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Is "Baby One More Time" By Britney THE most iconic, best debut ever?
georgebarnes
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Was just discussing, and i for now at least cant think of a debut as iconic, strong and that is still remembered and known by pretty much everyone so many years later.
I was thinking maybe "I kissed a girl" cames in close but then when i really think about it does it? LOL.
Anyone think anything else tops it? Discuss
I was thinking maybe "I kissed a girl" cames in close but then when i really think about it does it? LOL.
Anyone think anything else tops it? Discuss
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Just been thinking, though its unlikely carly rae jepson will last as long as britney spears, do you think call me maybe could fall into the debate?
i meant serious opinions.. LOL
No im just kidding, but really?
How funny you said mention it i'm listening to it right now and have to agree. Wuthering heights was like nothing before it came out divided opinion and gave the world one of the most forward thinking and uniqe artist to ever grace music and something that hasn't been since. a true original from a true original
In case you're referring to the single, then it's probably in the top 5 (or maybe top 3) of most memorable and iconic debuts of all time. However, MJ's 'Don't Stop Till You Get Enough', Cindy Lauper's 'Girls Just Wanna Have Fun', Mariah's 'Vision of Love', Christina's 'Genie In a Bottle' and Lady GaGa's 'Just Dance' are also up there tbh.
How rude!! HAHA i joke. Yeah just the single, but see i dont think i agree with just dance, love that debut, but it just didnt do it like baby did it if that makes sense.
True.. but arghhh still something is just missing
On another note, wouldnt a moment like this be considered as her debut?
If you're going to LOL at and dismiss everyone's suggestions, what's the point of starting this thread?
And the poster quoted below has answered your question as well as I could have done. Kate has been in the music business for nearly 40 years. She's been writing creative, imaginative songs since she was a child, she's had creative control and produced all of her own singles and albums since her second album. There is no-one else like her and she will still be around long after Britney and her ilk are forgotten about.
Awwww hun i was just kidding
Ill be honest i have never heard it or of her really, just basing it on that but not to say it wasnt iconic, just not in the way BABY was. Ill give it a listen later
But no need for the britney dig.. haha :eek:
Don't call me hun, you're probably young enough to be my son.
And while I'm at it, learn to spell and use punctuation.
I agree but there are similarites in that the visuals for each are both iconic in theie own right and define an era and a decade. But agree in terms of impact and iconic status WH just blew everything away shocked and even scared people and totally catapulted her from unknown into the big league and really did give us someone truly special.
I think Spice Girls - Wannabe comes close though.
Kate didn't need to jump around in pervy schoolgirl outfits, I feel sorry for Britney the music biz screwed her up.
If that's the case, then Ed Sheeran is even more iconic than hers and he didn't need X Factor or Simon Cowell's massive budget to do it.
what you want me to call you, old or not try learn to chill out and not jump at people, im young, been wrong, learned from it, no need to ruin it with sarcy remarks..
Technically yes AMLT was, but Bleeding Love was the song that took her international, the first UK female since the 80s to top the Hot 100 in the US. It also made her the first UK solo artist to debut at #1 in the US with a debut album. 1D have done the same but they are a group.
I think the song was amazing, and it definitely changed the way people saw reality TV contestants....before then they usually sang a covers album and disappeared, but Leona reached the Grammys.
Yes, really.
In fact there are many songs which could be said to be more iconic debut singles than Britney Spears' single.
Popular music didn't just start when Britney Spears came along. There had been decades of iconic debut singles up to that point.
Anarchy in the U.K by The Sex Pistols is just one example amongst so many to list.
Call Me Maybe would be up there, but it wasn't a debut single. Same with songs like Party Rock Anthem and Gangnam Style and Somebody That I Used to Know. Those artists had been in music long before and had many "flops" beforehand.
I didn't realise Carly Rae Jepson was 27 ish. Sounds like something else a 17 year old girl would sing.
The only reason Hit Me Baby One More Time stands out as a debut single is every one of her songs after is awful. (my opinion.)
Ok let me explain.
ICONIC - I know that to different people it means many things, which is fine because everyones opinion is valid but i meant iconic as in known world wide, created a buzz, a strong popular debut that if you asked anyone they would know what you were talking about and with all do respect i dont think if you asked people if they remembered kate bushes or sex pistols debut that EVERYONE would know what you were talking about? Am i right?
But thats not to say that they werent iconic in their own way, im just being realistic, and i think even you would agree with the above?
Dont get me wrong, i love all types of music, i am a britney fan but even at the moment my phone playlist consists of the likes of ben howard, kodaline, tom odell ect i think they are all amazing and absolutely love their debuts, but when it comes to being the iconic im talking about, theyre just not.