I think this is a little over-stated. I mean....plenty of music was being
butchered
for the masses long before American Idol came around. Kelly and Clay
Aiken fans aren't any more disingenuous than those who were buying New
Kids on the Block 15 years ago.

my 2 cents,
Jeff

> > <<<Let's not kid ourselves: the ascendance of "American Idol," and its
> > turning of music into sports, signals the end of American popular song
as
> > we
> > know it. Its ritual slaughter of songs allows no message to be carried,
no
> > wisdom to be communicated, other than the screamed and belted song of
the
> > self.