Mr. Stefani
11-20-2002, 10:21 PM
What was your favorite record this year?
I haven't heard anything that great this year. I'm not impressed. I just think everything is so safe. I'm sick of the "the" bands, if you know what I mean. People are going to get sick of that "I'm so cool, don't even touch me" attitude. That's not what people can relate to, because no one is that cool.
It's style over substance.
I think people need to start listening to music more and paying less attention to appearance. I'm sorry, but speaking of that, Rolling Stone haven't put a fully clothed woman on the cover in God knows how long. Christina Aguilera looks like Jay Leno in your last issue. It's not as if she's an ugly girl. If she wore less makeup, I think she would be pretty. But she looks like Dee Snider from Twisted Sister at all times. At least Jennifer Love Hewitt looks pretty. At least she didn't look like a teenage boy that had a sex change.
What do you think will happen next year?
You know what I've noticed? Pop singers are trying to become rock singers. Nick Carter is a bad parody of himself. He looks like the Saturday Night Live skit of himself. He's turned rock and has a band now. You know whose fault it is? Pink. She reinvented herself as a rocker, and now everyone thinks they can do it. Pink isn't rock. That's like saying Avril Lavigne is rock. That's not @#%$ rock. I get what people see in her, though. She's cute. If she's trying to be rock and she says her idol is Johnny Rzeznik, I don't think she'll get very far.
When did you record your album?
I recorded over the summer, and it was really hard because I had to move to New York and leave my mom at the height of her illness. I was like, "Mom, I can't do this," but she was like, "You have to go on with your life."
I just got this in an RS email...I'll post the rest later, if anyone wants it. Those were mainly the music parts.
I haven't heard anything that great this year. I'm not impressed. I just think everything is so safe. I'm sick of the "the" bands, if you know what I mean. People are going to get sick of that "I'm so cool, don't even touch me" attitude. That's not what people can relate to, because no one is that cool.
It's style over substance.
I think people need to start listening to music more and paying less attention to appearance. I'm sorry, but speaking of that, Rolling Stone haven't put a fully clothed woman on the cover in God knows how long. Christina Aguilera looks like Jay Leno in your last issue. It's not as if she's an ugly girl. If she wore less makeup, I think she would be pretty. But she looks like Dee Snider from Twisted Sister at all times. At least Jennifer Love Hewitt looks pretty. At least she didn't look like a teenage boy that had a sex change.
What do you think will happen next year?
You know what I've noticed? Pop singers are trying to become rock singers. Nick Carter is a bad parody of himself. He looks like the Saturday Night Live skit of himself. He's turned rock and has a band now. You know whose fault it is? Pink. She reinvented herself as a rocker, and now everyone thinks they can do it. Pink isn't rock. That's like saying Avril Lavigne is rock. That's not @#%$ rock. I get what people see in her, though. She's cute. If she's trying to be rock and she says her idol is Johnny Rzeznik, I don't think she'll get very far.
When did you record your album?
I recorded over the summer, and it was really hard because I had to move to New York and leave my mom at the height of her illness. I was like, "Mom, I can't do this," but she was like, "You have to go on with your life."
I just got this in an RS email...I'll post the rest later, if anyone wants it. Those were mainly the music parts.