I think that Alice seemed to suggest that this thread i very closely related to Why Johnnie can't sing. I'll be rude this time and suggest that part of the problem is that there are lot of brain dead people who haven't a clue how to be themselves around.

I shouldn't e like this but I am being "extreme" in the hope of hearing other peoles opinions - do we know how to be ourselves any more or we just sheep driven by marketing etc?