Stand back Britney: Stevie Nicks will school you

[whitewingdove73]

Stevie Nicks has some words for Britney Spears. “You have to pay your dues to be a real rockstar,” she admonishes the pop singer.

In 2004, Rob Sheffield wrote in Rolling Stone, "Stevie Nicks is more than a rock icon; she's the high priestess of her own religion, ruling a world of prancing gypsies, gold-dust princesses, and white-winged doves, all without going anywhere near a sensible shoe."

Nicks tells Extra what she really thinks about today’s pop princess, Britney Spears.

When Penacoli asks how Spears’ rise to fame was different than her journey, Nicks responds, “It's different in that Britney [Spears] did not join a band when she was 18 and play everyday for five hours Monday through Thursday and then play gigs Friday, Saturday and usually Sunday….You have to pay your dues to be a real rockstar.”

Nicks’ new CD/DVD “The Soundstage Sessions: Live in Chicago” is in stores now.

http://www.monstersandcritics.com/pe...ill_school_you

[gldstwmn]

Slap! She's just being truthful though. Britney is a manufactured star.

[GODDESS6]

i love that stevie puts this out there~ it is oh so true~

i'm not saying the young female stars of today don't have talented voices or anything~ but they all seem to have been cut from the same cloth~ it seems so many of them just want to get on stage & shake it, not be a true singer/songwriter~ no one has any substance to them~ they are all manufactured as stevie said~ it seems so many of them don't even pick up an instrument either, they just stand there half naked w/ a dozen back up dancer singing song someone else made up~

i always liked the fact that stevie liked vanessa carlton & michelle branch~ two young females that write & play~

[whitewingdove73]

michelle branch posed nude for Maxim a few years ago, so I don't know how different she is from britney to be honest. Vanessa on the other hand has never done anything like that.

[strandinthewind]

La Nicks is correct to a point. However, Brittanyt Spears has been working in show business since she was 11 years old and likely before although as an amateur (home videos of local gigs confirms this) - to wit:

Britney Jean Spears (born December 2, 1981) is an American singer and entertainer.

Raised in Kentwood, Louisiana, Spears first appeared on national television in 1992 as a contestant on the Star Search program, and went on to star in Disney Channel's television series The New Mickey Mouse Club from 1993 to 1994. In 1997, Spears signed a recording contract with Jive, releasing her debut album ...Baby One More Time in 1999. The album established her as a pop icon and "bona fide pop phenomenon", credited for influencing the revival of teen pop in the late 1990s.[1] Spears released her sixth studio album Circus on her 27th birthday in December 2008.

Spears is ranked as the eighth best-selling female recording artist in the United States with 32 million sold albums certified by the Recording Industry Association of America and one of the world's best-selling music artists having sold an estimated 85 million records worldwide.[2][3] Spears also holds the title to multiple Guinness World Records.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Britney_Spears

Note - I do not really like BS ( ) or think she has any true rock and roll talent - but she has paid some dues

[strandinthewind]

Originally Posted by whitewingdove73

michelle branch posed nude for Maxim a few years ago, so I don't know how different she is from britney to be honest. Vanessa on the other hand has never done anything like that.

Yet, La Nicks has.

I do not really see how posing nude negates your rock and roll dues paid. But, to each their own

[whitewingdove73]

Stevie posed nude? I had no idea to be honest.

[strandinthewind]

Originally Posted by whitewingdove73

Stevie posed nude? I had no idea to be honest.

The cover of Buckingham Nicks shows her without a top on. She often laments this nude pose and the choices she says she felt pressured to make.

[whitewingdove73]

Originally Posted by strandinthewind

The cover of Buckingham Nicks shows her without a top on. She often laments this nude pose and the choices she says she felt pressured to make.

Oh that's right. But that's tamed compared to the way Michelle and Britney poses

I thought you meant like Playboy or something.

[goldustsongbird]

Originally Posted by whitewingdove73

Oh that's right. But that's tamed compared to the way Michelle and Britney poses

I thought you meant like Playboy or something.

I was so disappointed when I found out her 1981 appearance in Playboy was in interview only.

[whitewingdove73]

Originally Posted by goldustsongbird

I was so disappointed when I found out her 1981 appearance in Playboy was in interview only.

Bet you were. My uncle was cursing the gods as he told me a few years ago. He bought the issue just because of Stevie and when he saw their were no nudies, he swore off Playboy for the rest of his life.

[strandinthewind]

Originally Posted by goldustsongbird

I was so disappointed when I found out her 1981 appearance in Playboy was in interview only.

I know LOL

Also and in general, BS never posed nude, she just used sex to sex her "music" and was photographed with her hoo hah hanging out when she tried to get out of a car without proper breeding. I imagine that if the paps ( ) had been around then like they are today, we'd have a few of La Nicks in a compromised position. Just look at how high La Nicks is in some of the pics in the bad pics thread.

Note - I think BS is and carries on like a low rent, skank. But, the paps are always there to catch her even in the very rare time during her crazy years when she did not call them and tell them where she'd be, etc. I reckon she made several million dollars by splitting the pot during that time.

[LikeAWillow]

Originally Posted by strandinthewind

I know LOL

I imagine that if the paps ( ) had been around then like they are today, we'd have a few of La Nicks in a compromised position. Just look at how high La Nicks is in some of the pics in the bad pics thread.

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This is my problem with Stevie's constant belittling of Britney. I really think there are very few things Brit's done that Stevie wasn't up to herself in her day- there was just no one there to catch her in the act. And as for paying dues, Stevie may have practiced more often (although I think that's questionable as the dancing performance angle of Britney's talent is something Nicks can probably never understand) for her rock and roll life style, but Miss Spears has paid more dues to celebrity than Stevie ever had to.

[strandinthewind]

^

And, I do not think La Nicks belittles BS in this sniglet. I think she is noting the differences in their paths and that La Nicks sees herself as a respected writer and singer, unlike BS.

[LikeAWillow]

Maybe it's not belittling, but every quote I've heard from Stevie about Britney has had at least a little snark added in. "You've got to pay your dues" implies BS hasn't, but coming from a different time, who is Stevie to make that call? La Nicks is my heart and soul, but Britney is my pop culture obsession....and you know what? Not a small part of either is my love of a train wreck. I just think Nicks has a little more in common with Spears than she would ever deign to admit.