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Discussion: After Xtina..Who's the Voice of this generation?
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Originally posted by Rolland
That title causes Beyoncé and Kelly stans seizures. It's a very sensitive topic for them, I'd rather not. All the (same) Kelly Clarkson stans always rushing in Aguilera's threads, get a ****ing life. Why do you invest so much time on Xtina if you clearly don't like her? Pathetic.
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And yet Kelly and Beyoncé are singing for the president's inauguration. We aren't pressed; we just don't agree. And the last two Christina threads I've participated in directly dealt with Kelly.
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Lmao, and that is what hurts them the most and has them so obsessed. Poor little creatures.
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No, our faves will just continue to sell their studio, solo albums.
Anyways, as the voice of the generation from the perspective of who speaks the most to today's generation, I would probably say Taylor Swift maybe? I don't own a single song by her but if we're going to define voice of a generation that way, then it belongs to her, IMO.
If we're going the vocalist definition, then yes, it does belong to either Kelly or Beyoncé.
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Queen Brandy, and it isn't a competition. 
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i don't consider christina the voice of my generation. beyoncé is.
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Originally posted by Rolland
That title causes Beyoncé and Kelly stans seizures. It's a very sensitive topic for them, I'd rather not. We will have to wait to see what media, Award shows, journalists, peers and the music industry in general thinks, as they did with Xtina. All the (same) Kelly Clarkson stans always rushing in Aguilera's threads, get a ****ing life. Why do you invest so much time on Xtina if you clearly don't like her? Pathetic.
Lmao, and that is what hurts them the most and has them so obsessed. Poor little creatures.
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Gorl, this isn't an Xtina thread. Anybody can come in here if they damn well please.
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Originally posted by missy
This is like a daily thread now & people still don't know what Voice of a Generation means. Christina Aguilera is the voice of a generation not for her vocal ability, but because she symbolized that generation's struggle. I would consider it the last generation, because the generation she was dubbed The Voice of a Generation are in their 20s with children now. The great voice part is just a coincidence, it has nothing to do with the title.
Most people are familiar with their parents repressing their looks to not offend the rest of society or whatever. She was forced to be a goodie two shoes for a while even though she didn't want to be doing that - re: her first album & bubblegum pop image. Once she was able to make her own decisions, she experimented a ton. She was "finding herself" in the public eye. She would purposely come out looking a DISASTER to prove a point about beauty. She dyed her hair from a sandy blonde to a gothic black and got so many piercings/tats - that was considered extremely rebellious at the time. She was more vocal and honest about how she felt compared to any other pop girl at the time, who were determined not to push the envelope too much & played nice. The video Beautiful caused so much controversy since she included gay men kissing, anorexic/bulimic people, people in drag, etc. and that was still a very VERY touchy subject at the time but obviously it resonated with many people at the time because it's now a classic. Maybe YOU don't remember, but 10 years ago the youth were pretty repressed still and people were A LOT more judgmental than they are now. THAT is mostly why she is the Voice of a Generation. She represents the struggle of those teens growing up being judged and controlled constantly. Her music, particularly Stripped, reflects common grievances her generation was suffering from. She's literally won awards TITLED The Voice of a Generation. She touched the topics that other popular celebrities (who appealed to that generation) were not touching at the time in order to not be surrounded in scandal.
Times are different now. Nowadays, does anyone really bat an eye when a singer really gets ****ty? It's simply expected of them. You have to pull a Miley Cyrus and get downright ridiculous or completely naked to get attention. No one even protests popular music anymore - there were literally protests all the time by concerned parents when Christina, Britney and Eminem were out. Kids aren't even that wild with their clothing choices because that generation went overboard and caused all these dress code rules to really become enforced. Sex was very cliche still, and Britney only avoided ridiculous backlash by telling everyone every 3 seconds that she was a virgin and keeping it a bit classier with her "innocent but sexy" image, even though we all knew it was a lie.
The next Voice of the Generation is (apparently) the girl who created Girls, Lena Dunham. She is THIS generation's Voice of a Generation. I literally know nothing about this girl so don't come for me for that. Just google it. It's everywhere. Even Anna Wintour issued a statement saying she was the Voice of a Generation after putting her on the cover of Vogue. Here are just a few more reciepts: Rollingstone , Wall Street Journal, Salon , New York Post, The Wire, TIME, The Guardian, The Independent, see her title as the Voice of a Generation listed here on the front page of this magazine. Everywhere.
So if you mean best VOCALIST of our generation, then make sure you specify that. I can't hang around ATRL all day and teach you people common English phrases and their meanings. Ya'll are obsessed with this damn title and most of you seem to have no idea what it even means. I will keep repeating this in every voice of a generation thread until it's absorbed. |
um weird considering every time i hear the title of "voice of this generation" being awarded to a singer, they commend and praise their ...... vocals. not the struggle. interesting read tho.
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Originally posted by Bloo
And yet Kelly and Beyoncé are singing for the president's inauguration. We aren't pressed; we just don't agree. And the last two Christina threads I've participated in directly dealt with Kelly.
No, our faves will just continue to sell their studio, solo albums.
Anyways, as the voice of the generation from the perspective of who speaks the most to today's generation, I would probably say Taylor Swift maybe? I don't own a single song by her but if we're going to define voice of a generation that way, then it belongs to her, IMO.
If we're going the vocalist definition, then yes, it does belong to either Kelly or Beyoncé.
