Tony Cartmill Posted May 28, 2006 Share Posted May 28, 2006 Getting back to Clay Aiken -- This guy is like the Madonna of the effeminate nerds. How many times can the talented geek with the golden voice reinvent himself? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pierson Posted May 28, 2006 Share Posted May 28, 2006 Eric Carmen said: I love Shelby Lynne but I don't sense that kind of angst in Katherine. I don't think she can pull off Shelby Lynne and be authentic.... I thought Mandissa (?) blew ALL of them away during that lame medley of Burt Bacharach hits. She's the one that can REALLY sing! She did Aretha proud on "I Say A Little Prayer." ec definitely true about Kat... she almost always comes across like a Broadway singer (i.e. Betty Buckley, maybe, but quite a bit younger, and a bit more sultry)... i missed Mandissa because i shut it off in disgust after the 3rd or 4th hamjob nuked Burt's stuff-- good for her--- she really was the best singer... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulie Mississippi Posted May 28, 2006 Share Posted May 28, 2006 Tony, why not start "pumping" Eric for knowledge... and prep your young 'un for AI 2025!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnniekNY Posted May 28, 2006 Share Posted May 28, 2006 You know Billy... you're right!!! He did look like KD Lang!!!! (and I love her voice....)I know what Eric means about the Whitney angle with Katherine...there were several songs where she really tried these runs of vocal acrobatics and came out flat or behind the song and visibly panicked in the eyes. Just sing the bloody song!And Mandisa was kick ass - calm, great voice and she was a pro when she forgot the lyrics in the Burt medley (I would have FREAKED had it been me and Burt was behind me playing the piano)I think the voting demographic really skews the results - how the HELL did Mandisa get voted off?Apathetic voters! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig Benfer Posted May 29, 2006 Share Posted May 29, 2006 I loved "This Kiss" since the first time I heard it. What really confuses me is how many people who claim to love pop music say that they don't like this song. Stuff like that makes no sence to me. We have these two guys in our music group (which I have talked about before) that are BIG Beatles fans. They both love The Who too, yet when I play a Raspberries record, they have nothing good to say. How can you be so GaGa over The Beatles & The Who and not like Raspberries????I'm not sure I heard the different versions of "This Kiss" that Eric mentions. I have to listen again to see if it's the country version or the pop version that I have. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Cartmill Posted May 29, 2006 Share Posted May 29, 2006 It's not the worst song out there...Just the chorus part that causes my brain seizures. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Cartmill Posted May 29, 2006 Share Posted May 29, 2006 The worst song out there that is a microcosm of everything that's wrong with music today: music/lyrics/style/stupidity = "My Humps" by The Black Eyed Peas. If I catch Faith Hill covering that number, she's out of my sex fantasy dream sequence...forever! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trindy Posted May 29, 2006 Share Posted May 29, 2006 Why, oh why can I not bring myself to care about American Idol? It's just one of my quirks, I guess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pierson Posted May 30, 2006 Share Posted May 30, 2006 Trindy said: Why, oh why can I not bring myself to care about American Idol? It's just one of my quirks, I guess. Well, there's not much to really "care" about as much as there's stuff to enjoy... it's good junk TV and a decent place to hear how good & awful people sing... and Simon is worth watching just to hear what comes out of his mouth... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muzza Posted May 30, 2006 Share Posted May 30, 2006 Having seen bits of American Idol and endured parts of New Zealnd Idol I believe AI is far more professional and the standard of contestant a lot higher. That isn't to say there are not good performers here. Unfortunately they are few and far between.And its not as if we Kiwis are not talented - Crowded House, Midge Marsden, Halley Westenra for example.And we are about 4 weeks behing in what we are seeing of AI. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnniekNY Posted May 30, 2006 Share Posted May 30, 2006 I agree more often than not with Simon - if I were a contestant, I would want more constructive critism right after my performance. Trindy, you just have to watch the auditions to get addicted. The good, the bad, and the tone-deaf (who are usually arrogant to boot)...makes for Must see TV.Tony - I HATE THAT SONG "MY HUMPS" with a passion...my daughter Marykate (named after Maureen O'Hara in "The Quiet Man" by the way, NOT the twins) recently had a bunch of girls over for a 15th birthday party. They all thought it was hysterical to sing that song just because they knew I'd blow a gasket...such a degrading song.Bring me beautiful metaphorical lyrics, please!!!One bonus about AI is that they bring back some songs that deserve to be brought back...Fantasia singing Porgy and Bess "Summertime" for example.I was very annoyed that Katherine's rendition of "Over the Rainbow" was a blatent ripoff of Eva Cassidy's vocal arrangement. In some places, note for note copied. At least acknowledge the late singer!There! I've vented! