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teachings of the Bible are so muddled and self-contradictory that it was possible for Christians to happily burn heretics alive for five long centuries. It was even possible for the most venerated patriarchs of the Church, like St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas, to conclude that heretics should be tortured (Augustine) or killed outright (Aquinas). Martin Luther and John Calvin advocated the wholesale murder of heretics, apostates, Jews, and witches. - Sam Harris, "Letter To A Christian Nation"
Here is another by Sade I forgot about. FYI according to wikipedia her full name is Helen Folasade Adu.
 (May 8, 2021 at 12:25 pm)Brian37 Wrote: Here is another by Sade I forgot about. FYI according to wikipedia her full name is Helen Folasade Adu. Hugely talented, but if she had any gumption at all, she would have declined her knighthood. Boru
‘But it does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are twenty gods or no gods. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg.’ - Thomas Jefferson
(May 8, 2021 at 12:59 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote:(May 8, 2021 at 12:25 pm)Brian37 Wrote: Here is another by Sade I forgot about. FYI according to wikipedia her full name is Helen Folasade Adu. There are some huge talents in music that never reach the level of say the Beatles or Whitney Houston. For the life of me, I don't know other than competition why Sade didn't get bigger than she did. She has that music, when you are young 20's 30's single that you play in the background of a candle lit dinner or a fancy barroom. Her voice is silk.  (May 8, 2021 at 1:04 pm)Brian37 Wrote: There are some huge talents in music that never reach the level of say the Beatles or Whitney Houston. For the life of me, I don't know other than competition why Sade didn't get bigger than she did. Pedestrian songwriting might have had something to do with it. ![[Image: extraordinarywoo-sig.jpg]](https://i.postimg.cc/zf86M5L7/extraordinarywoo-sig.jpg) (May 8, 2021 at 1:13 pm)Angrboda Wrote:(May 8, 2021 at 1:04 pm)Brian37 Wrote: There are some huge talents in music that never reach the level of say the Beatles or Whitney Houston. For the life of me, I don't know other than competition why Sade didn't get bigger than she did. Huh? If you are not into her, I get that. But objectively she is a talent.  (May 8, 2021 at 1:13 pm)Angrboda Wrote:(May 8, 2021 at 1:04 pm)Brian37 Wrote: There are some huge talents in music that never reach the level of say the Beatles or Whitney Houston. For the life of me, I don't know other than competition why Sade didn't get bigger than she did. I kind of agree with this. Wonderful voice, no doubt about that. I like her voice quite a lot. But she never really had a string of excellent songs. She had so-so songs that were sort of a waste of talent. “If you are the smartest person in the room, then you are in the wrong room.” — Confucius (May 8, 2021 at 1:17 pm)Brian37 Wrote:(May 8, 2021 at 1:13 pm)Angrboda Wrote: Pedestrian songwriting might have had something to do with it. It's pedestrian music/musicians that make the big, big money. Songs written for the masses tend to sell better, almost by definition. Still and all, Sade hasn't done badly on the fame-and-fortune side of things. Boru
‘But it does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are twenty gods or no gods. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg.’ - Thomas Jefferson
(May 8, 2021 at 1:53 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote:(May 8, 2021 at 1:17 pm)Brian37 Wrote: Huh? Oh for sure she is doing well. She is doing what a lot of after fame talent does in doing voice music for TV and movies. I just don't see why she didn't get bigger than she did. I could see her being a Madonna or Beyonce. But like any other industry, the competition is fearce and not everyone will get gigantic. |
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