Eric,

Well judging by the Amazon links, no wonder she's upset--all that fame and pressure has her looking like Yoda these days!

Ed

Unlike most other people in this forum I've acutally met Shania in person a couple of times before she made it big time, so I call bullshit on the New York Post. And Bullshit a second time.

I would rather hang out with Shania than anybody from Murdoch's sewer pipe. Since any quote from the above story is probably eighth-hand, give it what you will.

So, Ed, stop being a playa hater, and start being, well, whatever rhymes with "hater".

Well, okay, I'll tell you my favourite Shania story.

I'm at the Top of the Senator where Shania is doing a showcase gig. And I'm talking with a pal, tell him her name is Shania, and her husband is called Mutt.

So, he says, what, they call the dog Jeff?

Turns out we're standing right next to the mixing board, where, ta-da, her husband is standing.

He gives us a dirty look, we get a drink.

Jim,

Don't blame me: Eric wrote the post--I just made the silly Yoda joke. And I kind of like Shania's new song. I've seen the video on VH-1 a couple of times, and now I've got its chorus richocheting through my brain, just like Mutt designed it to do.

(Putting Shania in her skintight knit outfit in the video didn't hurt, either.)

Ed

Ed, I thought your comment was funny. Jim, that's cool you met Shania back in the day, but it kind of makes my point that people change and their perspective gets pretty twisted.

When I was working at PolyGram Canada, one of my responsibilities was to look after email. And all of the email for Shania was from freaks, really scarey out of Malcolm Maclaren's "Fan" scarey.

So, I'll say again that the Post is a rag, and while her quotes were taken out of context, she does have a point.

Y'know who I feel sorry for? Has beens who have scarey fans.

http://www.furia.com/twas/twas0410.html

Just in case you think I like Shania Twain's music, I don't and this is the best review I've seen of her new album(s), and I haven't even finished reading it yet.

One of the reasons she doesn't like to perform live is because it is too difficult to reproduce what Mutt makes in the studio.

Actually, one thing which always puzzled me when I was at PolyGram was why Shania's CD covers were so bad. The artwork, the photos, the design are all really poor. And this is for a woman who, in person, is really gorgeous.

However, if you want a real laugh, call up a design house in Nashville (there are a handful who do all the design on country albums) and ask them to tell you the font name used on Billy Ray Cyrus' albums. Hours of hilarity ensue. Nothing like a good ol' boy saying "rubylith alternative" to make your day.

ho hum twain you bore you poor overfed overdone overpraised victim of your own greed


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i dislike this woman so much i have considered therapy

she has been under the radar lately - guess she's about 40 by now - guess she did take that break