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Carmen Posted May 30, 2006 Author Share Posted May 30, 2006 "My Humps"= Pandering to the lowest common denominator. Lowering the bar even further. Brainless. Crude. Base. Appeals to people who like to think of themselves as "pimps" and "ho's." ec 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marlene Posted May 30, 2006 Share Posted May 30, 2006 You guys are making me think I'm happy I've never heard of this song... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Cartmill Posted May 30, 2006 Share Posted May 30, 2006 Oh, Marlene, you are missing out on a real fingernails-on-the-chalkboard treat!It's not as bad as Gangsta Rap, but it is magnified trash becuase it is by a mega-successful popular group!The music is simply terrible, the instrument sound choices are irritating, the rap part is sooooooo stupid, the singing style is so trashy...It's supposed to be a harmless little pop ode to the ghetto mindset, But it makes me want to slap somebody every time I hear it. It is probably the most anti-Eric Carmen style popular song I've ever heard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marlene Posted May 30, 2006 Share Posted May 30, 2006 Hmmmmm....Well, Tony, since you put it THAT way...yes, definitely...I'm happy I don't know it ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Cartmill Posted May 31, 2006 Share Posted May 31, 2006 Where's your human nature Marlene? Don't you want to hear it just once? I think Fergie of the Black Eyed Peas is quoting F. Scott when she sings, "My Hump, My Hump My Hump, My Hump My Humps. My Lovely Lady Lumps. Check It Out..." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Carmen Posted May 31, 2006 Author Share Posted May 31, 2006 And all this time I was thinking she was quoting Emily Dickinson! ec Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darlene Posted May 31, 2006 Share Posted May 31, 2006 Marlene, I'm so glad I never heard this one, either. I think it's definitely a credit to our musical tastes! --Dar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marlene Posted May 31, 2006 Share Posted May 31, 2006 Tony...I have ZERO interest/curiosity in hearing the song...I think Darlene and I should just trust you, Eric and Annie on this one ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnniekNY Posted May 31, 2006 Share Posted May 31, 2006 I am still cracking up at EC's Emily Dickinson reference - my favorite poet! It makes sense, Eric...Emily rarely left her house to interact with people...what ELSE would she have to write about except "MY Humps".....I crack myself up.....Darlene, there are very few songs that shouldn't ever get one atom of air time...this is at the top of the list.i remember my dad banging on my door and telling me to get "that crap off your record player!"The song was "Only the Good Die Young" by Billy Joel and he heard the song through the vent in my room (which was right next his chair in the kitchen....) "Come out Virginia, Don't make me wait, you Catholic girls start much too late....."I'm lucky the album didn't become a projectile out my window! OOOOOhhhh...the delicious scandal of it all!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Cartmill Posted May 31, 2006 Share Posted May 31, 2006 "Whatcha gonna do with all that junk, all that junk inside your trunk? I'm a gonna get get get you drunk, Get you love drunk off my hump, my hump my hump..." It's so poetic, It almost brings tears to my eyes...Like a kick in the groin! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mellie Posted May 31, 2006 Share Posted May 31, 2006 Annie, that's funny! Sylvia's "Pillow Talk" was the 45 confiscated by my mother and thrown into the burning fire (i.e. trash barrel). Then I got headphones... You can't imagine how scandalous it would have been if my conservative deaconess mother had heard the likes of "Go All The Way" coming from my room. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnniekNY Posted May 31, 2006 Share Posted May 31, 2006 I swear, Mellie, THAT was the beauty of metaphorical lyrics! My mom (strict Irish-Catholic, my dad was the same except a male...da dum dum cymbal crash..)didn't get the lyrics even when she was singing along with the records!!What about "10 inch record" by Aerosmith or "Walk this way"...I have to admit i didn't REALLY understand what Steve Tyler was saying...boy was I embarrassed when i found out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darlene Posted June 1, 2006 Share Posted June 1, 2006 I can't help it--I always grin when I hear "Only the Good Die Young," because I *was* a little Catholic "Virginia." I can still hear Sister Gemma telling the girls in catechism that "getting involved with a boy" would stain our souls as black as if someone poured ink all over her snow-white wimpole! What a picture that painted! Annie, can *you* relate?! --Darlene Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnniekNY Posted June 1, 2006 Share Posted June 1, 2006 OH MY!! Can I ever!!! I remember going to confession and I was fifteen (hummm...same age as my daughter NOW...is she thinking the same things I was back then??? HELP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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