Let's bring back the Monkey!

The worst part of this whole mess is that the attention span of Western society is so short, that in two weeks her new record will be number one. Lip Sync-ing isnt that bad, but when you throw it in everyones face and then it goes away, thats what "older" people hate. I think thats the major p-off. Years ago if you pulled a stunt like this your career was over (Milli Vanilli??). No there's spin doctors and lies and so on that everyone just happily follows. Its really tragic. Her career should be over. Does anyone disagree that if she disappears into obscurity that some new 18 year-old wont be there to fill her shoes?
Tragic.

Does anyone disagree that if she disappears into obscurity that some new 18 year-old wont be there to fill her shoes?

They've already got the album written and recorded... they are just waiting for a chink to form in the phalanx of media coverage of the other "stars" to hit the mainstream media with it.

Ugh, it makes me sick. I will crank up my music just to try to balance things out.

all those boy bands

there aren't very many boy bands anymore. The two major, N'sync, and BSB's are gone bye-bye, thank God!! I don't know of any other real boy bands

Yes, but there could be more... they are like zombies or roaches that way... you think you've killed them all and then they pop back up again.

Yes, but there could be more... they are like zombies or roaches that way... you think you've killed them all and then they pop back up again.

LoL True, but that kind of music isn't really popular anymore. Music artists like Hubastank, and Avril Lavigne are popular now. Pop isn't so hot.

Her career should be over.

Patience, young padawan. It'll be over soon enough.

Patience, young padawan. It'll be over soon enough.

Is that a promise? Please, please, please let it be so.

LoL True, but that kind of music isn't really popular anymore. Music artists like Hubastank, and Avril Lavigne are popular now. Pop isn't so hot.

A boy band/pop star by any other name would still smell just like manufactured plastic....

Music artists like Hubastank, and Avril Lavigne are popular now. Pop isn't so hot.

I really, really hate to break it to you Sn'J, but what exactly are Avril Lavigne and Hoobastank if not pop? The very fact that they dominate the Top 40 by definition would seem to make them pop IMO. And just because it has a guitar don't mean it ain't pop.

Rock bands are now the new boy bands. Although they have been together for a long time, does anyone disagree that Good Charlotte is a band for chicks. It's the new wave of flashy-im so punk-no talent garbage. Thats the new boy band for kids.

60 Minutes has additional footage of Ashlee's rehearsal which might actually back up her case, along with the backstage reactions after the incident and now, after seeing a bit of the tape online, I have more sympathy for her than I do for Eminem for doing the same thing.

Rock bands are now the new boy bands. Although they have been together for a long time, does anyone disagree that Good Charlotte is a band for chicks. It's the new wave of flashy-im so punk-no talent garbage. Thats the new boy band for kids.

Mike, thanks for supporting my opinion that "A boy band/pop star by any other name would still smell just like manufactured plastic".

I think a band like Limp Bizkit also fits into the semi-manufacturered ranks as well. I mean, their record label bought commercial air time so one of their songs could be played repeatedly in a few key markets.... which is close to being payola, but not quite.... and then Durst gets made a Senior VP at interscope.... and how can you be really angry when you represent the establishment?

Thats a good point about Limp Bizkit, however, I feel that the difference between rock and pop is evident in the lack of record sales for Limp Bizkit. Limp Bizkit WAS cool, then they got stupid, now they can't sell a record. Ashlee Simpson will bounch back because pop fans are stupid. Her professional spinners will spin the story and her record sales will go up.

If not, she can always flash a boob during a sporting event . . .

If not, she can always flash a boob during a sporting event . . .

That would work.

Yes, but could we trust that it was really her boob? Can we ever trust her again?!?

I guess that just leaves one field for her then.... politics!

That or used car sales

That or used car sales

I could actually see her selling a lot of cars . . .

Of course, they wouldn't have engines in them, but that's just a minor detail.

They may not have engines, but when the curtain is drawn they sure will sound great@!

Yes, you just have to ignore the little old man behind the curtain though.... he's lou perlman.