The schmucks that made the documentary about EVIL POP STARS performed a stunt where they got a "big name producer" (the guy who co-wrote "You Were Meant for Me" with Jewel, y'know, that huge manufactured teenpop classic, right) and paired him with a model who couldn't/wouldn't sing to create an "instant pop classic."
And...it sucks. It goes to show that (1) Autotune CANNOT FIX A BAD PERFORMANCE. She sings slightly off-key and even after they "fix it up" it sounds slightly off-key (and very poorly sung). (2) Hooks are important. (3) The 45-year-olds who "write the songs for them" (them being Ashlee Simpson, I guess) do NOT write songs that are half as good with other artists. The extent to which Ashlee (for example) can be considered an author of her own songs is ambiguous, but there's a very clear difference in quality between, say, Shanks/DioGuardi/Simpson and Shanks/Wreckers. Not a new thought (or even my own thought) but it bears repeating in light of these results.
Good lord does this make my blood boil, though. Anyone who can't tell the difference in quality between this crap and Paris or Ashlee or Lindsay or Hilary or or or or...is either deaf or SERIOUSLY delusional. Or both.
Anyway, here's the link: OMG MANUFACSHURED
Interest in the film further piqued, but I can't imagine watching it without getting very very angry, possibly agitating myself into insulin shock. Why do I even let it get to me? This has helped me decide to actually submit something to EMP, though (partially at Ross's suggestion), might use this film in some capacity. Basically trying to figure out what "this music" is, why people hate it, who doesn't hate it (and why), who and where on earth these people who don't hate it might be (not that there are really that many of them -- the instant pop stars ain't doin' so hot sales-wise these days) etc. etc. etc. But I'll make it sound better in 250 words. I think I can shoehorn the theme in there somewhere.
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