Reply #10: My reaction, from the first time I saw Michelle... [View All]

[regnaD kciN]

1) She actually played an instrument.
2) She wrote her own songs (pretty good ones, too).
3) She seemed like a musician/songwriter, not a model trying to pose as a singer.
4) She performed songs, not dance routines with lyrics attached.
5) She seemed more interested in exposing her soul than her midriff.

I was actually a bit disappointed with the Maxim article -- it seemed like she was trying to present herself as something she's not (i.e. another "pop tart"). Besides, if she's trying to compete with Britney et. al. on looks and sexiness, she's going to lose. (Although she is not unattractive, she's not enough of a standout to get attention that way.) But is that even the arena in which she should be competing with them, given that she's one thing -- a real singer/musician/songwriter -- they can never be?