If you have not heard The Living Sisters yet, you need to. If you don't believe that you have heard The Living Sisters, you actually may have. The Living Sisters features Inara George, Eleni Mandell, and Becky Stark. So if you recognize those names or have listened to The Bird and the Bee or Lavendar Diamond, then I suppose you have heard elements of The Living Sisters. Each woman has found success in their other projects and the three have come together to form The Living Sisters.
The reason I bring them up now is because they were on Last Call With Carson Daly (you can watch their appearance here) last night and it reminded me that I started the blog after thier debut album was released. I would be remiss if I did not mention something about them. What I would like to mention is how The Living Sisters should serve as an example for some of the younger female singers out there. There are some performers (I will not name any names) that believe a bare midriff and raunchy lyrics equal sexiness and therefore, success. If you listen to a song such as Double Knots by The Living Sisters, you will discover something much more titilating than a bikini top. While the lyrics are certainly suggestive, at face value they are innocuous. Despite this (or perhaps because of this), it is still an incredibly sexy song. The vocal delivery and sounds are simply provocative in a way that skin-filled music videos cannot compete with. It is tough to watch some of these young women parade themselves and degrade themselves in an attempt to be sexy, but not succeed. They may look attractive, they may be gyrating and talkin' dirty, but it is too obvious and contrived. It also seems that those artists that are trying harder to seem sexy are ultimately less successful. If you have to try, you don't have "it". 95% of all female recording artists are attractive (and The Living Sisters are no exception) and any one of them can make themselves look sexy, but being sexy is an entirely different matter. Even more elusive is truly provacative lyrics.
So, I offer The Living Sisters for your consideration. Three gorgeous women singing beautiful harmonies. Am I crazy? Would you prefer some vintage Britney Spears or some such thing? Let me know.
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Case in point for what you're talking about, Ciara's new video for "Ride". I was flipping the channels and it was on MTV... My jaw dropped! I didn't know you could show something like that on a basic cable channel. I blame porn, but that's a whole different topic. Ciara is one of the most gorgeous singers we have and does not need to do that to sell herself. Her new album might just bomb.
ReplyDeleteSide note: Do you remember how people thought Jewel actually was serious with her "new look"? When it was a parody! Last time I checked she looks the same as when she first came out. Actually some of her recent outfits look like The Living Sisters.
I like The Living Sisters. It's cool that one of them is super pregnant and still performing. Charm and confidence makes women sexy.
I have all of those ladies albums by the way. Eleni Mandell is great live by herself too. I saw her last year. I think she blogs too...
ReplyDeleteI have been aware of Eleni Mandell, but I have not really tried her solo stuff. There is never a shortage of music to try.
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