welcome to the machine
What we have here, ladies and gentlemen, is the latest dropping from the gigantic byzantine money-making machine called the music industry. Forget the cute little girl's face on the cover, or that she, in some sense at least, sang the songs. She really has nothing to do with it. Its about seperating you from your money. Its product. This is the same recording industry that robbed every classic blues, soul, and R&B singer, got in trouble for payola, even very recently, and wants to charge you 20 clams for a CD. This is the same recording industry that sues housewives for illegally downloading a song they heard on Gray's Anatomy. And here's their product. They cynically attach a blonde little girl to it and make it sound like whatever Kraft brand music happens to be popular at the time. They know you'll buy it.
And don't give me that "It's just for kids, chill out!" stuff either. Kids deserve better. Kids who listen to cheese grow up to be mindless drone adults who listen to cheese. Do yourself a favor: get limewire and download as many songs as you want- its time for some karma on the recording industry. There's also TONS of great kids music out there on small labels.
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