> Dear Jordanna is it:
> How can I put this?
> As Morrissey fans, there are all types of us, this you understand. While
> most of us are not racist, we do think that most Rap, R&B, Hip-Hop
> (whatever that is), is VILE.
Well 'Notorious',
Fair enough. I agree much of what is out in the marketplace IS vile. I will not however name names.
> I actually like Reggae.
So do I.
> Point is, that most of us would mind Joyce working with someone whose
> musical tastes and styles we loathed.
Painting with a broad brush are we? And at the end of the day wouldn't it be down to Mike deciding who he wants to work with? Is that not what artistic freedom is about? Or is it about pandering to an audience? If you believe it is the later then you have a lot in common with a lot of RnB/Hip Hop fans.
Me, i don't like being pigeonholed. I grew up listening to Simple Minds, The Smiths, ABC, Morrissey, Spandaeu Ballet, Duran Duran, The Cars, and a lot of other stuff people don't immediately associate with an 'urban' artist.
> So if you are like:
> Sade
In my dreams. Though someone once made a naff comparison of me to her. I find any comparisons to a legend strained.
> Jackson 5
my sisters grew up idolising them but they are before my time and i never saw what the hoopla was about. they were just the first RnB boyband supergroup.
> M. Jackson
Um. no amount of plastic surgery will bring me any closer to the moonwalker.
> Janet Jackson
If i lip sync does that count?
> Mo-Town, Classic Motown
woah, that's a BROAD category. i guess anything funk/soul related has something to do with classic mo-town.
> Classic Girl Groups
which ones? there were many. and why say would a group like the Ronettes be any beter than say All Saints? is it simply because they are 'classic' or 'vintage' ? bubblegum then was just as sweet.
> Lenny Kravitz
i adore him
> Seal
i've followed mr seal since Solitary Brother and his acid house days when he worked with Adamski.
> Whitney Houston (before the drugs, she was a fool to marry Bobby Brown)
seen.
> TLC (but only don't go chasing waterfalls, okay)
Yes! These were my girls. I was even on a US tour in which I and a bunch of other US and UK DJs used their tourbus for 2 months to crisscross the country playing places like the House of Blues in Chicago and one off raves in the desert.
> Covergirls (what did they sing, I forget?)
hahaha.....must not have been all that great if you can't remember.
> Nora Jones
i like her. but i am nothing like her.
> I CAN PUT YOU IN TOUCH WITH M. JOYCE.
please do. or simply pass on my email address to him, he ought to remember the name.
> If you are in the style of Destiny's Child or that twat Beyonce, or the
> flavor flav of the week, then forget it.
i've been compared to Beyonce in looks but i do not sound anything like her and i agree, too much Beyonce is a bad thing.
thing about me is, i did not go to a gosphel church, i was not brought up in that tradition. i was influenced more by my brother who was a DJ spinning stuff like 70s funk, jazz funk, early electro and house, as well as stuff like what i mentioned above.
> Word to your mother.
'word to your mums, i came to drop bombs'. hehe
best wishes,
jordana
> Peace.
