Whoever is in charge of making clothes for children has really gone too far. While shopping at Kohl's today, I saw an outfit for a little girl (probably in the first and second grade age-range), that had Justin Bieber of all things on the front of the shirt. That guy has got to go. He's just a face and a name and lacks real talent. The lyrics of his songs are also unimaginative. And he's a sex symbol. Do you really want something like that on your eight-year-old's clothes?
That's the reason why I hate the whole celebrity business. They are out there primarily so that their face and name can be in the paper. Don't get me wrong; some of these folks do have good talent (Tim McGraw, Taylor Swift, Reba McEntire, Johnny Cash, folks like that), but most of the pop icons are just names and faces. And most of them last only for a few years and then they get replace by new lust objects. Also what's the point of being famous if all it means is that you have your name and face on a shirt or backpack?
That's also why I prefer the opera singers to these pop idols. Many of these opera singer have been going strong for decades (Juan Diego Florez and Jonas Kaufmann to name a few). They have much more talent and the music that they do has had a lot of imagination put into it. And they are cast into the roles they take on mainly because they can sing the music (Case in Point: Juan Diego Florez singing Cessa di piu Risistere from Rossini's The Barber of Seville which was long considered too hard for tenors to sing). They also have had many more years training: Heck, my top seven favorite male opera singers are now in either their late thirties, mid forties, or early fifties. They are more mature than most of the pop icons and have had more experience over the years. That's why I prefer them.
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