Jim,

The worst concert I ever attended was the Beach Boys. They were terribly out of tune and sounded like they couldn't care less. Does that mean they couldn't sing in tune? I think they kind of did it a few times.

I have seen Ray Charles wank a few notes. Does that mean he couldn't sing? Jimmy Buffet, Led Zepplin, I used to be a MAJOR concert goer. Even Queen left something to be desired on one of the shows I heard.

And have you EVER HEARD BOB DYLAN?

I look at an overall artist,how they motivate their fans, how much they deliver for what people expect. And in every case, SHE DELIVERS. I salute her songwriting which comes from HER, not a formula of other people writing FOR her. I applaud her business sense, which is about a $50 million dollar empire. You can't fake that Jim, I am sorry but again, I repeat it, you have a right to your opinion, but that is it. Your opinion. You are in an incredibly small minority and it sounds like a LOT of sour grapes.

Your desire to denigrate her on some point to me is ludicris. But understandable. I deal with it every day in an industry where way too many people don't realize that their ship has sailed and it is past their day. It is easy to sit back and complain about everything.

Our parents did it to when we came up with the Beatles, Elvis, Dylan, Boston, Styxx, Aerosmith, Springsteen. There parents did it when they came up with Sinatra, Tony Bennet, Dean Martin, and THEIR parents did it when it wasn't Al Jolson, Sophie Tucker, and Bing Crosby.

The only thing constant is the people complaining about it.

MAB