Welcome to one of the most active flamenco sites on the Internet. Guests can read most posts but if you want to participate click here to register.
This site is dedicated to the memory of Paco de Lucía, Ron Mitchell, Guy Williams, Linda Elvira, Philip John Lee, Craig Eros, Ben Woods, David Serva and Tom Blackshear who went ahead of us.
We receive 12,200 visitors a month from 200 countries and 1.7 million page impressions a year. To advertise on this site please contact us.
|
|
Go Susan Boyle!
|
You are logged in as Guest
|
Users viewing this topic: none
|
|
Login | |
|
Kate
Posts: 1827
Joined: Jul. 8 2003
From: Living in Granada, Andalucía
|
RE: Go Susan Boyle! (in reply to Escribano)
|
|
|
Simon, sorry mate but that link you posted is not actually Susan Boyle. ( EDIT: ok I was wrong, Harold says it is her - I prefer her voice here to what she sang on the TV show) I find all this fuss over nothing in rather bad taste. Yeah she has a voice, but really its histrionic and operatic and sounds like an old gramaphone record. If a young 20 something, slim, blonde, big eyes and boobs had got up and sang like that she would have been ridiculed. And why is everyone so surprised ? Its depressing that the general public thinks a middle aged, overweight, dowdy virgin shouldnt be able to sing. I guess none of them ever went to church or took piano lessons. Anyways I wait for the Susan Boyle make-over with horrified fascination, and a few singing lessons would not go amiss either.
_____________________________
Emilio Maya Temple http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B000CA6OBC http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/emiliomaya
|
|
|
REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE |
Date Apr. 19 2009 3:11:37
|
|
John O.
Posts: 1723
Joined: Dec. 16 2005
From: Seeheim-Jugenheim, Germany
|
RE: Go Susan Boyle! (in reply to Kate)
|
|
|
quote:
Watching the judges feign total shock, horror, amazement was nauseous, it was such a set-up, of course they already knew how she would sound, they had heard her before. Hey, finally somebody who agrees with me on this! FAKE! Paul Potts singing Nessun Dorma was so successful, they had to give the same scenario another run-through. Look at this woman's hand-movements, eye contact etc. It's not absolutely top-notch, but it's stage experience, you don't get that singing alone at home while you're ironing. You can see unexperienced boy bands on MTV doing it very badly all the time. There are millions of euros behind these shows, and they're not gonna let anybody up there unless they're marketable for the show, cell-phone jingles, a one-hit-wonder... And in these talent shows it's not good enough to just have a good singer. An embarrassing, horrible singer can have more success than a good singer if marketed correctly. A scandal is a good seller, too. I see people at the Irish Pub on karaoke night who sing better than some of these finalists. That said, she is a great singer, and deserves all the success that comes to her - get it any way you can, I say. But Les Miserables is played all over the world and there are many people, old, young, beautiful, ugly, who sing it every night on stage and will never be on TV. Yup, John is wearing his cranky pants today
_____________________________
Don't sweat the petty things and don't pet the sweaty things
|
|
|
REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE |
Date Apr. 19 2009 23:46:27
|
|
Mark2
Posts: 1881
Joined: Jul. 12 2004
From: San Francisco
|
RE: Go Susan Boyle! (in reply to Kate)
|
|
|
Really? Based on the expression of the male judge(not Simon) I thought he was hearing her for the first time. I'm pretty cynical myself, but I thought it was true emotion, but if not, he's an excellent actor. Regardless, I was very moved by the vid. As my wife put it, she is "Rocky" People love an underdog, and that lady is surely that. quote:
ORIGINAL: Kate Watching the judges feign total shock, horror, amazement was nauseous, it was such a set-up, of course they already knew how she would sound, they had heard her before.
|
|
|
REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE |
Date Apr. 21 2009 11:06:04
|
|
andresito
Posts: 377
Joined: Feb. 20 2007
From: New Holland
|
RE: Go Susan Boyle! (in reply to John O.)
|
|
|
quote:
ORIGINAL: John O. quote:
Watching the judges feign total shock, horror, amazement was nauseous, it was such a set-up, of course they already knew how she would sound, they had heard her before. Hey, finally somebody who agrees with me on this! FAKE! Paul Potts singing Nessun Dorma was so successful, they had to give the same scenario another run-through. I agree too, Kate and John: even if the judges really hadn't heard her audition, the writers/producers had, and knew what was going to happen. Any publicity is good publicity for a TV show, and this has ensured that a lot of people are going to keep watching the show to see the next 'surprise' talent. quote:
We are talking about a TV talent show. Seems the perfect occasion for cynicism to me
_____________________________
¡este arbol tiene duende, cabron!
|
|
|
REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE |
Date Apr. 21 2009 19:34:14
|
|
New Messages |
No New Messages |
Hot Topic w/ New Messages |
Hot Topic w/o New Messages |
Locked w/ New Messages |
Locked w/o New Messages |
|
Post New Thread
Reply to Message
Post New Poll
Submit Vote
Delete My Own Post
Delete My Own Thread
Rate Posts
|
|
|
Forum Software powered by ASP Playground Advanced Edition 2.0.5
Copyright © 2000 - 2003 ASPPlayground.NET |
8.203125E-02 secs.
|