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Kitt
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09-06-2000

Friday, November 13, 2009 - 2:42 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kitt a private message Print Post    
But was she known to be that flaky before 2006? Because that's when he originally published the blog and used the phrase about it shocking the world. Maybe back then she was still meant to be the nice girl? I can't really remember.

And just read in Wikipedia she filed from divorce from KFed on November 7th, 2006, that matches the writer's clue about the singer contemplating an interview at that time.

I'm sold on Britney at the moment!

Happymom
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01-20-2003

Friday, November 13, 2009 - 2:49 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Happymom a private message Print Post    
kinda late to post...but a sort of answer to Jimmer's question about who is a good singer...

When I heard Taylor Swift on SNL, my first thought was that she didn't sound that great and my second thought was that any of the top contestants on American Idol sound WAY better. We get to hear them a cappella too.

I saw Dolly Parton on Leno (last night?) and she sang a cappella and sounded beautiful and musical. I think Elton John has a great voice. I loved Lakisha on AI a couple of seasons ago. Adam L. has a good voice. Susan Boyle sounds amazing. Jennifer Hudson and Whitney have amazing voices. (Unless Whitney is the mystery singer in the BI.) I'm just thinking of my own ear and how the musical quality sounds to me. (not necessarily a great entertainer or even music that appeals to me.)

Bonzacat
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07-08-2003

Friday, November 13, 2009 - 2:54 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Bonzacat a private message Print Post    
Britney has sold something like 50-60 million CDs worldwide. That would be a big shake up in the music world.

Hermione69
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07-24-2002

Friday, November 13, 2009 - 2:55 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Hermione69 a private message Print Post    
It's just that ... this S person is supposed to have a really good voice, right? But even on her albums, no one really talks about Britney having a good voice. She gets much more credit for showmanship and catchiness than actual singing. If S was doing her albums, wouldn't people be rhapsodizing about the voice of Britney also?

The clues do fit, though.

Hermione69
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07-24-2002

Friday, November 13, 2009 - 2:57 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Hermione69 a private message Print Post    
Britney's first album debuted in 1998 and the second in 2000, but since it is a soft timeline, that doesn't really matter, I guess.

Crzndeb
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07-26-2004

Friday, November 13, 2009 - 3:04 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Crzndeb a private message Print Post    
I think the whole thing is a hoax

Jimmer
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08-30-2000

Friday, November 13, 2009 - 3:45 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jimmer a private message Print Post    
I agree with some of the choices for great singers though it doesn’t seem like there are many of them (certainly not recently) and oddly enough a disproportionate number of them seem to be American Idols.

Taylor does sound a bit flat at times but she has great breath control. Also the production values on her videos are fantastic. The lighting and cinematography are awesome. The storylines are also very cute. I also (I feel like I’m confessing here) like her songs.

Twiggyish
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08-14-2000

Friday, November 13, 2009 - 4:07 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Twiggyish a private message Print Post    
I stand by my Madonna theory..even if no one thinks it's her.


Taylor Swift is a great role model. My daughter sings along with her music and plays the guitar along with her. I agree Taylor doesn't sing well live, but she has an appeal to girls her age. She's not syrupy like Hannah Montana. If you listen to her music, she talks about relationships that affect her life. This is the same situation that many teen girls face. So while most of us don't "get" her music, she does have a following of kids who do and in a world where most of the teen songs are about violence and drugs..it's nice to have a different sound out there.

Dipo
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04-23-2002

Friday, November 13, 2009 - 4:10 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dipo a private message Print Post    
Tishala said: I think it's obvious that it's either Ella, Sarah Vaughan, Streisand, or Judy Garland.

Was there supposed to be a "not" in there?

Costacat
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07-15-2000

Friday, November 13, 2009 - 4:14 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Costacat a private message Print Post    
I'm not sure it was said that MV has a great voice. And I do think it would shake up the music industry if it was Britney... Actually, it really would shake up the music industry as much as it did when Milli Vanilli were revealed. Any time a singer implies that it is his/her voice on a record, and then we find out it's not, it's a major shakeup within the industry. As to whether WE would care or not? Well, we already know Britney lip syncs. The ah ha moment would be that she lip syncs to someone ELSE'S voice. That's pretty deceptive, really, no matter who it is or how lousy you think they sing.

Tishala
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08-01-2000

Friday, November 13, 2009 - 4:25 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tishala a private message Print Post    
Dipo, I was just trying to be funny.

Hermione69
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07-24-2002

Friday, November 13, 2009 - 4:25 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Hermione69 a private message Print Post    
S is a sessions/studio/backup singer and is very good..Prior to her involvement in what I am going to describe, she made a very good living singing on commercials and being a backup singer for groups and other solo acts, etc..Like I said she is very good, but she does not really have that "look" which would make her a star, so record companies did not put her out front, but just used her talents..

Sounds to me that S has a good voice. I mean, it could still be Britney, but no one ever seems to say she has a good voice. If S was singing Britney's songs, I would think people would compliment Britney's voice. Maybe I am reading too much into it. It's kind of fun to try to figure it out, though.

