Florence Welch
Joss Stone
Adele
Beth Ditto
Karen O
Laura Marling
Alison Mosshart
Ellie Goulding
Lacey Mosley
Taylor Momsen
Fiona Apple
Lykke Li
Norah Jones
Julia Stone
Gin Wigmore
I love music, I'm addicted to it. I need it several times a day sometimes all day and usualy in the form of a once gilted & now inspired female singer. These ladies are my favorite singers and if you don't know who some of them are then you don't know what your missing!
I for one really like Taylor Momsen's band The Pretty Reckless and her grungy baby doll style but for all the fans there are an equally amount of hatters. Those like Perez Hilton... who have called her a prostitot and other nasty names fail to realize just how normal her behavior is when it comes to young girls growing up in the music industry. Seeing her on the cover of Revolver I could already hear the backlash of people sharpening their claws to rip her a new asshole on how she should and shouldn't dress/act. So take a look at Britney spears before she was legal on the cover of a magazine:
So I ask you is she really being so inappropriate? I know even Britney Spears received some back lash for this cover but she was also extremely popular and at the top of the charts when this came out. She wasn't being called a baby prostitute and worse! An Taylor Momsen isn't even showing as much skin or being as sexually suggestive. I think the real problem people are having is that she is not trying to be a pop star if she was I doubt she'd be getting as much backlash. It's acceptable and even standard really for pop singers to exploit their sexuality and show lots of skin but for someone who's music is more rock and roll and who's style is darker they're more offended. I wonder why that is?
I can't really stress enough just how impressed and excited I am about The Pretty Reckless. My only qualm is with the marketing. I think much like everyone else that it's Taylor Momsens band... and I guess in reality it is. She was signed and then ditched all of her original band only to replace them... granted with much more talented musicians. The new sound she has in her demo songs and her recent performaces is 10x more matured and put together than it was when she was touring with the veronicas at first. The big question is what songs are going to make it onto her album? The reality is she has a LOT of great songs that won't make the cut.
I also have to mention that the Kick-Ass soundtrack is amazing! Below is a cool video I found on spin.com that lets you meet the other band members as they discuss the colabortion process and the status of the new album.
Below videos of some of my favorite songs by them:
Taylor Momsen's style has continued to evolve into an edgy underground princess themed tribute to grunge and lingerie and I just love these photos I found of her, I don't know when they were published or in what magazine. I recently read that she doesn't like pants and prefers skirts or tights and since she can rock just about anything I can see her coming out with her own clothing line or something before she's 20. I'll be reviewing her music in an upcoming post which is surprisingly really good.
Yea so I saw this very uncharacteristic photo of Lady GAGA and I had to take a double look cause for a minute I could have sworn it was goth inspired, barbie framed Taylor Momsen of Pretty Reckless and Gossip Girl. Do you see what I see?
Or is it just me?
I'm loving Taylor Momsens style these days, a very original rock n roll mermaid!
Okay I admit sometimes I watch the new 90210, and yes I watched the new season premier last night and I can't wait for little Annie to evolve into the bad girl we all hate to love cause aside from Silver the other girls on the show are boring! Any who Shenae Grimes looks beyond gorgeous in this above pic!
An the Lovely Kelly Osbourn looks nearly flawless in this dress my only peeve is her hair! It looks like she needed a new Dye job months ago. Dye those roots please!
I just kinda adore her!
