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| From | "Durben, Steven" <Steven.Durben@cignabehavioral.com> |
| Subject | FW: Re: Rock n roll spouses/significant others & Cher |
| Date | Thu, 10 Apr 2003 11:00:00 -0500 |
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> Hi Shawn,
>
> You said..
> and one of the biggest complaints
> of the rekkidgrrls there is the assumption that, if
> you do happen to be knowledgeable and passionate about
> music, it must be because a former boyfriend or other
> male "trained you" to have good taste. That's
> certainly an assumption that has always frustrated me.
>
>
> Shawn, It's nice to her your perspective. That sort of describes my
> wife's support and also lack of interest in some of the music I listen
> too. My wife and I met about 20 years ago and we happened to have very
> similar tastes in music. During the college days we shared much of the
> same music tastes (punk, new wave and so on). We still share a love of
> some music but some of the stuff I'm now into she just can't get into to.
> Some of what I love is just to "light" for her tastes and just doesn't
> connect with her emotionally or lyrically. She's still very into music
> (probably not as fanatical as I) but she just hasn't followed my path.
> Oh, I still try to win her over but with only modest success.
>
>
> Shawn went on..
>
> I do think
> that, in some ways, much like Madonna, she has always
> been in control of the manipulation of her image, and
> has a lot of power through that fact.
>
>
> That's true. However, I heard of one admitted misstep is that infomercial
> she made a few years back for a friend's cosmetic line. Supposedly, she
> had no idea it was going to be played every single night on TV and give
> her what amounted to an "over exposure" problem. But, yeah, she's pretty
> much done it "her way".
>
> Steve
>
>
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