Why don't they just tell it like it is?
"Some sneer at cheap sentiment, showy oversinging, and crass
commercialism. We embrace it! This...is 'American Idol.' (cue techno
music)
On Mar 29, 9:03 pm, "Thomas Heald, Esquire" wrote:
> Pollak, Melissa F. wrote:
> > Some of those recording artists may
Pollak, Melissa F. wrote:
> Some of those recording artists may be good singers, but most probably
> can't sing well enough to make on AI. It's also possible that without
> the existence and assistance of technology, they wouldn't be recording
> artists.
That's what CDBaby.com is for.
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I don't disagree with that. Which is why I detest "American Idol,"
which aims at the same mass-appeal
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There does seem to be some kind of disconnect in your argument though.
AI explicitly says it is looking for a singer who will be a top cha
On Mar 28, 2:52 pm, "Pollak, Melissa F." wrote:
> I'm sorry but more than 90% of the today's recording "artists" lack "genuine
> passion, uniqueness of vocal quality and style, and great original material."
> And >90% IS "industry-processed pap" (with an emphasis on the "processed"
> because i
On Sat, Mar 28, 2009 at 1:23 PM, Pollak, Melissa F. wrote:
> I don't think I watch it for the human interest aspect, but I am
> entertained by it, probably because I enjoy listening to singers who can
> actually sing. Maybe they're not the greatest singers in the world, but
> just about everyone
On Mar 26, 2009, at 9:56 PM, Thomas Heald, Esquire wrote:
> It's a shovel ready final two of Gokey the Megachurch minister vs.
> Adam
> "Satan" Lambert. And unless he performs 99 Luftballons or Everybody's
> Free to Wear Sunscreen... I think it's Adam's prize to lose.
only if he can continue t
e it has to be processed or it would sound even worse).
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On Mar 28, 1:
On Mar 28, 1:23 pm, "Pollak, Melissa F." wrote:
> I don't think I watch it for the human interest aspect, but I am
> entertained by it, probably because I enjoy listening to singers who can
> actually sing. Maybe they're not the greatest singers in the world, but
> just about everyone who makes
er than 90 percent of the recording artists who top the charts these
days.
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> Given that Adam is openly gay and many out-there pictures of him have
> surfaced, it'll be interesting to see how successful he will be. It'll
> be a good test of the American public's growing acceptance of gays.
It's a shovel ready final two of Gokey the Megachurch minister vs. Adam
"Satan"
There's a ton of video of Anoop Dog singing with his collegiate a cappella
group on YouTube as well...they are called the Clef Hangers, if you want to
go hunting, and Anoop was often their soloist.
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On Thu, Mar 26, 2009 at 12:27 PM, Pollak, Melissa F. wrote:
As I've said before, Idol is not about finding the best singer or
> recording artist in America. It's about putting on a good TV show --
> which means casting. A few weeks ago, Simon even mentioned the word
> "casting" on air. The fa
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On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 5:42 PM, PGage wrote:
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 record
PGage said:
One more thing - tonight's show illustrated just how great those
Motown songs are. Those are the songs I grew up with, so I am biased,
but if they sang nothing but Motown every week I would actually look
forward to watching this show. Those songs stand up to the best of the
those in t
On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 5:42 PM, PGage wrote:
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. (SNIP) As long as I remember that, then the
> show is actually pretty interesting. For insta
On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 2:40 PM, Pollak, Melissa F. 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. Contes
Pollak, Melissa F. wrote:
> Not a rumor. It was announced last night that two contestants would be
> eliminated.
Reality Blurred says ...
American Idol 8’s big rule change may involve one-time veto power for
the show’s judges that allows them to overrule viewers’ votes and keep
an eliminate
> The new judge just talks TOO MUCH! She just doesn't shut up. The
> four judge thing is just not working. It makes the show long and
> tedious.
Yes. Karla says things other than "pitchy," "Dogg," "just awful" and "i
love what you're wearing."
I can see how that would spoil things ;)
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> This thread is unleashing a flood of AI frustration that I have been
> sitting on (now half way through my third AI experience). My first
> question is who exactly does Michael Jackson have to screw to keep him
> from being "idolized"?
Well, no theme weeks. But Michael Jackson, Donny Hathaway,
On Mar 11, 10:26�am, PGage wrote:
> The three old judges have a certain campy appeal; the act is tired and
> worn and only ever had a very narrow range of appeal, but I can get it
> at a certain level. That new chick has no campy appeal - she is just
> 100% obnoxious. If I were in high school wit
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"This thread is unleashing a flood
Not a rumor. It was announced last night that two contestants would be
eliminated.
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On Mar 11, 2:21 pm, "Pollak, Melissa F." wrote:
> My guess is that the "rules change" will be something like -- from among
> the bottom three, the judges will pick who stays.
I have been hearing rumors of a double elimination tonight, so they
can get back on track.
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We enjoy the show more for the performances than for the judges'
commentary, and I must say that the idea that the judges will be
interfering somehow with the outcome of the show has me worried.
(Sea
On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 11:53 AM, Karla Robinson
wrote:
>
> We enjoy the show more for the performances than for the judges' commentary,
> and I must say that the idea that the judges will be interfering somehow
> with the outcome of the show has me worried. (Seacrest and Simon hinted at
> some
We enjoy the show more for the performances than for the judges' commentary,
and I must say that the idea that the judges will be interfering somehow
with the outcome of the show has me worried. (Seacrest and Simon hinted at
some sort of rules change to be revealed tonight).
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On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 7:56 AM, Mark J. wrote:
>
>
>
> On Mar 11, 9:44 am, "Karla Robinson"
> wrote:
>> Since American Idol has always had a "top 12," they had not reserved the
>> phone number 866-IDOLS13.
>>
>> Guess who did?
>>
>> http://www.usmagazine.com/news/american-idol-number-dials-phon
On Mar 11, 9:44 am, "Karla Robinson"
wrote:
> Since American Idol has always had a "top 12," they had not reserved the
> phone number 866-IDOLS13.
>
> Guess who did?
>
> http://www.usmagazine.com/news/american-idol-number-dials-phone-sex-c...
> 2009103
>
> Yep, phone sex line. They went with
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