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"The Gospel of Alizée ." Awesome. Welcome to the site Mr. Mid-West, here you will find many tips and things for your Alizée crusade .
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My friends make fun of me for liking Alizée, if you can get past the French Pop part and know what Alizée really is I think people would like her. But there are people who don't like pop or other cultures music. But people judge too fast so they will never know. So be it.
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One of my wife's reasons for resisting, aside from obvious reason, is that she doesn't understand what Alizée is singing. I told her it doesn't matter to me. If I want to know what she is singing, I just look it up. Or use Google Translator. Probably not the most accurate, but it gets the point across.
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The best you can do is introduce her to your friends. Some will be touched. Others will not. That is just the way it is. Rest assured, while there may not be many directly around you who understand....there are many the world over who do understand. You are not alone. Enjoy the magic....and don't pay much mind to what others may think.
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I showed some french music to a friend, and she asked if I have more Alizée.
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I listen to a LOT of French music. I'm really familiar with all genres in French music. Alizée is one of my favorites, so of course all of my friends know about her. They don't dislike her, but no one has taken to her as a new favorite. They won't buy her CDs, but if Alizée did an American tour, they would go to see her.
It's not unreasonable that our friends don't love Alizée. Creating fandom for her in the Anglophone world has many hurdles. First, there is an overwhelming amount of music available: people are not pressed to choose their favorites. If someone doesn't like Alizée, they still have a million other artists to listen too, not only across genres and cultures, but across time. Second, Alizée's image may just not be attractive to people now. Truly foreign music has never been popular in the States. Alizée's once popular (in France anyway) visual image is just old-fashioned, reminiscent of the early 2000s and associated artists like Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera, Jessica Simpson, and Avril Lavigne (so yes it is a good thing Alizée is manipulating her image). Third, Alizée never had good publicity in the States. Once something is popular, its easier to become more popular. The media also forces what they want onto the public. These two together are how Britney is still on top: the media promotes her and lots of people continue to adore her in a kind of pack mentality. All Alizée needs is for some famous American to mention that he enjoys her music. Someone like Obama, or even Britney herself. But as far as our friends taking on our French pop interests, they will take it if they like it. Alizée's music did not become very popular among my friends but "Pomme C" by Calogero and "Tchend'Kow" by SR Dancehall 2k4 did. |
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Thanks I did see you were from phoenix.
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