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Lopez's songs portray her as an optimist (someone who wouldn't, one might surmise, let a boyfriend's legal troubles drag her down). She's only a fair vocalist, but, hey, it isn't as if Britney is Aretha. With sheer will, sheer clothing and perhaps some method acting, Lopez has made herself a true pop star...
...threes from the corner! Lojas Americanos wasn't having that. There were very few American or international artists on display - no Britney, no 'N Sync, no Limp Bizkit, no Eminem. Instead there was a huge section of MPB that featured such younger artists as Marisa Monte (a fine young vocalist who is a bit like Dido or Beth Orton with some samba thrown in), the ska-pop-reggae band LS Jack, and such veterans as Chico Buarque, Ivan Lins and Gal Costa...
...glitzy pop-twang that today's country has become. Nor does it have the excess of sound-alike, look-alike bands of alternative rock. For initiates to the alt-country scene, it's hard to define the sound. Maybe the stage footwear of the Jayhawks provides a good analogy. Vocalist Gary Louris was decked out in cowboy boots, while fellow guitarist Kraig Johnson sported Converse sneakers. Not quite country. Not quite rock...
This side of the Atlantic, the extreme emphasis on singing seems anachronistic, but the Beautiful South's focus is clear. The band has three vocalists for the four instrumentalists, allowing for spectacular vocal range and clever bantering among singers. Still, there are signs of experimental distortion: spectacular songs like "Half-Hearted Get" show the expert hand of Norman Cook, a.k.a. Fatboy Slim, credited with "open groove surgery." Critics have often described Heaton's lyrics as bitter and cynical (the band's previous female vocalist reputedly left because of one of the lyrics). But on Painting it Red, Heaton comes across...
From an unseen hallway, Sade's mournful voice floats into the TV studio like a ghost passing through a wall. She's singing these words, "I'm the king of sorrow..." The vocalist is backstage at HBO's comedy-interview program the Chris Rock Show. She's just wrapped up rehearsals for her appearance on the program to promote Lovers Rock (Epic), her first CD of new music in eight years. That's a lifetime in pop: time enough for the Seattle rock scene to have exploded like a supernova and to have collapsed like a white dwarf, time enough...