Lisa Fischer, my favorite.

Lisa Fischer was unknown to me until I watched this film. She has become my new favorite. She is the type I would love to have lunch with and just visit. What a great singing talent, and humble. She didn't seek stardom, she didn't want to put up with all that would come with it. And she knew it wasn't guaranteed anyway.

But overall one thing struck me. Many of those clearly excellent back-up singers seem to have an "entitlement" mentality. Especially the one who was with Michael Jackson when he died. It is a sort of "I am as good as anyone, better than most who are stars, so I deserve to be a star also." But the truth is the best singers don't always click with audiences. As Sting explained it in the film, it is an undefinable set of qualities that combine to result in any given person achieving stardom (my paraphrasing what he said). He didn't actually say it, but I was thinking he considered himself lucky, for he isn't a great vocalist but he has that "something" that clicked with fans.

Making a living as a singer is just entertainment. No one is owed stardom, no matter how good they are.

TxMike
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