"George Michael wrote Careless Whisper when he was 17," she says. "I didn't see Tinchy Stryder writing a song like that when he was 17, but he still gets the same praise."
Also, serious lack of business sense. Signing up to big music tie-in deal with Orange, then slagging off one of your fellow Orange artists, seems both daft and impolite.
I'm still going for the girls & guitars one - can't beat a classic!
And yes, as strange_powers said, she's right about the business of separating artist from music (very community-suitable, I'd have said), but, stopped clock and all that.
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Date: 2009-09-25 09:06 pm (UTC)Also, serious lack of business sense. Signing up to big music tie-in deal with Orange, then slagging off one of your fellow Orange artists, seems both daft and impolite.
I'm still going for the girls & guitars one - can't beat a classic!
And yes, as