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I would definitely call Patrick Stewart a slaphead and I have LOATHED him for a long time (since he was a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company at Stratford on Avon) mainly because his voice sounds like it is being strangled as he speaks! Sorry but I am the woman to break your rule

All wrong, GB!

Sorry to all the fans but:
(What follows now is only the opinion of the author. It is not the opinion of the BBC, any political party, the World Wildlife Fund or the H2G2 Musicians Guild)

Britney Spears: prematurely siliconized girl with no lasting potential
Kylie Minogue: Mice to look at, but nothing more.
Toni Braxton: quite ok
Emma Burton: not even nice to look at
Bjork: *Burrrp* (Sorry, couldn't resist)

Who do I like? That's not easy, well, let's see:

The Corrs (I'm talking about the girls, naturally)

Carole King:
She's really a Lady, and she's been in business for more that 30 years. I remember a show that I saw on TV, something like "VH1 Divas' Night". They had Mariah Carey, Celine Dion, Gloria Estefan, Shania Twain and ... Carole King. All the others tried to beat each other in fame and popularity, and Carole king just sat at her piano, smiling ironcally, and when she started singing, all the others were down and out ...

From a more optical point of view:

TLC: They know how to move on stage!
N'Dea Davenport from Brand New Heavies

and many others ...

and now it's your turn, GB!

John Malkovich was also in Con Air, a movie worth watching just for the bad guys. And of course in Being John Malkovich.

Did you know Patrick Stewart is a reincarnation? They took some stone age skull and tried to see what the human would have looked like. And it actually looked quite like Patrick Stewart.

Hands and feet aren´t the only big things Danes has... I for example have a big nose But there are of course genetical differences between British and Danes. Not anything grand, but there are.

On Bjork's second album 'Post' was a song called 'I miss you, though I haven't met you yet'. Within an hour or two of hearing it for the first time, I had written a song. These are the lyrics.

Answering Back

I got your message in the post today
It didn't take me by surprise
I opened up the book
Was overcome by all I recognised
And I found myself looking through your eyes

I nearly met you once one winter
I felt predestination pulling me
Sapping all the strength from me
An arctic wind blew 'cross the hinterland
Chilled me to the bone
Blow some air into the fire
I'm coming home

I love to hear you sing the answers
That fill the questions in my mind
I love to hear you breath
Inbetween
Giving life to every line

So far I've managed life without you
Taking comfort from the day-to-day
Battle with the elements
But there've been times when I have felt the need
To fill the hole inside
And find what we've been looking for all our lives

My life is full of contradiction
I can't believe that I believe
What only you believe
Now more and more I find the thoughts you share
Are thoughts I've always known
Open up your arms
I'm coming home

I love to hear you speak your own tongue
It opens memories in my mind
I love to hear you scream
Inbetween
Giving life to every line

djs July 1995

She is 4' 11", and mad. I am 6' 1", and mad.

I don´t know the original song, but I don´t think you´re mad... Even though I know for sure now that Michael Stipe is gay and has had a steady boyfriend for three years, I never give up hoping

Michael Stipe at a free promotinal concert in TORONTO -- Yonge and Dundas, where it apparently was raining quite a lot:

"Are you getting wet? (Speaking to an audience member) No honey, the rain did that, not me, but thank you for the sentiment."


Love that qoute

Sorry I was so wrong, Jeremy.
And about Patrick Stewart's universal sex-appeal too, it seems.
Oh well, vive la differance!
My musical taste is very diverse.
I love Smokie & John Denver, Barbra Streisand & Neil Diamond. Tom Jones & Westlife. Roy Orbison & Elvis. Celine Dion & Mariah Carey. The Carpenters & Marvin Gaye. Cliff Richard & Barry Manilow.

*ducks, awaiting *

No from me, GB, certainly not!

Smokie: Great songs, and most of them can be played at a campfire.

John Denver: He wrote a song that esp. you should like very much: It's called "Annie's Song", with the first few lines "You fill up my senses like a night in the forest, like a mountain in springtime, like a walk in the rain ...."

Barbra Streisand: Her acting and singing in "Yentl" gives me the goose bumps every time I see that movie ("Papa can you hear me?" or "No Matter what Happens ...")

Celine Dion: She sang an absolutely breathtaking remake of Carole King's "You make me feel (like a natural woman)", one of the best voices today, without a doubt.

Mariah Carey: She may be quite an arrogant beast, but her voice and her microphone technique are supreme cream!

All the others: If someone has been in business for decades, everything is said.

Good Taste, GB!

