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...streak running through the front of her manelike hair, clad in a series of outlandish, eye-catching outfits. Her songs were the next aspect to register - an assortment of well-crafted pop tunes with clearly salacious overtones. The coup de grace was the interview segment, in which the sexpot singer talked quietly and sweetly about her career, her fans and her then controversial image. The show's apparently minimal budget, erratic choreography and abysmal sound quality made the experience all the more charming. Thalía's one number in English was a heavily accented version of "Diamonds...
...hype that surrounded the so-called "Latin invasion" of American pop. For MTV and VH1, the "invasion" boiled down to two people: Ricky Martin and Bronx-bred actress Jennifer Lopez (with Marc Anthony running a distant third). This grated because Thalía and another talented performer, Colombian singer-songwriter Shakira, were both being groomed at the time for an "imminent" crossover to the English-speaking market by producer Emilio Estefan, husband of Gloria and Mottola's best man at the St. Pat's ceremony. Estefan has produced enormously popular albums for both women, and has continued to tout...
Tonight's teacher, a wispy creature who reminds me of the adorable Icelandic pop singer Bjork, crouches effortlessly on one foot so that her rear end is nearly touching the ice while she simultaneously kicks the other leg straight out in front of her. She eases up from her elegant glide and with a big grin commands...
...like he'd rather be somewhere - anywhere - else. However, his guests on this particular episode - Lorrie Morgan (why hasn't she made it big-time?), Sammy Kershaw (unremarkable, but did a nice acoustic version of an old Jones hit) and Jo Dee Messina (who ever heard of a country singer from Massachusetts?) - did a good job of keeping the conversation going...
...Jones version of which I profiled a few weeks back. (Jones has often been quoted, incidentally, as saying that Smith is his favorite chanteuse.) However, after George's terrible attempt at singing from a TelePrompTer, I needed to reassure myself that he was indeed the best country singer who ever graced a stage. So I put on this album of gospel tunes produced...