Re: Shaved heads

["Ethan Kaplan" <ethank>]

And don't forget that Jewel has really really nasty teeth. That is a very
big turn-off. And I also consider her talentless, annonying and stupid.
Anyhow, what about the new Patti album? ANyone heard anything on what it
sounds like, singles, tours, videos?

Ethan

-----Original Message-----
From: Fiona Webster <fi>
To: babel-list <babel-list>
Date: Thursday, August 21, 1997 9:41 AM
Subject: Re: Shaved heads



>Mitch writes:
>> A couple of years ago I saw Jewel, she opened for Bob Dylan in
>> Dylan's tour after the one where Patti opened for him.  Of
>> course nobody could have stood up well to that comparison, but still
>> I thought Jewel was really awful and talentless and going nowhere,
>> and Bob must have chosen her as a tourmate just for her looks.
>> Shows how much I know about the music biz.  :-(
>
>I hate to be tacky, but... <grin> I don't think Jewel is very
>attractive.  Sure, she's pretty in that bland, cute-little-girl way
>that seems to be all over the media these days, but compared
>to Patti, or Maria McKee of Lone Justice, or any number of other
>women I could name (but *not* Alanis), she's dullsville.  And she
>has that look about her, as if she thinks she's just too perfect for
>words, which always turns me off.  If they're going to choose pop
>superstars on the basis of looks, I'd prefer they choose people more
>like Madonna, who at least has an *edge* to her appearance.  Jewel
>looks like a smooth little custard dessert they might serve at a
>3-star French restaurant -- utterly forgettable.
>
> --hoping Fiona Apple will go away soon,
>
> Fiona
>