I was watching a music publicist on the telly last night, some conceited little oik, advising that Susan Boyle’s job is to sell records. Accordingly, it seems to follow as night does day according to this fellow, she has to be coached for her endless stream of interviews, told what to say and what not to say. “It’s her job to sell records”, he pronounced, authoritatively.
I disagree, oh oik. It’s her job to MAKE records, and she does this, superbly. It’s YOUR job to sell records, and that involves selling her together with her likes, dislikes and foibles to the public. That’s your job, not hers. It’s the job of the publicist to sell the product, not the job of the product to dumb itself down to the pont where the limited abilities of the publicist can sell it.
It’s amazing the way people foist their own responsibilities onto others these days.
Given what’s revealed about the day to day reality of being, ahem, a successful singer – you have to go on radio and lie all day – who in their right mind would want it?
Perhaps that’s Susan Boyle’s real appeal to the recording industry; having learning difficulties (as she does) she’s easily manipulated and not able to stand up for herself.
Being a successful recording artist is usually considered an enviable position, but really, would you want to be in her shoes, living her day to day life? Who in their right mind would want it?
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