Percentage of unique words in lyrics. Average word length. Frequency of "love", "heart" and "baby". These were the criteria used by a US study of boy, girl and teen bands. The researchers picked albums by four of the biggest pop acts around - Backstreet Boys, Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera and 'N Sync - and pitted them against an album by Pink Floyd, their musical opposite.
"there is a scientifically proven relationship between how bad a band is and the number of times they sing the word 'baby' "
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Its from a satire site called Fade to Black. Here is the link: http://www.fadetoblack.com/puppetsofpop/
They have some funny stuff but haven't really updated much in 8 months
Ugh! Baby! I say baby! Ow! Sex machine! Say it a lot, uh! Got to--got to--got to say it! Baby! Baby! Baby! Funky now! Ugh! Yeooooooowwww! Baby!
Therefore this theory is disproven.
Or the exception which proves the rule? And Mr Brown is contesting that claim that he gave a former staffer genital warts, so there!
Isn't that Stevie Wonder you're thinking of? I seem to recall James Brown is the one who claims he didn't grope some staffer, or dismiss her when she told him to stop, or what have you.
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Fri Feb 8 23:31:11 2002
Pink Floyd? Their musical opposite?