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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