Music
October, 1989
Robert ChristgauFour Neodisco best sellers off the top of my head: Paula Abdul, Vanessa Williams, Karyn White, Sa-Fire. Who are these women? As a professional listener who has played all their albums, I could tell one from the others on a dare, but only if I were getting paid. To characterize them as bimbos would be both sexist and inaccurate. How about ciphers?Given the two options, you might prefer to be a bimbo, but some try to have their meaninglessness and eat it, too. The original bimbo/ci...
