I remember back when there were actual music videos, she would be wearing giant capes and coats, and hiding behind objects, and be shot from above,looking up. Every trick in the book to not appear as fat as she was.
Great singer and band and the soundtrack of my high school, partying years. She should have just relaxed and owned it. Who cares she’s fat?
“She should have just relaxed and owned it.”
She should have. If you are a great singer, you don’t have to be thin or a looker if you are selling records and concert tickets. Other examples:
Ethel Merman
Jennifer Holliday (before she lost weight)
Meatloaf
Mama Cass
Janis Joplin
Aretha Franklin
Lowell George (Little Feat)
Amy Lee (Evanescence)
Barry White
She can belt it out like few other female singers, that’s for sure.
We called it the ‘Ann cam’ because in the 80s they would just show her face and then cut to Nancy and the band in some of the videos. She has great rocker pipes, recently I got into Mistral Wind again, just a really heavy song.
Freegards
Well, yeah, it did not hurt fat Mama Cass.
So what if you would not want to hit it, it was her voice that mattered, and she did not obsess over her obesity, AFAIK.