Faith Hill makes fun of nurses!

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I don't usually sit around watching junk on tv but last night I was trapped at work with nothing to do. So I found this show called "Country Music Divas." Since I am curious as to what, besides looks, women like Faith Hill and Shania Twain have(I'm not saying these women aren't perfectly likeable and nice, but I just don't see the talent) I thought I would watch and see what all the fuss over them was about.

So Faith Hill was talking about moving to Nashville and seeing how hard it was going to be in the music business. She said she asked her mother "Maybe I should just go be a *nurse* or something?...ha ha ha." :rolleyes:

I know in this world everyone is looking for something to get offended at, and maybe she didn't mean it the way it sounded, but it just kind of irked me. Like people with no brains or talent or drive become nurses "or something"..ha ha ha.

(By the way, after watching the program I *still* don't see what the fuss over these women is about.)

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This is beside the point but I just can't resist. I heard Shania Twain's music before I ever saw her, and when I first heard her on the radio it was about the biggest turn off I think I ever had. She acts all cutesy and hollers out "Woo!" and the back up singers take care of all the rest. What got me is the way people were talking about what an amazing voice she has....(HUH???)

Then I saw her on tv an understood totally. She looks like a super model. Talent can always be contrived, but to me it would just make more sense if she was just a model (less noise pollution, too).

Same think with Faith Hill. I think Dolly Parton and Emmylou Harris are the ones who should be insulted that people are comparing Shania Twain and Faith Hill to them.

Oh well.

Usually it's old folks who don't like new singers and bring up old singers.

I admit, Shania is more production talent (like Madonna and Brittany) than voice talent. But she does have a nice voice and her toons are catchy (and don't sound exactly alike to me. But kind of like the much overrated Beatle's early music, which has a similar sound, but were catchy fun tunes.). Actually Faith has a great singing voice.

But there's no comparison to Dolly Parton and Emmylou Harris I agree. I haven't heard much comparsion of Shania and Faith to those too, but I guess you have. The greatest love song ever written and sung was when Dolly did "I Will Always Love You".

The great thing about music is there is no right or wrong opinion. Just giving mine as always. LOL

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I can't stand Shania Twain's "music". All of her songs sound the same. Too poppy, lyrics are redundant, gag. Then again, i tend not to like the mainstream stuff. I also tend to be annoyed by those that say can't stand the fame, the press conferences, whine whine whine, yet have NO problem cashing the checks for it. :rolleyes:

Anyway, i doubt FH's comment was meant as a slam. But i could see how the wording of it could be perceived as nursing being easier than singing.

I agree about Shania. Have you heard her latest song? It all about SHOES! Very annoying!

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That's really not a fair statement. That's like saying you know one thing.....being a CNA. I respect that people get irritated when they choose to have opinions and step out of entertaiining though. People like Jodi Foster, Alanis Morrisette and Bono to name a few know a lot more about just entertaining. Not that they hold much credility with how I live my life. :)

I am gonna give her the benefit of the doubt and think she MEANT they don't know NURSING, but entertaining. I , too am rather tired of entertainers and media mis-portraying and lampooning nurses, but I am also not gonna get too upset about this comment....there are bigger issues attacking us (including some among our own ranks).

Now shoot me, but I like Faith Hills' music. I am not really upset by this-----I do not think she meant it in the context so many are taking it here. I guess I have grown weary of worrying about every comment made. We need to be better advocates for ourselves....and some unity would be nice before we whine about every comment they make about us, even when it's off-the-cuff. But that is just me.

If anyone feels this upset, write a letter.

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Funny isn't it how we get our feathers all ruffled at nurses being stereo typed yet we have absolutely no problem stereo typing other professions. This is not directed at the OP as she did not stereo type anyone only enquired if she was alone in being offended. However a few have taken it as an oportunity to hop on the stereo typing band wagon. Talk about the pot calling the kettle black. Just find it an interesting observation.

VERY interesting observation.

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Eh, I hate country anyway. :rolleyes: Don't care for her hubby, either, although his Dad (Tug McGraw) was an awesome pitcher for the Phillies back in the day.

