My OperaTribute acts or one-trick impressionists? You decide. Or not.
Sunday, January 20, 2008 1:33:04 AM
Actually you don't decide because it's obvious that they are and I'm in no mood to argue.
Currently on Saturday peak-time TV we have a competition between tribute acts. How you're supposed to choose between Kylie Minotour and Frank Sinhatra, to name but two of them, I don't know. The thing is that the first prize, in fact the only prize, is a season with the All-star tribute show at Las Vegas.
So why are Robbie and Kylie competing? Neither are big enough in the US for anyone in that audience to have any idea who they are.
Similarly, getting all the competitors to sing the same song is ridiculous. Frank Sinatra would never have sung 'Dancing in the street' and if he did he wouldn't have used the Tamla-Motown arrangement so that puts his impersonator at an immediate disadvantage. Actually the only singer to sound like their artist on 'Dancing' was Cher. 'Tom Jones' made a fairly good stab at it but - hint - boyo. Jones-the-voice would have gone up and belted it!
Long time customers of this blog will have already realised what my real beef with this program is however.
No one asked me to 'do' Anthony Newley.
I don't care. I can take the rejection. Bas
(That's enough of that! - The Man in the Big Hat)
Currently on Saturday peak-time TV we have a competition between tribute acts. How you're supposed to choose between Kylie Minotour and Frank Sinhatra, to name but two of them, I don't know. The thing is that the first prize, in fact the only prize, is a season with the All-star tribute show at Las Vegas.
So why are Robbie and Kylie competing? Neither are big enough in the US for anyone in that audience to have any idea who they are.
Similarly, getting all the competitors to sing the same song is ridiculous. Frank Sinatra would never have sung 'Dancing in the street' and if he did he wouldn't have used the Tamla-Motown arrangement so that puts his impersonator at an immediate disadvantage. Actually the only singer to sound like their artist on 'Dancing' was Cher. 'Tom Jones' made a fairly good stab at it but - hint - boyo. Jones-the-voice would have gone up and belted it!
Long time customers of this blog will have already realised what my real beef with this program is however.
No one asked me to 'do' Anthony Newley.
I don't care. I can take the rejection. Bas
(That's enough of that! - The Man in the Big Hat)
Nigel CliffCaptainPenguin # Friday, January 25, 2008 9:34:42 PM
A few months ago I and about 50 others were royally entertained by a blues guitarist called Chantel Mcgregor,if talent had anything to do with it she would walk any of these sad shows but who in that audience would vote for a blistering version of Stormy Monday,none I am afraid and thats why mainstream music (Pop) is in such a bad state in the UK today
Deke # Saturday, January 26, 2008 1:20:30 AM
My personal pet hate is X-factor, which is supposed to find those people that have that extra... thing that differentiates them from the rest. I'm sure that girl that won last year has a jolly good voice for the kind of stuff that she sings, but do we really need another Mariah Carey? What's original about that?
Meanwhile, can you imagine Simon Cowell's reaction if the next Beatles, Elvis Presley, Frank Zappa, Carlos Santana, Jimmy Hendrix, or Bob Dylan came on?
"Look, can I stop you right there?...."