03-17-2004, 10:01 PM
I don't think anyone here would waste their time to vote for someone on something as trite as "American Idol".
Seeing that comment doesn't surprise me, but seeing it from someone who actually watches the show does ;)
There's no doubt some have talent. Some deserve a break, and should be recording music for everyone to hear.
Really, this is the whole point. The audience gets the chance to hear talented singers, and some talented singers get a shot at exposure to an audience which could possibly land them in a recording studio sometime. I think it's funny that people will watch just to hear what Simon will say, but to me they are missing the real stars of the show. When Kelly Clarkson won, it was pretty much a forgone conclusion for a large part of the season. But I wasn't tuning in to see who would get cut, I was tuning in to hear Kelly sing!
I've heard a lot of big stars with big recording contracts play live on SNL or "semi-live" on the daily late night shows, and quite a few of them sound awful in that setting. It makes me wonder when people go to their concerts, whether there is anything worth listening to. So when a twenty-something nobody can go on that American Idol stage night after night and sing an incredible rendition of a cover song each and every time, sometimes good enough live to rival the quality of the original artist on the reference recording, it's worthwhile entertainment.
It doesn't matter in the end, because she's such a noticable person that she'll be famous anyway, if she wants to be.
That may be true now, whether she wins or loses. But if the show didn't exist, would anyone who matters in the recording industry ever hear her voice? There are a lot of people in the world, and being a noticeable person usually doesn't spread your fame much further than your home town.
Seeing that comment doesn't surprise me, but seeing it from someone who actually watches the show does ;)
There's no doubt some have talent. Some deserve a break, and should be recording music for everyone to hear.
Really, this is the whole point. The audience gets the chance to hear talented singers, and some talented singers get a shot at exposure to an audience which could possibly land them in a recording studio sometime. I think it's funny that people will watch just to hear what Simon will say, but to me they are missing the real stars of the show. When Kelly Clarkson won, it was pretty much a forgone conclusion for a large part of the season. But I wasn't tuning in to see who would get cut, I was tuning in to hear Kelly sing!
I've heard a lot of big stars with big recording contracts play live on SNL or "semi-live" on the daily late night shows, and quite a few of them sound awful in that setting. It makes me wonder when people go to their concerts, whether there is anything worth listening to. So when a twenty-something nobody can go on that American Idol stage night after night and sing an incredible rendition of a cover song each and every time, sometimes good enough live to rival the quality of the original artist on the reference recording, it's worthwhile entertainment.
It doesn't matter in the end, because she's such a noticable person that she'll be famous anyway, if she wants to be.
That may be true now, whether she wins or loses. But if the show didn't exist, would anyone who matters in the recording industry ever hear her voice? There are a lot of people in the world, and being a noticeable person usually doesn't spread your fame much further than your home town.