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and remain impactless 
They can sell all the copies all they want but impact is where it is today. I literally dont know how you get these statements and draw these conclusions that because your fave can't get that title, yall resort to the sales talk. Enough with the Katy Perry she is a legend because of her number 1's mentality.
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You're right. I'm sure Christina has made more impact than Beyoncé and Kelly in recent years by being a judge on The Voice, a show that without Kelly's success wouldn't even exist, with contestants that end up barely even charting.
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Originally posted by Bloo
And yet Kelly and Beyoncé are singing for the president's inauguration. We aren't pressed; we just don't agree. And the last two Christina threads I've participated in directly dealt with Kelly.
No, our faves will just continue to sell their studio, solo albums.
Anyways, as the voice of the generation from the perspective of who speaks the most to today's generation, I would probably say Taylor Swift maybe? I don't own a single song by her but if we're going to define voice of a generation that way, then it belongs to her, IMO.
If we're going the vocalist definition, then yes, it does belong to either Kelly or Beyoncé.
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I have always wondered why Kelly stans are so obsessed with that forgotten performance, since Beyoncé stans don't use that as much but a quick comparison at their careers answers that for me. Did I say you're pressed? No, I said you're obsessed; reading is fundamental girl. What a weak shade, I would take that from a stan of a multiplatinum global artist atm but in this case, it is just laughable. The fact that Kelly has never been, is not and never will be seen as the voice of a generation clearly annoys the hell out of her stans, but what can we do? It's not our fault media, critics, publications and other institutions don't feel the need to take her into consideration. And the only place where she is seen as such is in your deluded minds.
Beyoncé is better, by miles. Kelly is actually overrated since she doesn't have a good technique either but ok. 
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Originally posted by Bey_Rihstan
Gorl, this isn't an Xtina thread. Anybody can come in here if they damn well please.
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I agree. But when certain people rush in to only post flamebait material towards Xtina clearly indicates an obsession. A pathetic one, and that's the only thing I pointed out. Do you have a problem with that?
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Originally posted by Rolland
That title causes Beyoncé and Kelly stans seizures. It's a very sensitive topic for them, I'd rather not. We will have to wait to see what media, Award shows, journalists, peers and the music industry in general thinks, as they did with Xtina. All the (same) Kelly Clarkson stans always rushing in Aguilera's threads, get a ****ing life. Why do you invest so much time on Xtina if you clearly don't like her? Pathetic.
Lmao, and that is what hurts them the most and has them so obsessed. Poor little creatures.
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We have no reason to feel pressed by Xtina. It doesn't matter how much praise she gets, I'm more than content knowing that in reality, she's not a threat to my fave vocally at all.
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Originally posted by Bloo
You're right. I'm sure Christina has made more impact than Beyoncé and Kelly in recent years by being a judge on The Voice, a show that without Kelly's success wouldn't even exist, with contestants that end up barely even charting.
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It's true, she has made an impact as a judge on The Voice. The New York Times agrees.
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Years from now, Christina Aguilera will be remembered for her glamour, her scandalous take on femme-pop and her Brobdingnagian voice. But she should also be remembered as the person who almost single-handedly reshaped music-competition reality programming. Her legacy as a judge on “The Voice,” on NBC, may well turn out to be deeper and more profound than the one she’s forged in her music career
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Full article: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/18/ar...usic.html?_r=0
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No one would want to scream or oversing like Xtina.
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Probably Miley.
I'd say...
Beyonce > K Clarkson > J Hudson > J Nettles > Fantasia > Florence > Amy Lee > C Underwood > Adele > Hayley Williams > JoJo > Ariana > Demi > Gaga > Rihanna > Cassie > C Aguilera > Miley > Lorde > Ciara > Taylor > Katy
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Originally posted by Bloo
You're right. I'm sure Christina has made more impact than Beyoncé and Kelly in recent years by being a judge on The Voice, a show that without Kelly's success wouldn't even exist, with contestants that end up barely even charting.
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A show that got Kelly's Miss Independent from Christina Aguilera's Stripped? I wonder who will exist then. 
Actually Xtina changed the landscape of talent shows, being in a show is not about commenting about the performance and watching the progress every week but actually involving herself in the development process of that contestant. It just happens that AI and XF have those contestant that luckily make it to the business because of strategic marketing. It is not my fave's problem why those contestants make it because the show is concentrated on solely THE VOICE.
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Originally posted by Havoc
We have no reason to feel pressed by Xtina. It doesn't matter how much praise she gets, I'm more than content knowing that in reality, she's not a threat to my fave vocally at all.
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Yeah right, that is why you are here in this thread trying to convince everyone that you are not threatened by Xtina.
You could have ignored this thread but whatever.
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The next one will come in about 5 years or so and it is not any artist currently on the scene. The following are the Voice's of their generations: Ella Fitzgerald, Aretha Franklin, Whitney Houston and now Christina. Beyonce inspires girls and gays to booty pop, Christina inspires girls and gays to sing.
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Originally posted by P!nk Forever
Adele anyone?
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She has never been vocally impressive. I guess Norah Jones should be considered too since she once sold a sht load of albums.
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Originally posted by DejaVu
Probably Miley.
I'd say...
Beyonce > K Clarkson > J Hudson > J Nettles > Fantasia > Florence > Amy Lee > C Underwood > Adele > Hayley Williams > JoJo > Ariana > Demi > Gaga > Rihanna > Cassie > C Aguilera > Miley > Lorde > Ciara > Taylor > Katy
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Child please
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You can't be the voice of a generation with inconsistencies in your vocal performances . That title will always be long to the blueprint, Whitney Houston.
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