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If those flesh-and-blood interlopers in Aqua thought they had the last laugh in that lawsuit over the single "Barbie Girl," they'd better think again -- because Barbie herself has gone into the studio to wax a reply. |
Actually, Barbie and her pals Teresa and
Christie -- who've donned the rather salacious
band moniker Beyond Pink -- don't address the
silly Swedes at all on their self-titled debut (which will be
released by Sony in mid-October). Instead, they
take a cue from their fellow plastic distaffers in the
Spice Girls, offering up tales of pre-pubescent
empowerment and the pleasures of girliness.
Naturally, the disc (which mixes originals such as "Boys Will Be
Boys" and "You Are the Universe -- going "We Are the World" one
better -- with covers like the Turtles' "Happy
Together") offers a chance for Mattel to foist a
whole new line of pulchritudinous, skin-flashing dolls on
impressionable girls everywhere. The dolls will come complete with
glow-in-the-dark hair and fake musical instruments (much like every
other band on the charts these days).
Beyond Pink won't be touring anytime in the near future, but we
wouldn't bet against them taking a shot at acting -- after all,
Pamela Anderson proved that women made mostly of
plastic have a great shot in Hollywood.
DAVID SPRAGUE(September 18, 1998)