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Matblack
21-09-2007, 10:33
Loving these guys since I saw a couple of track on BBC6 Hub Sessions, have a look for yourself.
The singers voice is just made of Blues/ Rock, fantastic
http://www.bbc.co.uk/6music/events/hub/galleries/1225/
MB
Love The Gossip. Beth is a really positive role model too.
LeperousDust
21-09-2007, 20:28
Don't take this wrong but everytime i've heard her speak, she seems to me to be an annoying b*nt. I can see she's trying to be very positive etc... But she comes across to aggressive and really puts me off... I could imagine just arguing with her all the time :)
Standing in the way of control is a great song though :D
semi-pro waster
22-09-2007, 03:14
I do like "Standing in the way of control" but Beth Ditto strikes me as really really annoying and I'm generally not the sort of person to find others irritating so she is something special albeit in entirely the wrong way for me to like.
can't stand them, music just grates on me. and "fat burd role model" really bothers me, she's overly unhealthy and in the last few years has made no effort to change her lifestyle.
goldilocks
22-09-2007, 11:29
can't stand them, music just grates on me. and "fat burd role model" really bothers me, she's overly unhealthy and in the last few years has made no effort to change her lifestyle.
agreed
they are an 'alright' band - their music is nothing special, and by no means any better than most of the drivel being spewed out by todays popular bands
BUT
with a hugely overweight singer
she is not a positive role model - she is an example of someone who is using her weight to bring attention, regardless of it's implications to her health
i no more agree with 'fat burd role models' than i do with wafer thin size 00 celebrities
since when is obesity a reason for 'musical' fame?
and she is the only reason the gossip got famous...
LeperousDust
22-09-2007, 12:16
Ok yeah i could have went further but it was just me...
Matblack
22-09-2007, 12:18
I just liked the album :/
MB
I like the album :)
I just go for whatever sounds good to me, not really bothered about much else as we've all got such different tastes in these things.
goldilocks
22-09-2007, 13:39
I like the album :)
I just go for whatever sounds good to me, not really bothered about much else as we've all got such different tastes in these things.
sorry if my post came across as particularly nasty
but, they are only an average band - who are famous because of their porky lead
i know people have wide and varying tastes in music (my favorite band are unsigned)
but even if you read about the gossip in magazines, or in forums, it's always 'that group with the fat chick' not 'that group with a fantastic singer / drummer / guitarist'
and music shouldn't be like that
if you enjoy their music, fair enough :)
I don't read magazines to do with music and this is the only forum I frequent that mentions anything to do with music.
I heard some of their stuff on the radio, I downloaded it, I liked it.
Couldn't care less about what others think of it because there's no such thing as fact when it comes to 'what is good music' imo, because it's all down to opinion.
Simple as that :)
Matblack
22-09-2007, 15:09
I find it interesting that anyone feels the need to comment on the size of the lead singer at all. Anyone want to have a crack at Pavarotti because he was partial to the odd pork pie? :p
MB
Hadn't thought of it like that!
I didn't know what she looked like till this thread and a google later anyhow :embarassed:
LeperousDust
22-09-2007, 17:32
I find it interesting that anyone feels the need to comment on the size of the lead singer at all. Anyone want to have a crack at Pavarotti because he was partial to the odd pork pie? :p
MB
I don't care how big she is, i still think she has a terrible attitude problem from the few interviews i've seen/heard on tv/radio.
semi-pro waster
22-09-2007, 17:58
I find it interesting that anyone feels the need to comment on the size of the lead singer at all. Anyone want to have a crack at Pavarotti because he was partial to the odd pork pie? :p
MB
I haven't commented on the size of Ms Ditto as it shouldn't really make any odds but the fact is that she makes an issue of her size as well, perhaps pre-emptively. Since she makes it a point of note it can hardly be expected that everyone will avoid giving opinions on it. Like it or not some people (myself probably included) are influenced by features/facets of artists personalities that are extraneous (for the most part) to the music - for instance when you now listen to Gary Glitters music do you ever think about his child pornography charges or The Sex Pistols and think of Sid Vicious possibly murdering Nancy Spungen before dying of a drugs overdose?
I don't actually remember mentioning her weight in my post but people appear to have filled in some blanks.
I was actually referring to her view on gay rights which is mentioned in the music. Her weight is neither here nor there for me, I just happen to think she has a fantastic voice, nothing more or less.
i tend to see a role model as someone who you'd happily follow in their footsteps of everything they do, not just a small section of that.
the fact that she came from a very christian family in the middle of the bible belt and managed to become her own person and be happy with who she was is no small feat, it's still not someone i'd aspire to be with her physical health.
goldilocks
23-09-2007, 12:08
i tend to see a role model as someone who you'd happily follow in their footsteps of everything they do, not just a small section of that...
if people see kate moss as a role model, it may be because she has brought up a healthy / happy young daughter
but you cannot ignore the fact that she is a chain-smoking, binge-drinking, drug-taking, pete-doughterty-screwing waif.
my issue with the gossip is that their music is a platform for beth dittos activism, more than it is about the music itself
my issue with the gossip is that their music is a platform for beth dittos activism, more than it is about the music itself
her activism is all well and good though, you can't deny someone the right to be bothered about things. and if she wants to express that, and other people subsequently pick up on it, through her music then all power to her.
everyone has a personal agenda, not everyone in music is there for the money, the glamour, the fame or the rock and roll lifestyle.
if nelson mandella started a pop career would you have a problem with that?
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