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The station has actually been replaying an interview with her that they recorded when she was last in town and did a littl' ditty in the studio prior to playing her songs, so that got me to thinking. But on to my point.

Anywho... I was just wondering if anyone out there in the vast listening audience thinks that Shawn Colvin is their favorite artist. I mean, she's okay and all, but her music doesn't stand out. It's the same stuff that everyone else and their aunt is recording nowadays. I can understand why groups and artists like Phish, Grateful Dead, Blink 182, Limp Business, Led Zeppelin, Sonia Dada, Otis Redding, P-Funk, Madonna, Garbage, Moby and even the Afro Celt Sound System, Ozo Matli or Celine Dion/Mariah Carey or N*Suck (ACSS is good, Ozo is kinda cool, those other three are crap IMHO) could be someone's favorite artists. Each of the above groups/individuals has something that endears their fans to them. Phish, the Dead, and I assume Blink and Soggy Bizcuit have the whole concert groupie thing going, with large masses of fans stalking them from show to show and have high audience participation (probably it doesn't hurt that the drugs are easily flowing at such shows). Zep was pretty much a pioneer for hard rock and heavy metal, and had a Beatlesque range of material. Sonia Dada and Otis Redding both have electrifying shows and astounding lyrics (written largely by their respective selves). P-Funk was, well, P-funk (They're cool, but I question how anyone can stand to listen to their stuff for more than 30 minutes at a stretch...but that's a story for another time). Madonna, Garbage and Moby are continually making popular fringe music...daring to do what other artists are afraid of - Sometimes failing, but often succeeding, in making such music mainstream. ACSS and Ozo are strange mixes of various types of ethnic music, blended into a unique form. Hey...it works for them, and it works for their fans (which you can include me in). Mariah Carey and Celine Dion appeal to the sappy romantics, mainly people that are just falling into love with someone for the first time or something.... N*Sync appeals obviously to the eyes of pre-teen girls and has catchy and repetitive enough lyrics rifflines to satisfy their feeble minds (no offense girls, but you're dumb if you like 'em).

I don't doubt that Shawn Colvin sells a huge amount of records, probably many more than most of the above-mentioned groups. And I don't doubt that she has fans. I just don't feel there's anything that sets her music apart from the rest. Maybe she's really hot or something. Seems to work for the boy bands, Brittany, et al. But if you, or someone you know, thinks Shawn Colvin is the pinnacle of musical existence, respond to my rant and stuff. Let me know how you discovered her, and the circumstances around the first time you heard her. Let me know your gender, your age, your country or state of origin/residence, your favorite color, and if a female within the range of 16-35 years old and residing in the Midwest or West Coast US, let me know your phone number and when you'd be available for a date. Hehe. Just kiddin'. Well, not really;)