Alizee et Amis

[Alizee Mid-West]

Originally Posted by alizee lover

I have a question for everybody here, do your friends, family, and relatives know about alizee? In my part my family knows about her but my sister hates her i tell her she is jelous. The bost important one are my friends, i try to tell my friends about her so she can have some more fans but they just see her as another attractive girl and dont care about her music or talents.I try not to tell them any more, does this happen to any of you?

I know the feeling. I had to convert my daughter to the gospel of Alizée. Then I converted my wife's best friends. My wife doesn't like Alizée. But I'm working on her. LOL

[mavsluver41]

Originally Posted by Alizee Mid-West

I know the feeling. I had to convert my daughter to the gospel of Alizée. Then I converted my wife's best friends. My wife doesn't like Alizée. But I'm working on her. LOL

"The Gospel of Alizée ." Awesome. Welcome to the site Mr. Mid-West, here you will find many tips and things for your Alizée crusade .

[TheBarrett]

Originally Posted by Alizee Mid-West

I know the feeling. I had to convert my daughter to the gospel of Alizée. Then I converted my wife's best friends. My wife doesn't like Alizée. But I'm working on her. LOL

Perhaps you should also introduce use of your presence in our Newbie's Introduction thread as well?
Welcome

[Youpidou1]

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.

[Alizee Mid-West]

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.

[OGRE]

Originally Posted by alizee lover

I have a question for everybody here, do your friends, family, and relatives know about alizee? In my part my family knows about her but my sister hates her i tell her she is jelous. The bost important one are my friends, i try to tell my friends about her so she can have some more fans but they just see her as another attractive girl and dont care about her music or talents.I try not to tell them any more, does this happen to any of you?

Alizée has a special affect on some people. You never know which ones she will touch and which ones see her as just another pretty face. It sounds like you know that special touch. To those who know the special touch, we cannot understand why others don't see it. To those who don't see it, they cannot understand what we see.

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.

[Max]

I showed some french music to a friend, and she asked if I have more Alizée.

She didn't care about other french artists, just Alizée.

[LeFantôme]

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.

[alizee lover]

Originally Posted by rcs

Been there...done that. If you want to talk Alizee, give me a holler. I live in Phoenix.

Oh, and to Radioactive Man, I like Lily Allen too.

Thanks I did see you were from phoenix.

[alizee lover]

Originally Posted by OGRE

Alizée has a special affect on some people. You never know which ones she will touch and which ones see her as just another pretty face. It sounds like you know that special touch. To those who know the special touch, we cannot understand why others don't see it. To those who don't see it, they cannot understand what we see.

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.

Thanks thats probably what i needed to hear about "Enjoy the Magic"