Contemporary female pop artists don’t sell music, they sell burlesque shows.
It’s telling that so much of the populace goes ape over a common burlesque show. The only thing of substance is the marketing of the corporation pushing an utterly unremarkable product to people who have less use in the world than the gum stuck to the bottom of your shoe.
“It’s telling that so much of the populace goes ape over a common burlesque show. The only thing of substance is the marketing of the corporation pushing an utterly unremarkable product to people who have less use in the world than the gum stuck to the bottom of your shoe.”
You hit several nails on the head with that one. Well done!
And you still have hope! 😃
When has rock and roll ever not been burlesque? I mean it was all built from vaudeville, which included burlesque. All Jimi Hendrix’s guitar moves were stolen from sax players. Tina Turner didn’t get world famous legs by dressing modestly. And of course it’s not rock and roll either. Plenty of performers show plenty of skin. Even more formal classical stuff. Sure they pretend it’s all fancy with the evening gowns and the sparkles, but but it’s got a plunging neckline and high slit up the leg.
Sex sells. Nobody puts on a tour for fun.