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what the heck is going on in here?
I kinda flipped back and forth to it during commercials.How is it that all the networks go to commercials at the same time? It must be a conspiracy.
But Simon did get it right. A black girl will win, did he like any white girl? And of the men, the votes did not correlate to a singing competition.
-Rod
The wife, who absolutely loved Pickler's charm last year ... was now criticizing her new "sophisticated look", "old lady hairstyle" and "store-bought boobs". I hadn't moved my eyes up to her hair yet but managed to mumble "hubba hubba", annoying the wife for the 4,232 time in our 30 years together.
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Richard BassNut Greene
Subjective Audiophile 2007
I was a fan when she was competing. This week, she blew the song. The hair didn't work. She also appeared to have porked up - a lot. A real shame.
Hey AI fans,any of you guys want to buy some of my mother's old Celine Dione or Barbara Streisand or Whitney Houston lps? Come on,The Bodyguard...anyone???
Get back to me when you finish watching the wrestling marathon.
Another new member showing his trolling snobbish side. Oh brother. Why is it that when people have no knowledge about the subject being discussed, they have to turn into audio snobs? Pathetic!!!Its a shame. Really. At least vocalist is showing the type of person he is and only 10 posts into being registered. How cool is that? LMAO
...a significant portion of it appears to be, ummmmmhhh, new.
...what Ryan was referring to when he asked if she had bought anything lately. Ryan is more slick than many people realize.
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American Idol?I thought this was a music lovers' and audiophiles' forum.
You have got to be kidding!American Idol?
A shame, yes. With all of the music available to those who spend the effort to "look" for it, who has time for American Idol????I have never seen an episode (forgive me), but I'd be willing to bet that there's a ton of music that I have discovered that you will never hear.
Maybe there's an occasional decent performance, but who can stand watching the rest of the crap to get to that 'voice of a lifetime'. Life is way, way to short, and btw, don't we own these stereos so we can free ourselves from the likes of Simon Cowell and Ryan Seacrest?I've seen (many) bar band leads who could blow last years winner(!) off the stage with their mike turned off-and my god, those "dance moves" of his would shame Elaine from Seinfeld.
...can sing circles around half the crap that passes for top-ten these days.
If you haven't listened, on what are you basing your comment?I just heard one of the absolute best voices I've ever heard in my life.
It is apparent you haven't watched any of these girls sing. Why don't you at least watch the show when the women sing and then decide if any of them are talented. You might be surprised by a couple of them.No need to dis talent if you have never heard them. At least then you can have an informed opinion.
I saw Melinda Dolittle sing My Funny Valentine. Wow!
Stunning performance that caught me by surprise. I new she was good & I picked her winner since auditions, but damn....I had no idea she had all that talent....well worth watching to see her & the banker gal...they will be 1 & 2
Melinda was great. It was the first time I watched AI this year. She totally gets "My Funny Valentine". Even Simon got it!
Certain songs such as Yesterday and My Funny Valentine are on my "Do not listen have heard this song way too many times list".Doolittle made the song different and interesting once again.
I recorded the show and played back only her song three or four times since.
The only other song I've ever recorded and played back more than once was "Over the Rainbow" by Katherine McPhee (her first version) from last year.
Midnight Train to Georgia was okay by our Flint Michigan girl, who was better last week, but my Gladys Knight version on a Rhino CD is better and has well above average sound quality for a popular music CD. But vote for her anyway -- Flint Michigan is so depressed it makes Detroit look like Paris in comparison.
...have to say it is sure nice to have a DVR for this/any show these days, commercials are such a huge chunk of the time...
That performance was simply stunning.
But, she only showed her worth when she took a huge risk and sang a real song and not some piece of junk made famous by Mariah, Whitney, Jennifer, Cristina, or another Stepford Soprano.IMHO it's now Melinda's competition to lose. Were she to win, she would be the first AI in a league with, to pick a worthwhile new-ish singer at random, Anita Baker.
Phil's heart is in the right place, but he doesn't seem to have much instinctive musicality. The beat-breaker and the Timberlake clone are high-energy and talented in those dimensions, but, as Simon says: it is a singing competition.
And if that's what it is, and not a T&A show, Melinda should win as long as she keeps picking worthy songs. She should go for broke and sing "Lush Life," but as poor Leslie shouted at the end of her envoi (did anybody else catch it?): "Americans hate jazz!"
Papal Infallibility does not attach to these pronouncements.
For many years I have been searching for a term to describe what I have been calling "braying divas" and "screamers not singers".Now you have finally given me another term: "Stepford Soprano" which is better ... but doesn't quite describe the Looks-good-sings-too-loud trend that makes me and the wife hate movies like Dreamgirls, where the girls are shouting when they should be singing, and Eddie Murphy sounds like the best singer in the movie to our ears!
Or does all this only mean me and the wife are getting old (over 50) and just don't understand da youth ... just like our parents did when they thought the Beatles were awful back in 1964.
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Richard BassNut Greene
Subjective Audiophile 2007
My pet name for the wife anytime she raised her voice at me used to be "Bellowing Bertha Big Butt Bitch" ... until she gained a few pounds this year, so I can't use that line because it's not funny anymore.
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Richard BassNut Greene
Subjective Audiophile 2007
once America gets to vote, they can vote on anything they want, whether that is singing, likeability or hotness.If it were a singing competition, Antonella would be gone and so would that Sanjay (sp?). I don't mind having Antonella around, even if I have to turn the sound down when she sings.
Anyway, it is indeed moments like Melinda singing on Wednesday that keep me watching through all the crap this show throws at you.
Antonella is not as bad as (sp?) Ailina, but she does not belong in the same room as Melinda. If the voting was on singing, Leslie would still be in and Antonella would be gone.I think Sanjaya got a sympathy vote because he is 17 and earnest and the judges let him have the unvarnished truth.
It's funny how some of the women were being covered, propped up, and supported by the backup singers from the first note, while for Melinda they just stood around until the last chorus.
But it would appear that a lot of males voted for Antonella's willowy frame and nubile charms, and I guess a lot of women wanted to mother Sanjaya.
At least AI is for rueful chuckles, while electoral politics is for crying over.
Cheers,
to listen to AI? Just curious.
Hi-I hope I am not disappointing. Just the internal speakers.
My friend Bob has a 10 foot diagonal projection screen and pretty good audio, and it is fun to watch things there, but, as far as deciding whether Melinda or LaKisha has shown better choices in songs, better taste in arrangements, better pitch security, more attractive timbre, more intelligent phrasing, etc., soup cans and string would do the job.
IMHO.
Cheerio,
a little disappointed.I was expecting a Boulder and a pair of Harbeths! But as you said such a system deserves better singing.
Hi John,You wrote "...soup cans and string would do the job."
It may come as a surprise to you, but not all soup cans and strings sound alike. I've done some extensive comparisons, and found Campbell soup cans to be generally superior to Heinz, and string made of hemp sounds much better than nylon string. (I call the latter "second string.") The April issue Recommended Components will have sections on "Soup Cans" and "Strings."
Bob
The girls think he is soooooooooo cute.I don't get it either.
I think he sounds like Michael Jackson and would like to see him sing something from "Thriller".
But then what do I know -- I thought Taylor Hicks from last year was lame while Daughtry was cool.
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Richard BassNut Greene
Subjective Audiophile 2007
should be judged by persons in the business until the final twelve. Sanjaya should've gone home along with Antonella and A.J.
It would be nice to see the finals between the two back-up singers
Good one John! But shouldn't you include Celine and call it the Stepford Screaming Soprano?
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