OK, I have a fundamental problem with these "taking sides" threads, ESP. considering the recent freaking RASH of really annoying ones.
But... this posits an interesting choice. They are superficially quite similar. Powerful females in a genre dominated by wimpy lollipop-suckling dollybirds. The tension between group and diva-leader turning solo artist. Intelligent lyrics addressing topical issues likely to be relevant to their listeners' lives (is the material girl vs feckless boy in Bills Bills Bills really that much different from the material girl in I'm Living In Shame?)
I really can't even begin to choose between them, but at least this is an interesting comparison to ponder.
― kate, Sunday, 23 February 2003 14:08 (twenty-one years ago) link