On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 2:40 PM, Pollak, Melissa F. <[email protected]> wrote:
> Me? I'll be royally pissed if Chris Brown still has a career. But I > bet he will > ME: He does have a large catalogue of songs, many of which are > considered pop classics. There have been much tougher weeks in the > past. Contestants weren't really being criticized for making > lightweight selections, but for making the wrong selections. I agree > with Kara that Jorge should have chosen "She's Out of My Life." In > contrast, Adam made absolutely the right choice. > > She does have a lot of experience in the music business, i.e., she > frequently makes excellent points, especially when she talks about what > it takes to make it in the music business (it's not enough to have a > great voice or to be a great singer). If you listen to her, you can > understand why Jasmine and Megan were wildcard picks (Jasmine in > particular has wonderful stage presence, which Kara noted last night). I had never heard of Brown until the news about his beating up the umbrella girl came out, and I still don't know what songs he sings. As a father of daughters around her age, my inclination would pretty much be to kick his ass if I actually saw him, rather than dance to his grooves. It did give me another chance to emphasize to my young son that we don't hit girls, for any reason. I grew up, almost literally, with Michael Jackson, and my sister was one of his original groupies back in the 5 days. I am not (too) ashamed to admit that I own many of his songs, but they are not complex or sophisticated. And if one of those judges ever again say that no one can sing a classic like "Beat it!" like the master I may throw a shoe through my (non HD) TV. Your points about MJ and the new judge do get to the heart of this show, and as I slowly accept it I find I am able to almost enjoy it. Even though they sometimes say silly things like "this is a singing competition", the show is about selling songs (however those get sold these days). They are not looking for the best vocalist, or the most soulful or artistic singing artist, they are looking for someone who will sell lots of records. If derivatives of Amy Winehouse or John Mayer or Michael Jackson sell songs, then that is what they look for. I have no idea of any of the judges really know that business, but probably they all do (who on the planet has sold more records with less talent than Paula Abdul?). As long as I remember that, then the show is actually pretty interesting. For instance, the judges all went crazy over that guy yesterday (dark hair, kind of tortured, they said he was from San Diego and had been trying to get into the music biz on his own for a few years). I had him rated in the middle of the pack of the evening's performances. The first year I watched the show I would have been irritated with the judge's reaction and been trying to get out of my obligation to keep watching it. Now I just shrug and say "I guess the judges know what sells better than I do - that's interesting". My favorite part of the show last night was when Simon was berating one of the singers, who said something like "I was just trying to be a little artistic" and Simon quickly shot back with something lik e"being artistic is great - just not on this show". Paula scolded him, but I thought "yes, exactly". The show knows what it is about, it has just taken me a while to catch up. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ TV or Not TV .... Smart (TV) People on Ice! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
