Not everyone has to sound like they came out of the same spice girls cookie cutter mold to be good music. Bob Dylan's lyrics would have far less impact if they didn't come from that gravelly, doom filled voice. Right on, Just Bob. And might I add that a Steven Soderbergh look-alike just walked by my window. He was wearing a bright blue puffy vest, circa '85.
Horizontal lines are also very in, by the way.
Verticals are quickly droppin'. Randy Newman's family. My husband and I don't think she is that great of a singer and all her songs sound the same. Well, she's a pop star. And today's pop stars are generally products of a giant marketing machine.