{"id":151,"date":"2006-02-10T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2006-02-10T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/idolchatter\/2006\/02\/what-becomes-a-legend-but-not.html"},"modified":"2006-02-10T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2006-02-10T12:00:00","slug":"what-becomes-a-legend-but-not","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/2006\/02\/what-becomes-a-legend-but-not.html","title":{"rendered":"What Becomes a Legend, but Not a Clarkson"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Why is it that James Legend thanks God for his Grammy and it fits him like his Valentino tuxedo, while Kelly Clarkson awkwardly sputters something<\/a> about \u201cJesus, God and everybody who has supported me\u201d and it sounds like a parody of someone who just won best casserole at the church fair? It\u2019s got to be the same reason Kanye West takes \u201cJesus Walks\u201d to the mic and the top of the charts while U2 has to dance coyly around Bono\u2019s apparent fascination with Christian thought. Invariably, black musicians\u2019 relative ease with spirituality is attributed to the intact connection between church music and popular music in the African-American community. From Aretha to Cece Wynans, African-American singers don\u2019t have to choose between gospel or rock. But is this a stereotype cooked up by armchair ethno-religionists? Or is John Legend just cooler than Kelly?<\/p>\n

In related news, the chattering classes are noticing that Clarkson managed to thank Jesus, but not “Idol.”<\/a><\/p>\n

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Why is it that James Legend thanks God for his Grammy and it fits him like his Valentino tuxedo, while Kelly Clarkson awkwardly sputters something about \u201cJesus, God and everybody who has supported me\u201d and it sounds like a parody of someone who just won best casserole at the church fair? 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