everyone isn't told to dress a certain way, some choose that themselves. There's males who sell a sex image like LL Cool J, Teddy Pendergrass, David Lee Roth, Tom Jones, Prince, etc. And many other guys sing sexual songs, way more than other subjects. What's the difference?
yes Madonna loves being sexy so does the wonderful Prince. but they chose it. a man doesnt HAVE to do that if hes in the music industry to be huge, but awoman, more often then not, does. how is that fair? what if you dont want to be a piece of meat for men to drool over?
this topic has always discusted me beyond words. the music out there isnt about the tallent anymore, its just about the money and about what ppl want. way back when it was of corse still about money, but you actually had some awesome tallent. now its mostly not that. with the exeption of Alicia Keys, Talor Swift and others who where amazingly enough able to do it.
ugh. pisses me off! :angry:
^^ That's true.
Yep! The sad reality of the music industry when it comes to the marketing and promotion of the female artist.
Sex sells right now, unfortunately, and in this age, you don't necessarily have to have talent if you have a good body and flaunt it. It just shows how much downhill music has gone.
There's a difference between being slutty and being sexy, and unfortunately, a lot of current artists don't know the difference.