by Michael Zhivago on Fri Feb 15, 2008 11:37 am
You can the read the full article at: http://www.femalefirst.co.uk/entertainment/Natalie+Cole-48022.html
Tue Feb 12 2008 13:38:45 By: drzhivago1963 ( 3)
Someone is going to have to convince me that this is anything more than envy.
Yes, I am aware that Ms. Cole has won 8 Grammies herself. I believe that it HAS BEEN about 11 years since the last one and didn't she receive 4 of 5 in the '90s for a 'collaboration' with her father when she reinvented herself as a Jazz singer?
In other words, I don't see her as a trail-blazer. There is a pretty good-sized gap between her work in the '70s and the '90s when she decided that following her dad was NOT such a bad thing. She is old news. HAS BEEN since the '70s. I preferred her father's rendition of Unforgettable in any case.
Ms. Cole just wanted another little taste of celebrity-more than being a presenter at an awards show would provide. (There is more than one kind of addiction.) Quite frankly, the nonsense that the Grammys should hold up better role models feels like a thin disguise for jealousy. How does she know that Amy didn't work hard on the Album? That she was on drugs when the album was finished about 15 months ago? Psychic friends? Personal experience obviously. Natalie did not 'sacrifice' 5 years. She threw them away. She's recovered? Great! She didn't have someone sticking their self-righteous nose in her business.
If you look to others for role models or for role models for your children you are a fool. If you can't be one for your kids, please give them to someone who can. If you have none, please do not have any until you are able to be that role model.
