http://cosmodaddy.wordpress.com/2007/12/28/celebrity/ Nuanced, poignant insights. With visual panache. Sometimes with added Cosmo. Tue, 01 Dec 2009 20:40:55 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 http://cosmodaddy.wordpress.com/2007/12/28/celebrity/#comment-429 Sachin Patel Sat, 14 Jun 2008 16:05:44 +0000 http://cosmodaddy.wordpress.com/2007/12/28/celebrity/#comment-429 Though I agree that the products of talent shows tend to enjoy fame only for a short while, I think Albarn's bang on the money in suggesting they should be wound up. It breeds a culture where people are prescribed music that they should like, as opposed to discovering it for themselves. Yes, X Factor provides a vehicle for hitherto unnoticed talent, it does so in a manner that is both constricting and sickening. There's so much intelligent pop music being made at the moment, it seems a shame to cast it all away in favour of identikit manufactured pop that has all the true emotion sandblasted out of it. Though I agree that the products of talent shows tend to enjoy fame only for a short while, I think Albarn’s bang on the money in suggesting they should be wound up. It breeds a culture where people are prescribed music that they should like, as opposed to discovering it for themselves. Yes, X Factor provides a vehicle for hitherto unnoticed talent, it does so in a manner that is both constricting and sickening. There’s so much intelligent pop music being made at the moment, it seems a shame to cast it all away in favour of identikit manufactured pop that has all the true emotion sandblasted out of it.

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