Does Old-Skool Music Mags (Rolling Stone,Village Voice,Mojo etc.) give a free ride to the Homely?

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Do you think the old guard record reviewers of the past secretly thought "Pretty People get by on their looks, but only the homely have real talent!"
(hum a few bars of Roy Orbison singing "Only the Homely...")
Its been said by some that a mediocre talent with a pretty face will get to the top quicker than a genious with a mug like a car wreck.
Do you agree? Disagree? Can you cite examples or counter-examples?
Hands on your buzzers and please answer in the form of a question.

― Lord Custos Omega (Lord Custos Omega), Tuesday, 26 November 2002 22:18 (twenty-three years ago)

Only if they are male.

― kate, Tuesday, 26 November 2002 22:47 (twenty-three years ago)

I thought these publications patently ignored Christopher Cross.

― nabisco (nabisco), Tuesday, 26 November 2002 23:09 (twenty-three years ago)

*bzzzz* Aren't we supposed to answer in the form of a question?

― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Tuesday, 26 November 2002 23:37 (twenty-three years ago)

two years pass...

Back again, new and improved!

― Lord Custos Epsilon (Lord Custos Epsilon), Monday, 3 January 2005 12:48 (twenty-one years ago)

yes.

― dog latin (dog latin), Monday, 3 January 2005 13:12 (twenty-one years ago)

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