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after watching I Am Mandy Moore last night on cable, it’s a bit sobering to learn that Mandy Moore’s much promoted album, Wild Hope, only sold a mere 65,354 copies (as of Aug07 according to various soundscan sources).
OK, you’re probably asking why I was even watching the one-off “reality” special in the first place. honestly, I wanted a bit more insight on how she put her latest album together but what was shown instead was a whiny, insecure actress posing as some sort of singer/songwriter touring the small club circuit. the cameras followed her during her initial promotional tour for the new album and revealed very little in terms of the creative aspect behind the album. instead the main focus of the whole special was how “exhausting” a promotional tour can be. boo-hoo! a bad decision by the director/producers of the show. they should have realized that the average viewer will NOT sympathize with a celebrity moaning on and on about how tiring it is to be at a photo shoot or at a TV interview.

the lone highlight, as even her manager pointed out on the show, was a sequence of clips of sweet, innocent Mandy dropping F-bombs at various times. sadly, watching a cute actress swearing on camera only takes you but so far.

along those same lines, it’s probably why i like Nothing That You Are
check out her bitter lyrics..

Somebody told me they saw you somewhere
Somebody hold me
‘Cause suddenly I’m in the cold
Well I must be mistaken it was somebody else
I know you all too well or do I?

I heard you say we were one and the same
Well, wrong again
I could never do those things you did to me
I will be okay in time you’ll fade
Into the nothing that you are, the nothing you are
The nothing you are..
-written by Mandy Moore and James Renald

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