Message 13/21
Date: 28-Jul-05 @ 11:27 AM -
RE: the killers
sometimes i wonder about these major releases. People like Joss Stone, they seem so watered down compared to the greats from previosu era's and (no doubt) the greats we dont get to hear about working today - it just seems like some sort of halfassed corporate version of a great singer. But really she's pretty fuckin weak as both a vocalist and as a performer.
It makes you wonder cos i cant beleive the real star-quality talent just isn't there like it was in previous decades.
I caught the performance by Mariah Carey when i was TV channel flipping during that Live8 concert recently (hey, i aint gonna watch that tripe) - I was amazed how bad she was live, truly aweful! - out of tune, poor phrasing, lack of sustain (and breath frankly she sounded like she'd run the 400 meters after each song). How much fucking around do they do with that woman in Pro-Tools for gods sake!
Add to that the cringe-factor of her pretending to sing with a cute bunch of african schoolboys (who didnt appear to be even mic'd up, you couldnt hear them in the mix) and it was making my toes curl up underneath & scratch the bottom of my feet with embarrasment! - The cringe-factor was off the scale!!
standards have definately dropped for 'major' artists in the last decade. I had dinner 1.5 years or so back with some people one of whom was from Warners (I think it was), and this woman was banging on about how the guy from Pop Idol was so great cos he'd sold a million records.
I was like "But that wasnt like an artist, that was a TV show promo product, backed by the biggest TV show in the Uk"... sure, and Tellytubbies sold something like 20 million quids worth of goods (books/dvd's/toys etc) for the bbc in product sales in the first year apparently to put it in perspective ....and this Warners woman is carrying on like he's the saviour of the Brit music biz. Fuckin rediculous. And of course, where is he now?... nowhere like all of these TV talent show winners.
it's pretty sad. I cant understand what these people are playing at in the majors.
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