Now I'm even more convinced that we'd hardly ever get into a dispute about what music to hear

Oh dear. I can't agree. I think John Denver is excrutiatingly corny. Especially that "Annie's Song"

Barbra Streisand: Yes. I have a recording of her singing "Ave Maria" (honestly!) It's more than ... it get gets you right *there*.. Her voice gets a bit much after a while but she has an amazing range and a clean way of moving you.

Celine Dion: I don't know why people think she's over-rated. I agree with you here, too, on the voice.

Mariah Carey: Maybe good techniques etc, but doesn't do anything for me.

I would add : Desiree (Is that how she spells it? The one who sung "What's your sign, Scorpio?... don't know what the song was called". She is sexy, beautiful, nice, clever, and writes good, original songs and has a really sexy voice.

Would have to think hard to find a man who I like for his self and for his songs and singing. Michael Stipes definitely NOT. Sorry Dax - he's all yours.

One who wins all round is Mark Knopfler - men don't seem to think much of him. And there was one singer with a German one-hit group who had the most divine green eyes. Thomas Hanreich his name is. "Vivid" the group. Lovely voice, too.

Westlife?

TC,

I absolutely agree with you on Des'ree. My favorite song is "You Gotta Be". She sang that song at an award gala some years ago (I don't memeber whether it was Oscar Night or the MTV Music Awards, doesn't matter anyhow). All the others were tarted up to beyond the limit, and she just stood there, with bib overalls, a white Tee and what seemed to be Birkenstock sandals, singing her song.

She was the sexiest woman that night, without a doubt.

Des´ree? She has some very primitive lyrics doesn´t she? Funny though.

Hey Trillian's Child,

>And there was one singer with a German one-hit group who had the most divine green eyes.
>Thomas Hanreich his name is. "Vivid" the group. Lovely voice, too.

The eyes are blue
Though Vivid may have only had one hugely successful hit, they are still going strong.. check out their website at vivid.de ... their 3rd album is absolutely fab.. the voice certainly is as gorgeous as ever! And that's not saying that Thomas isn't
Regards,
Nic

Did someone mention "Annie's Song"?

Ahh, a number held close to the hearts of all true Sheffield United fans. Its a strange experience being in the stadium, where that track will whip 20,000+ plus people into an anti-Wednesday frenzy as we chant our alternative lyrics...


..........

You fill up my senses
Like a gallon of Magnet
Like a packet of Woodbines
Like a good bit of stuff
Like a night out in Sheffield
Like a greasy chip butty
Like Sheffield United
Come thrill me again

..........

That's odd, we sing almost exactly the same song here in Grimsby (Keg full of Tetley, Night out in Nunsthorpe).

So am i the only one on the planet who find the music first? I'm mystified by people who think "Ohh yes Kylie Minogue, i like her arse so i go out and buy the album" (I met her at a Nick Cave do, she's very freindly but is no great looker, like a little girl really but with that funny mouth, admittedly i forgot to ask to see her arse so maybe i didn't give her a fair crack of the whip).

Now PJ Harvey - there's a woman - but i heard the music first, listened to the songs, then found out what she looked like, and hey guess what - she's no supermodel - she stirs things in my nethers deeper than is comfortable though.

Don't we fancy Rockstars because they speak to us in that primal sexual blues dance that informs our inner animal and releases the coiled passions within?

To turn it arround and buy s****y souless records by Barbie dolls just because it's got a picture of her clunge on the back seems to be selling ourselves short a little.

to the football version of Annie's Song.


Yes, I like Westlife
I also think Shane Filan is very tasty, and he has the most beautiful voice and yes, I buy their albums, because I like the music.

I would never waste my money on a pretty face but terrible music.

I don't think you'll find many people on H2G2 who buy records according to those criteria, autist. At least not without regretting it afterwards!

What you will find is an amazing diversity of taste. Name any artist, you will find someone here who loves 'em and another one who hates 'em.

This has taught me to stand up for what I think is good and what appeals to me. And not to be embarrassed to say so. Because anyone on H2G2 is OK by me, whatever their musical tastes, and we can all agree to healthily disagree.

And, on reading this old thread again, I am once again prompted to check that Jeremy isn't ME because he seems to write exactly what I think. Only he's cleverer than I am.

I'm sure he'd be flattered, if he was still here.

Hello everybody, i am at work slogging away doing overtime £10.50 per hour, not bad!!!
Anyway i really fancy Steve Tyler (Aerosmith) do you think that is odd i'm attracted to strange and quite ugly faces!!