Gidi Kroon

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TV addict, science fiction enthusiast, proud inhabitant of Earth (our only home).

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Gidi Kroon

1 year ago •

Gidi Kroon
1 year ago •

In this The Guardian interview the band B*Witched talk about 1998, just before they became famous, and what happened since. They recreate a publicity photo they did then.

I was a huge fan. Mainly of Lindsay Armaou. Still am. I had seen them about a year before their first single came out in something I happened to catch on video tape. I was struck.

The four girls crowded on a chair in their double denim, back in 1998, ages 20 to 26.

B*Witched in 1998, photographer unknown.

The same four girls (we should already have said women back in 1998), in the exact same position, in 2022.

B*Witched in 2022, by Simon Webb.

#Bewitched #B*Witched #LindsayArmaou
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2023/jan/07/bwitched-look-back

B*Witched look back: ‘We can still do the dance moves – maybe not the bouncy ones’

The 90s pop sensations talk friendship, fame and double denim

^{Harriet Gibsone (The Guardian)}

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Gidi Kroon

in reply to Gidi Kroon • 1 year ago •

Even though B*Witched was one of the most real girl- (or boy-) bands at the time (actually talented performers, down to earth people), there's still some manufacturing going on as you can sense in that article. I dislike that aspect of pop music with a passion. Sinead was made 'the blonde one', Keavy had her personality and hairstyle assigned that she didn't feel happy with. But they were really young women, trusted the record company and went with it. I think other bands are manufactured to even much higher degrees.

The article doesn't mention it specifically, but when Lindsay talks about being 20 (and the youngest) when they started, we early fans know that is not what was in all the biographies... There she was 18, fresh out of high school was her origin story. I think ages 18-24 could be marketed better to high school kids than 20-26...

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