Black-Eyed-Peas, the future of modern music?

"Fergie apparently was a meth addict for a while and has had a total facial reconstruction to fix the damage from those years."

They did a nice job.

She looks to be in fit dancer shape as well these days! Congrats to her for turning things around apparently!

Mickeyf,

You are not THAT Mickey who has worked for Disney all these years are you?

Your assessment reminds me of my assessment of The Disney Channel, which is my 8 year old daughters favorite fare!

As a sidenote, she does happen to have a very keen ear for music for an 8 year old I must say!

Audiogon does not appear to be the best site for 'newer music' to be discussed, a large proportion of contributors here (my opinion only) seem to be stuck in the 70's. So very sad, as there is a huge wealth of incredible new music to heard if one is prepared to expand ones mind out of the back yard and into the horizon.
Said he who is listening to Ry Cooder-'The UFO has Landed',
at the moment, but is itching to play the Bat For Lashes cd 'Two Suns'.

I echo the "hope not" sentiments but with that said have realized that well performed music regardless of genre can at least entertain even if not enlightening or cathartic.

BEP have their place. Not all music has to be enlightening or cathartic - and BEP is certainly entertaining at times. I have listened to a bunch of their older stuff (pre-Fergie and with) and some of it is outright great. Watching their evolution has been interesting. The BEP can be great in concert. Fergie has a great voice and it's a real treat when she uses it as in Shadorne's clip, and she can be a commanding presence on stage. And as a group, they really seem to enjoy making concerts special experiences for concert-goers.

Has anyone here who dismisses BEP decided 'against their better judgment' that someone else, also similarly dismissed, was actually worth listening to from time to time? For me it was Eminem, but after spending some time listening, I'm in the 'I'll listen' camp rather than the 'I'll dismiss' camp. Serious people over the past many decades have similarly dismissed jazz, Elvis, the Beatles, all manner of hip hop, punk, funk, you name it.

It is great to have an open mind... I've discovered so much interesting stuff that way that 'serious' people have tried to warn me off... Plus, it is so much better doing the Oprah block party dance in my living room to BEP than to Glen Gould... And geez... who in their right mind would not have wanted to be a part of that? That would have been so much fun, and the first time I saw it I got the shivers.

"Has anyone here who dismisses BEP decided 'against their better judgment' that someone else, also similarly dismissed, was actually worth listening to from time to time?"

Brittney Spears
Christine Aguilera
Elvis
The Monkees
AC/DC
Chumbawomba
BEP
Three Non Blondes
Queen
Beyonce
Little River Band
Dr. Hook
Three Dog Night
Chicago