a corporate Nashville assembly-line teen product modeled up to appeal to the soccer
mom crowd in the fucking PC 90s. She was geared up to have a "wholesome" goody-goody image to appeal to people who
don't like their music too challenging. She was declared a teen prodigy when she covered the country classic "Blue". Right after that, several albums consisting of her covering other people'
s songs were released. She has destroyed good songs like "Purple
Rain" by Prince, and predictably sang "Christian" ("You Light Up My Life") and "patriotic" songs (just in time - right after 9/11, imagine that!
Cha-ching!). Around 2003 she released a teen crap
dance album, it stunk. She records whatever is the heat of the moment. She is a manufactured star, indicative of what's wrong with
popular music today.
On Thanksgiving Day 1997, my
mom turns on the radio and Leann Rimes is wailing her version of "Unchained
Melody" by the Righteous Brothers. Everyone in the whole fucking family is impressed and struck with awe at her extreme "
talent", everyone, that is, except me.