[irishgrl]

Dissention: can you please articulate your position?

it appears to be something re: the relationship/competition between Stevie and Christine?

if so.........here's my 2cents:
Stevie had that undeniable something that Chris most assuredly DIDNT have.
call it sex appeal or charisma, Stevie had it IN SPADES. Chris may have been a lady and took a back seat but I dont know that it was entirely painless.....as a woman, I know that it is a hard thing to watch other men CONSTANTLY pay attention to another woman, especially if you are pretty in your own right (whic Chris IS). And, in the horse race between their songs, Chris' songs were predictable pop songs, whilst Stevies songs were otherworldly and the added angst between her and Lindsey upped the sales factor. They BOTH are talented, but Stevie is more obviously extroverted than Chris........and, though its hard to define, Stevie DOES have a magical presence that Chris does NOT. Chris is a pop songstress, and Stevie is a poet. Stevie's poetry reaches across the spectrum of human emotion and Chris' songs seem to only have one focus.