gettinbranded

It was awesome...and she's going to have a musical career.

Maybe not a recording career, but she'll be using her voice somewhere and making a lot of money doing it.

Groucho

Knock it off.

I do think both George and Jennifer have a gospel feel to them. But then again, so did Elvis. Each week, however, both are sounding more and more "pop." George is my personal favorite in the competition...he's really grown on me, gospel-sounding or not.

Struz

Again, I don't care what "everyone" else thinks. To me they can only sing one style.

The pattern is every song these 3 sing sounds the same.

"Someone is pretty stereotypical today" = racist

gettinbranded

Unlike Red?




I guess having a strong voice = gospel

TheAllPurposeNothing

Artists who can only sing in one style:

The Beach Boys
Johnny Cash
Nat King Cole
Frank Sinatra
Aretha Franklin
Ray Charles
Johnny Mathis



Gee...what a bunch of losers!

gettinbranded

Struz

John Stevens can also sing only one type too.

Being Gospel singers = Gospel

BDLOU

Mark it down now. Final 3 will be:

George
Jasmine
Latoya

Order of exit:

Camille - Sucks
Red - I like his voice but this competition is not for him
Fantasia - Too much attitude. You need to be liked to get votes.
JPL - Should go long before this but he is liked
Jennifer - She is good but she is not liked
Diana - Too young and not ready

Struz

So you agree then that Fantasia, George and Jennifer can only sing one style ?

gettinbranded

Thats probably dead on.




Lets remember folks:

-notrolls-

Patman

I still wouldn't be shocked to see Jennifer, Red, and JPL in the bottom 3 tonight.

Jadzia

If the voters had sense, Camille would already be gone, but I am concerned because she did not even make the bottom 3 last week. I also think JPL has a strong girly fan base, which is surprising since this week he sounded like he got his balls got off.

Jennifer does not have a huge fan base, but her excellent performance last night probably rallied support. Red does seem to have a fan base, but after last night maybe his fans will start to give up. (Although I honestly thought he was much worst last week than this week. I hate "Crocodile Rock" and think it was an awful choice, but I did finally start to see him come out of his shell a bit.)

I am wondering if Diana could be vulnerable. I don't see her as having the devoted following of AI voters who would care enough about her to vote in.

Patman

Chuckle

Gil Jawetz

B..b..but those people didn't even see the performace! That's just plain stupid!
Arg this show is dumb. The bottom three should (obviously) be stevens, JPL and Camille. I'm hoping none of them are in it just to see the shock it causes. They are so incredibly bad, it boggles the mind.

TheAllPurposeNothing

People who have sang Gospel but aren't necessarily gospel singers:

Elvis Presely
Tina Turner
Whitney Houston
Little Richard
Johnny Cash
The Housemartins
Jim Nabors
Tennessee Ernie Ford
Amy Grant
Leslie Phillips (married to T-Bone Burnett, now records Alt. pop as Sam Phillips)

Jadzia

Joshua Gracin "hunky"?!? Chuckle indeed. More like "lunky".

TheAllPurposeNothing

Well, no. That was using your words.

In my words, they can only sing with one voice.

How well one applies that voice to different styles (country, rock, pop, swing, etc.) is what's at debate. I say that their voices have been applied well. Whether you like them not, you can appreciate how well it has been adapted to a different style.

Wouldn't say that Johnny Cash had the greatest voice in music (too plaintive for much material) but he did an exceptional job of covering NIN's "Hurt." Though the Sex Pistols were a not an acquired taste for me, I think Sid Vicious' take on "My Way" was scathingly funny.

I personally don't have to like something to appreciate the effort or talent that went into the work. Hell, "Birth of a Nation" may be the single most offensive piece of celluloid ever filmed, but you can't deny the visual impact of the thing. Leni Reifenstahl's Nazi propagandist films are some of the most visually beautiful images ever filmed. Richard Strauss was strongly anti-semitic, but I still love the "Blue Danube."

BTW, Fantasia's voice is more Bessie Smith-bluesy than Gospel and George is much more pure late 60's soul (otis Redding/ Wilson Pickett/ James Brown) than Gospel. They are not the same thing.

das Monkey

This is how I felt last night, and pretty much throughout the competition. Jennifer's voice is very powerful, and perfect for church or the stage or maybe a cruiseship, but it lacks the subtleties to be a well-rounded performer, and I don't think you could do an entire pop album with her.
Do we have to do this every week?

das

El Scorcho

I do agree with Struz's comment about Randy Jackson being biased towards the black contestants. He praises them 95% of the time -- even when they're bad -- and when he doesn't praise them he lets them off the hook really gingerly.

That said, I halfheartedly watched the show last night. THe voting results of last week combined with Elton John songs this week left me disenfranchised this week. I don't like theme nights that include songs from only one artist. It limits the contestants to too few songs (even though Elton has hundreds in his catalog) and can put them in a tough position if their vocal styles don't blend well with the artist that they're stuck singing. Not that it really matters anymore, though, as America is filled with idiots.

gettinbranded

His world isn't that nuanced.

Lots of melotonin in the skin? Check.

Strong pipes? Check.

Capable of emotion tinged singing? Check.


It's gotta be bla-, gospel music . Never mind that there are several styles that...oh never mind.

That horse is dead.

gettinbranded

As opposed to Paula doing it for...everyone.

She'd find something to commend Saddam for....

El Scorcho

This is true. I don't remember her being so bad the last two years. Maybe old age is causing her to lose her spine.

Mad Dawg

As far as one contestant's songs sounding the same every week:

As has been pointed out, an artist with a "style" rarely leaves it even when going from genre to genre. As I've seen after three seasons, the one sure way to get the judges on your case is to change your style from week to week. We're all given a voice (or afflicted with one, in my case), and you have to operate within it. George and Latoya have consistently done that the best of any contestants, IMO, across genres. When some have slipped out of their vocal style (Jennifer), it's been disasterous.

Jeremy517

Well, that duet of Cats in the Cradle with Uday was pretty good.

Y2K Falcon

Agreed! Not a single one of them is on the Top 100 Album Charts.