Now that was a very interesting story about those two. Have you ever seen it? I was shocked!

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Entertainers don't hold much credibility with me. They know one thing... entertaining.

Did you know that Kris Kristofferson (another country entertainer) was a Rhode Scholar and had a teaching appointment to West Point before turning to music?

Or the blonde chic from friends actually had or was very close to completing a PhD?

There was a country singer, can't remember his name, that had a hit several years ago, who was a Cardiovascular Surgeon.

Just because you are an "Entertainer" doesn't mean we can't learn from you.........lest we forget Will Rogers.

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There are some Entertainers who are smart and educated - and there are others with no education or smarts at all, just opinions.

I could care less about the political leanings of Tom Cruise for instance - or anything else he has to say. Someone like Brooke Shields - who actually went to college - I'd be more likely to listen to listen to what she has to say...

Celebs live in a bubble, even if they got there the hard scrabble way - it's too easy to forget what the real world is if you don't actually live IN it, so I don't give a lot of credence to many of them.

As for Faiths comment - I didn't find it offensive at all - I happened to read a story about her premature infant daughter and she was very appreciative and had a lot of admiration for the nurses who took care of her. I doubt Faith has much negative to say about nurses...

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I didn't see the show and I'm not trying to ruffle feathers BUT....

maybe she was laughing b/c she knows she'd be a terrible nurse and that she's not cut out for the job. Maybe she was laughing at herself. Why do people always get so offended at even the smallest comment? I really doubt she was meaning it in a hateful way.

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Suzi :rolleyes:

I totally agree with this. I really don't think that she meant it to come off as it had. So many people do not make it in the music business. What's the saying, there's a light for every broken heart on Broadway. Her mom was looking out for her, and maybe wanted to be sure that she got a job. As Suzi said, not that she'd be good at it.

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Now that was a very interesting story about those two. Have you ever seen it? I was shocked!

I vaguely remember it. I just thought "Tugger" was a great pitcher, and he did a lot of charitable works in the Philly area. He was beloved by many around here.

Sorry, OT...

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I assume that I offended some folks who value what entertainers say. :rolleyes:

I am gonna give her the benefit of the doubt and think she MEANT they don't know NURSING, but entertaining.

Yes, thank you.

There are some Entertainers who are smart and educated - and there are others with no education or smarts at all, just opinions.

YES!!! I was referring to the former! I shouldn't have made a blanket statement about entertainers, but from what I've seen, a lot of them have these political agendas and opinions which they think are right, and since they are famous, they assume that what they say is credible. I personally am not fond of "activists" for certain causes.

I could care less about the political leanings of Tom Cruise for instance - or anything else he has to say. Someone like Brooke Shields - who actually went to college - I'd be more likely to listen to listen to what she has to say...

Celebs live in a bubble, even if they got there the hard scrabble way - it's too easy to forget what the real world is if you don't actually live IN it, so I don't give a lot of credence to many of them.

Exactly.

I stand by my statements, and believe them to apply to at least a portion of entertainers.

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OK, it's late, and for some reason this just seemed like a good reason to drag out my soapbox.

Marie, Steph, LPNtoRN, and rn in 3 years, I could not agree with you more!!!

I love country, and few things chap my hide worse than these 2 calling themselves country! Merely recording in Nashville does not a country CD make. From what I've read about both Faith Hill and Shania Twain, they're both nice women who've come through poverty to stardom, and I think Shania Twain is involved somehow with helping Native American children, which is great, but I can barely stand 90% of her music. Most of it does sound the same, and is accentuated by much head-bobbing (a la Legally Blonde) and mostly-bare pelvic thrusting. I once read that Shania Twain considered Celine Dion to be her biggest rival. Coffin closed, nails in. I guarantee you that neither Reba McIntire or Dolly Parton care in the slightest what Celine Dion is singing.

Call me old-fashioned, but in order for music to be called country, it must retain some sounds typical of the genre.

Sorry to get off topic, stowing soapbox back into closet....

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