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In Reply to: No, but did you see Melinda Dolittle? posted by JimC on March 2, 2007 at 08:57:50:
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.
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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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