tartbrain wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu <noozg...@...> wrote: > >> TurquoiseB wrote: >> >>> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <no_reply@> wrote: >>> > > >> Americans being to >> passive and apathetic, sitting in front of their TVs watching American >> Idol >> > > I joked with someone during the early years -- maybe season two -- when she > said "I just love American Idol -- because .. um,becasue .." and I finished > hr sentence "you are shallow?". We both laughed. > > I used to think it must be a pure fluff show -- though I had never really > watched much of it. (why should that stop me from opining on it!) > > But I have become a modest, somewhat infrequent fan. > > Just curious but have you / do you ever watched American Idol? More than once > or twice? While way too many commercials, way too much drivel talk, If you > record it and fast forward through that, and key in on 4-5 top contestants, I > find it a real eye-opener that -- everyday people -- are so vastly talented > -- often at a very young age. Some performances exceed other music that I > have access to. > > I may be particularly musically challenged, but I also find the critiques, > while sometimes trivial and insipid, can be insightful, and help me > articulate why I liked a piece or not. Often I am nodding or shaking my head > at the performance -- but unable to fully identify the elements that made me > like or yawn at the performance.
It's a talent show! Those have been on for years. Remember "Amateur Hour"? This is one on steroids and hyped like crazy. Of course my view may be somewhat jaded being professional musician. ;-)
