Keyshia Cole- I Remember

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Comment by Shaman on May 25, 2009 at 12:51pm

I certainly would agree that Keisha Cole's video here raises interesting thoughts about aesthetics and beauty in general. (And we recently did a vigorous dialogue on this subject, where we posted our "most beautiful people".)

But I'll retire early on this thread because my only interest here was specifically the artistic context of beauty (i.e., in music, vocals, videographic production, etc).

Comment by Shaman on May 25, 2009 at 11:58am

Alas, beauty is in the eyes of the beholder. What looks or sounds good to one person is unappealing to another.

Comment by White Lion on May 24, 2009 at 11:35am

Although I like her, I'm not sure you're to expect from someone who wears a pound of makeup. Might I add, you may not want to look at her without it on. I can recall looking at both Gladys Knight and Anita Baker without makeup and it was frightening. Not to say either one of them look good to begin with.

Comment by Shaman on May 23, 2009 at 5:47pm

Although I don't like the video, I really love the song. It's such a beautiful romantic dirge and her vocals are so visceral. She's such a strikingly gorgeous woman with a natural sensuous demeanor. But I think the video needlessly over-thrusts her raw sexuality. Instead of letting her drip with honey, the producer dumped the whole bottle on her. The effect (at least for me) is that her naturally potent sensuality comes across as artifical, gratuitous, and manufactured. It also mismatches the powerful lyrics (which are about sheer heartache). Of course, sex sells even when it diminishes the art and mismatches the lyrics. (Her other famous tune "Heaven Sent" makes a similar artistic sell-out.) Fortunately, she redeems these artistically shallow videos with her splendid voice that really captures the sweet & sour of love.