SEX OBJECTS
I am writing to say how pitiful New Zealand signings have become. Just reading the November issue, I discovered Bic Runga has signed a four album deal with Sony Music. Surprise. The blatant sacrifice of talent for marketability is pathetic, yet predictable.I am getting pretty sick of the whole sex object equals dollars gag that seems to be growing through the New Zealand music industry like a cancerous tumour. It is no coinci-
dence the new wave of female musicians in our country are generally (although, gratefully, not always — yet) beautiful and mediocre. Get some normal people, or even some ugly people, who can sing, or else we may as well play Milli Vanilli.
Bring Back the Talent, Taupo. Editor replies: The many record labels who showed interest in Bic Runga’s demo tapes (Sony, Pagan, Huh!) all disagree with you. Why don’t you start your own label if you think you have a superior ‘ear’ for talent.
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Rip It Up, Issue 220, 1 December 1995, Page 8
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159$EX OBJECTS Rip It Up, Issue 220, 1 December 1995, Page 8
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