================================================ Subject: Re: boyband/Britney Spears-Christina Aguilera syndrome From: "Keith Mears" To: Date: Tue 10 Jul 2001 18:24:31 -0500 ================================================ Not hate mail, but Menudo inspired by The Beatles? I think that is a pretty big stretch! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gina Kovach" To: Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2001 8:34 AM Subject: Re: boyband/Britney Spears-Christina Aguilera syndrome > If you really think about it, a lot of bands/artists become inspired by > OTHER bands/artists. Maybe all those so-called boy-bands had been afraid > to go for a record deal until they saw Backstreet Boys. And even BSB > wasn't original--they were probably inspired by NKOTB, who was inspired > by Menudo, who was inspired by The Beatles and The Monkees...etc, etc. > The same thing goes for Britney, Christina, Jessica, Mandy...and even > Creed (well maybe just Scott S), because Scott was always listening to > The Doors and to U2's "Joshua Tree" album. So I guess what I'm trying to > say is that it's REALLY, REALLY difficult, if not impossible, for anyone > to be TOTALLY ORIGINAL and uninfluenced by other artists/bands that > preceded them. God am I gonna get hate mail for this one... > > ~*Gina*~ > e-mail me > "We may rise and fall, but in the end, we meet our fate > together..."--Creed > "Here's to the night we felt alive, here's to the tears you knew you > cried, here's to goodbye, tomorrow's gonna come too soon..."--Eve 6 To unsubscribe or change your preferences for the Creed-Discuss list, visit: http://www.winduplist.com/ls/discuss/form.asp