To take one example: Up until about 5:30 in, I was fine, even good, with the breakdown in “True Blood,” a goofy bit of “Thriller”-manqué Halloween pop. By minute seven, the dull throbbing in my temples was spreading southward, into my dental fillings, and then moving down further, into the depths of my soul. When the song rounded the bend into minute nine, I found myself reaching for the nearest copy of “American Pie.”
It proves your lack of star power. How many albums has Cher sold and how many albums does she have?
If she didn't have star power her career wouldn't last 50 years. I don't know her receipts other than 100 million records, but she wasn't just a singer. She was a TV star and I think an Oscar winner too.
Nobody ever called her queen of pop or anything, she is legend mainly for her longevity and versatility. I wouldn't say she's overrated.
Gaga's rank on thee BB100 and Social 50 suggests that people only have an obsession with her song, not her. Britney's ranks are more impressive to me because people are checking for her not just one of her songs as she's #5 on Social 50 and her video sparking conversations of her visuals in it.
Exhibit A: “Murder,” a song about — no other way to put it — vagina dentata, with an unspeakably lame Jay Z rap that slags off Yoko Ono en route to the worst couplet in hip-hop history: “Chocha / Ruined pop culture.”
A FOX media release confirms which six songs will be part of the episode, and "Make You Feel My Love," by Bob Dylan, but as covered by Adele, is on the list as the final song of the episode. You've been warned. Get out your tissue boxes now.
Since the first announcement that Glee would air a tribute episode honoring the late Cory Monteith and his beloved character Finn, we’ve had a lot of thoughts about how that would or should play out. Foremost among our burning questions was this: What will Lea Michele (Rachel) sing
I don't know her receipts other than 100 million records, but she wasn't just a singer. She was a TV star and I think an Oscar winner too.