Hermione69
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07-24-2002

Friday, November 13, 2009 - 4:28 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Hermione69 a private message Print Post    
I agree completely, Costacat, that what would shake up the music industry is not necessarily the same as what would shake up us.

Tishala
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08-01-2000

Friday, November 13, 2009 - 4:41 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tishala a private message Print Post    
Some people have suggested it's Lauryn Hill. If that's true, it'd for sure rock the biz because her Miseducation of Lauryn Hill won like 8 Grammy Awards. And have you heard her recently?

Twiggyish
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08-14-2000

Friday, November 13, 2009 - 4:47 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Twiggyish a private message Print Post    
Did she tour in 2001?

Tishala
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08-01-2000

Friday, November 13, 2009 - 4:56 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tishala a private message Print Post    
Well, Miseducation came out in 1998, which to me is close enough to the "soft" 2000 date, and she toured until ~2000 with the CD. She started working on a ton of projects, was the face of some cosmetics company, designed clothing, etc. Then she released her Unplugged CD, which bombed, and then she did a totally disastrous tour in, I think, 2006 in which she wore crazy makeup, etc. A hot hot hot mess. And remember: she'd already been famous when the Miseducation CD came out because of the Fugees' release of Killing Me Softly. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lauryn_Hill

Beekindpleez
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07-18-2006

Friday, November 13, 2009 - 4:58 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Beekindpleez a private message Print Post    
Lauryn Hill Unplugged:

Peace of Mind

I Get Out

Water




I don't remember any Lauryn Hill commercials, or her being "everywhere".
She's very controversial. One of her quotes is: "I would rather have my children starve than have white people buy my albums".
and another is: I am sorry if I am about to offend some of you. I did not accept my invitation to celebrate with you the birth of Christ. Instead I ask you why you are not in mourning for him in this place? I want to ask you, what have you got to say about the lives you have broken? What about the families who were expecting God and instead were cheated by the Devil? Who feels sorry for them, the men, women and children damaged psychologically, emotionally and mentally by the sexual perversions and abuse carried out by the people they believed in? Holy God is a witness to the corruption of your leadership, of the exploitation and abuses which are the minimum that can be said for the clergy. There is no acceptable excuse to defend the church." when she took on the Cathothic priests who molested children in America.

Hermione69
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07-24-2002

Friday, November 13, 2009 - 5:03 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Hermione69 a private message Print Post    
But wasn't the second CD supposed to do better than the first for MV? Unless you count Miseducation as the second CD and her work with the Fugees as first (although she did two CDs with them).

Beekind, she vehemently denies ever having said the first quote and Snopes also reports it as being false.

Beekindpleez
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07-18-2006

Friday, November 13, 2009 - 5:05 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Beekindpleez a private message Print Post    
Hermi...Oh! Very good. I would hope she wouldn't say such a thing. Glad to hear that.

Beekindpleez
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07-18-2006

Friday, November 13, 2009 - 5:45 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Beekindpleez a private message Print Post    
Now that I think about it a little more, I think I might remember that she did commercials.
But I can't imagine her faking her singing. And I can't imagine her being "rude about what S looked like."

Did we ever get the clue that ruled out one of the favorite guesses?

Goddessatlaw
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07-19-2002

Friday, November 13, 2009 - 7:23 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Goddessatlaw a private message Print Post    
Lauryn Hill also starred as a teenager or so in Sister Act II or whatever that Whoopie Goldberg movie was. She had enough early exposure that I find her very doubtful as MV, although I did consider her when the BI was reposted.

ETA she also writes her own music (and for others, Aretha Franklin for one). I get the impression that MV doesn't write.

Costacat
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07-15-2000

Friday, November 13, 2009 - 7:49 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Costacat a private message Print Post    
Has Lauryn Hill ever been married? I just tried to google her commercials and I have to say I don't think she was "everywhere" according to the timeline. I don't remember if she even did one of those Gap commercials that were so popular a few years ago. And wasn't one of her albums live and "unplugged"? If so, it'd be really hard to fake that with someone else's voice.

Weinermr
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08-18-2001

Sunday, November 15, 2009 - 7:51 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Weinermr a private message Print Post    
This is a very interesting discussion. I wonder if it's really true.

I don't think it's Britney, only because she has a very distinctive singing voice (I'm trying not to say that it's odd) and it would be hard to pull off the deception if that "distinctive" voice belonged to someone else.

I'm fascinated to know if this is true, and if so, who it may be.

Texannie
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07-16-2001

Sunday, November 15, 2009 - 8:02 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Texannie a private message Print Post    
I don't think it's Britney either because I doubt Disney would hire someone they needed to dub to be on the MMC..too many talented kids out there to bother.

Kitt
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09-06-2000

Sunday, November 15, 2009 - 11:56 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kitt a private message Print Post    
I think she can sing... she'd have to be able to in order to get the MMC job, but when it came to doing a full record with a range of songs maybe she wasn't up to scratch? It seems hard to believe with any artist big enough for it to be worth talking about. I'd like it to be true though!