Speaking to the Telegraph, Bette Midler was asked about young female pop stars today.
"It's terrible!" Midler, 68, told the paper. "It’s always surprising to
see someone like Ariana Grande with that silly high voice, a very
wholesome voice, slithering around on a couch looking so ridiculous. I
mean, it’s silly beyond belief and I don’t know who’s telling her to do
it."
I guess Bette doesnt remember her own very risque shows back in the day?
ReplyDeleteI am pretty positive Bette is more referring to dressing up as a 9 year-old and simulating having sex/humping a couch. Quite different from risque-burlesque-y-type shows.
DeleteGo away Ariana and take your meth face brother with you please!
ReplyDeleteLove Bette! Love, love, LOVE her!! She can say whatever she wants when it comes to these young twits.
ReplyDeleteagreed
DeleteC'mon Bette, show some love. It's not like she has Barry Manilow as her bff and confidante. You were lucky! (did you ever know that you're my hero?)
ReplyDeleteNeeded to be said.
ReplyDeleteShe's right
ReplyDeleteIt's ironic, though, that Taylor Swift is having a moment partly because she isn't half dressed and doesn't shake her rack and/or ass at the camera at every opportunity. It distinguishes her from Katie, Bey, Iggy, Miley, Ri-Ri, etc. etc. etc.
ReplyDeleteYou're right. Stalking potential boyfriends and writing mean spirited songs about them when it goes south aside, Taylor comes across as downright classy when it comes to how she conducts herself in public and at awards shows.
DeleteBut people focus on Taylor's music and lyrics not her cat ears and ass shaking
DeleteI agree with all. Love Bette and dislike Grande latte. I read the interview, and she isn't being cruel( or trying to); just honest. And direct, as she is. Talent needs no explanation or rather- exploitation. True talent.
DeleteBob Dylan has spent 50 years writing songs about relationships gone south. I don't see a problem with Taylor doing it also.
DeleteIf sex sells the Ariana is going to fail. I don't think what she does is sexy at all.
ReplyDeleteBette paved the way for people like Ariana to even have a show
ReplyDeleteI agree with Bette who's saying the girl is getting bad advice. The fact that Ariana looks like she's 13 and then performs like a prostitot is to feed the fantasies of an audience they are trying to capture..MEN.
ReplyDeleteTaylor's main audience (and most these your female performers) are girls so they're hoping to change her demographic to capture more market share. Plain and simple. Doubt Ariana has much say in the matter.
Read Pat Benatar's book and you'll see it's been going on for a long time. When she fought against it she lost support from her record company. It's tough for women n the music industry.
Its tough for a woman anywhere. In my life i havevencountered sexism from the least likely men you wld think. It is just amazingly prevelent, and in show biz must be on hyper speed.
ReplyDeleteI find all this over exposing, stripper behavior soooo unappealing.
ReplyDeleteAnd no matter how much an Ariana Grande sluts it up I doubt males are buying her Shite.
The pre- pubescent males will enjoy watching the AMA's due to it but I doubt they're buying a JLo's anything.
If you look at women singers, the ones with longevity didn't attain it through sex appeal. Barbra Streisand, Rosemary Clooney, Natalie Cole, Judy Garland, Ella Fitzgerald, Peggy Lee, Celine Dion, Aretha Franklin, etc. had/have talent. They could sing circles around most artists today.
ReplyDeleteMadonna, Spears, et. al. may have been around for a long time, but their success came from lip sync'ed tracks, overly mixed studio vocals, skimpy costumes and overtly (or suggestive) sexual behavior. There aren't any impressive vocals there.
And frankly, a 55 year old Madonna and 30+ year old Spears cavorting around in a hyper sexualized stage show is sad, not erotic.
And this is why she is the Divine Miss M!
ReplyDeleteAnd remember kids, when she did her 'risque' show, Bette was all growed up, and made that choice, not some woman child being managed by a grown ass man named Scooter.
Nonsense! Grande looks mid 30s with all the makeup she wears
ReplyDeleteReminiscent of Sinead O'Connor calling out Miley Cyrus. Truth hurts sometimes.
ReplyDeleteBette is awesome! It would be interesting to see what would happen if she took Grande under her wing, ripped those damn cat ears off her head, and became her mentor. She seems desperately in need of a serious female role model.
ReplyDeleteAnd fwiw, pretty much every guy I know between 20-40 is creeped out by Ariana Grande. It's something about the fact she is in her early 20's, yet looks like a contestant from Toddlers & Tiaras.
I agree with Bette. Ariana Grande Latte looks and acts ridiculous. I was disappointed when I went to Whole Foods today to do Thanksgiving shopping (I know, I'm an idiot) they're pushing her CD at the registers. WTF? Really? Usually that space is confined to African Beats or Mandolin Music to Mate to....
ReplyDeleteAriana looks like a sexed up Bratz doll.
ReplyDeleteAriana is a short-term cash grab by a major label. She doesn't have staying power. She's the latest in a long line of formulatic artists-of-the-hour. Two years from how, she'll be a has-been. there's nothing distinct about her.
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