E! Talk

SATURDAY DECEMBER 8 2001

TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA

HOST: A few weeks ago we put Amanda Marshall's new single 'Everybody's Got A Story' to the K-test, and it passed with flying colours. She's armed with a brand new attitude, so we had to send Jen Hollitt out to find her, and sit down for a little bit of a chat

AMANDA: The general theme and over-view of the record is the idea that everybody's got a story, you never know about people, and, you never know about, about me!

JEN: Is that hard to do?

AMANDA: No!

JEN: To put so much of yourself, out there, on a disk

AMANDA: It was surprisingly easy, and I say that knowing it is the most personal record I've made, yet it was the most, it was the easiest record, it was the fastest record I've ever made, it took the least amount of what felt like actual work, you know it was more like camp, and it was a lot of fun

JEN: What do you think of people who, you know, Mariah Carey, Christina Augilera, 'oh, stop showing off!'. You know, like to singers who just get onto stage and just let it out, you know, I'm a fan of that, but some people go, 'ohh! enough!'

AMANDA: I think, you know, those who can, do, and those who can't, you know, I kind of vacillate on both sides of the fence. You know some days I'm really into, gymnastics, and other days, not so much.

JEN: It is sexier on this album

AMANDA: Yeah, mhmm

JEN: I mean, right away I see the reference to the song, the bra, the skirt

AMANDA: (grabs cd) Now, does this not look like the love child of like Angus Young and Britney Spears?

JEN: Yes! It totally does! That's such a good way to describe it. How do you deal with criticism for this? You know, oh it's too sexy or too Britney, or have you heard that?

AMANDA: I think it's hip! I love it! I mean, you know what, to me, if it's real, I'm cool with it. You know, if that wasn't my, you know, my hat, and my shirt, and my skirt,...that's my skirt. You know what--

JEN: You like it, that's all that matters

AMANDA: You know what, it's only clothes people! Get over it!!!

---back to studio

HOST: Jen, you and Amanda really seemed to get along there

JEN: I actually used to work with Amanda, before this gig, with Amanda Marshall dot com doing marketing and content for her website, so it was a treat to sit down and chat with her

HOST: How long ago was that?

JEN: Few years ago

HOST: Yeah

JEN: Yeah, so, it's amazing to see how she's evolved as an artist, because her first album, her debut, was such a success, millions sold. And then her follow-up, Tuesday's Child, a couple hundred thousand, and that doesn't seem like a lot in comparison. So with this one, it's just Amanda, she's being herself, having fun, this is a bit more pop, a little less, adult-contemporary? And, I think it's going to do really well for her, almost, already platinum. She mentioned to me, actually, after we had finished doing this peice, that the jouranlists she had been speaking to, 'cause she's on a media junket, that, people kept saying, you know, 'oh! You're not like I expected!'. She's like, 'what does everyone expect Amanda Marshall to be like?' cause only she knows who she is, right.

HOST: So, she's happy with the album, the way things are going, the response she's getting

JEN: Yeah, mhmm, I hear that song, that first single everywhere I go, and the video, it's so much fun, it's like a Beddington ad or something.

HOST: Well Jenn, thank you so much


	E! Talk SATURDAY DECEMBER 8 2001 TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA HOST: A few weeks ago we put Amanda Marshall's new single 'Everybody's Got A Story' to the K-test, and it passed with flying colours. She's armed with a brand new attitude, so we had to send Jen Hollitt out to find her, and sit down for a little bit of a chat AMANDA: The general theme and over-view of the record is the idea that everybody's got a story, you never know about people, and, you never know about, about me! JEN: Is that hard to do? AMANDA: No! JEN: To put so much of yourself, out there, on a disk AMANDA: It was surprisingly easy, and I say that knowing it is the most personal record I've made, yet it was the most, it was the easiest record, it was the fastest record I've ever made, it took the least amount of what felt like actual work, you know it was more like camp, and it was a lot of fun JEN: What do you think of people who, you know, Mariah Carey, Christina Augilera, 'oh, stop showing off!'. You know, like to singers who just get onto stage and just let it out, you know, I'm a fan of that, but some people go, 'ohh! enough!' AMANDA: I think, you know, those who can, do, and those who can't, you know, I kind of vacillate on both sides of the fence. You know some days I'm really into, gymnastics, and other days, not so much. JEN: It is sexier on this album AMANDA: Yeah, mhmm JEN: I mean, right away I see the reference to the song, the bra, the skirt AMANDA: (grabs cd) Now, does this not look like the love child of like Angus Young and Britney Spears? JEN: Yes! It totally does! That's such a good way to describe it. How do you deal with criticism for this? You know, oh it's too sexy or too Britney, or have you heard that? AMANDA: I think it's hip! I love it! I mean, you know what, to me, if it's real, I'm cool with it. You know, if that wasn't my, you know, my hat, and my shirt, and my skirt,...that's my skirt. You know what-- JEN: You like it, that's all that matters AMANDA: You know what, it's only clothes people! Get over it!!! ---back to studio HOST: Jen, you and Amanda really seemed to get along there JEN: I actually used to work with Amanda, before this gig, with Amanda Marshall dot com doing marketing and content for her website, so it was a treat to sit down and chat with her HOST: How long ago was that? JEN: Few years ago HOST: Yeah JEN: Yeah, so, it's amazing to see how she's evolved as an artist, because her first album, her debut, was such a success, millions sold. And then her follow-up, Tuesday's Child, a couple hundred thousand, and that doesn't seem like a lot in comparison. So with this one, it's just Amanda, she's being herself, having fun, this is a bit more pop, a little less, adult-contemporary? And, I think it's going to do really well for her, almost, already platinum. She mentioned to me, actually, after we had finished doing this peice, that the jouranlists she had been speaking to, 'cause she's on a media junket, that, people kept saying, you know, 'oh! You're not like I expected!'. She's like, 'what does everyone expect Amanda Marshall to be like?' cause only she knows who she is, right. HOST: So, she's happy with the album, the way things are going, the response she's getting JEN: Yeah, mhmm, I hear that song, that first single everywhere I go, and the video, it's so much fun, it's like a Beddington ad or something. HOST: Well Jenn, thank you so much