Reading Mick's quote about Madonna - "A thimbleful of talent in a sea of ambition".

Who do you think had the most success with the least talent?

I'll say Milli Vanilli, Ringo (a decent drummer, but , hell I coulda been the drummer and been successful with these guys), Village People, and Weird Al.

"No Anchovies, Please"

Dutch singer Marco Borsato

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Or Swedish trio The Herreys, won the ESC a depressive year of the 80s.

Ringo is FAR better than merely decent... and perefect for the beatles.

Imagine a talented (and flamboyant) drummer like Keith Moon, drumming for the beatles... it wouldn't have worked.

Britney Spears

The Spice Girls

I won't tell my kids Lukester.

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What about the Monkees ???????????

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NICOS Wrote:
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> What about the Monkees ???????????

Oh no no no

Paris Hilton
Carla Bruni
Spice Girls
Britney Spears

Yeah, I do realize that Ringo is decent - but what a lucky break. And what about poor Pete Best?

I knida like the Monkees too.

"No Anchovies, Please"

Motley Crue

A guy at work went to see spice girls last night at the O2 , said it was a good show , we asked if they mimed , he didn't think so , he said they did their few hits and they each did a solo spot, they all sang one of their own hits but when it came to posh she just stood and pouted and the crowd went wild.WTF is that all about people encouraging no talent.

Same guy at work bought the Amy Winehouse cd the day before , someone said she was on TV the night before and she was slurring and forgetting lines and that she was terrible .

I said at least she was not miming and would rather see her ramshackle performance than a polished miming act like the made up bands that are currently playing all over the country to people who are obviously not bothered if they watch live music or pre-recorded

I wouldn't agree that Britney was talentless. She just, well, I don't know what I'd call what's going on with her. She's just gone a bit mad.

LEAVE BRITNEY ALONE!

I guess Milli Vinilli (sp?), as somebody mentioned, would be the perfect example.

I like the monkees too Elmo but the question was talent

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bon jovi

puff daddy, p diddy or whatever his name is this month, he made a fortune with weak rapping over almost complete sampled tracks.

RINGO ?????? You've got to be joking-- Very much underrated---fantastic drummer

Paris Hilton

Kid Rock

Jessica Simpson

Jennifer Aniston

Milli Vanilli

Paula Abdul

Lest we forget the luckiest bastard in the world. Kevin Federline. Man, did that loser make out like a bandit. He gets to boink Britney when she was still hot. Then when she's not so hot anymore, he gets her money and kids, leaving her a complete nutcase.

all rap music is talentless.

so are boy bands.

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I did love here song "Straight Up"

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wee bobby lennox Wrote:
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> all rap music is talentless.
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> so are boy bands.

First: The last sentence I could agree with.
The former is debatable - an old issue here.
A litte too broad a genre to put away so easily. Imo.

THE BEATLES...some minor band from the U.K.

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> No Expectations Wrote:
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> I did love here song "Straight Up"


Saw her do it live amongst all the other "greatest hits" in Oakland back in the day. Took my daughter and a group of her friends...they loved it!

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> LEAVE BRITNEY ALONE!

Come on! This girl has zero talent. You can take the girl out of the trailer park, but you can't take the trailer park out of the girl.

I consider talent in the music biz someone who can at least write some of their own material. Anyone who relies on outside sources for a majority of their material is a 'performer', not an artist. The Stones, Beatles, etc are artists, while 'performers' like Britney, Spice Girls, boy bands etc are merely puppets.

Scotty