Im sorry but this girl can REALLY sing!

[SunshyneMonroe]

YouTube - American Idol 2011 Top 7 - Haley Reinhart (Rolling In The Deep) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uuVj846jkd4)

[TSPornFan]

Sorry but I strongly disagree.

[SunshyneMonroe]

Sorry but I strongly disagree.

are you foreal ur CRAZY!!!!!!

[TSPornFan]

are you foreal ur CRAZY!!!!!!

She's hot as hell, but I don't like her singing voice. :wiggle:

[alyssaluxor]

wow that song really suited her

gorgeousness!

[alyssaluxor]

OMG! Its an Adele song! Love it!!!

[joeym75ld]

She's fantastic.
But why the thread - did she get the boot off the show?

[robertlouis]

Can't abide any of these programmes - shit karaoke playing to millions.

[theone1982]

Can't abide any of these programmes - shit karaoke playing to millions.

But what about Simon Cowell?! Great Britain's best export to America since Led Zeppelin!:)

[fred41]

I liked the song but after watching the clip I'm left wondering once again - How does Jennifer Lopez get to judge a talent competition like this????

[robertlouis]

But what about Simon Cowell?! Great Britain's best export to America since Led Zeppelin!:)

We''l pay you to keep him over there.

[theone1982]

We''l pay you to keep him over there.

Ha! I'll still rather watch him than Sharon Osbourne! Ozzy is the man, but Sharon just pisses me off!

[robertlouis]

Ha! I'll still rather watch him than Sharon Osbourne! Ozzy is the man, but Sharon just pisses me off!

I suppose that shows like this have a role to play like the roman circuses of old, exploiting the weak - and let's be honest, in most cases the hideously untalented - and getting us to laugh/support/argue.

But it has little if anything to do with talent. They sing songs previously written and recorded by prominent artists, and set out to reproduce note for note, cadence for cadence, a perfect carbon copy of the original. "Talent" would take the song, slow it down, speed it up, do something different and make it new.

It also gives a totally wrong impression of the music business. It's tough, you pay your dues in pubs and clubs and you might just get the breaks, but it certainly isn't about five minutes of exposure on prime time.

I love Alyssa, but when she enthused about the girl singing an Adele song, my first reaction was, why not listen to Adele? 20 times better than that poor lass.

OK, rant over. Next up, the royal fucking wedding. :hide-1:

[theone1982]

I suppose that shows like this have a role to play like the roman circuses of old, exploiting the weak - and let's be honest, in most cases the hideously untalented - and getting us to laugh/support/argue.

But it has little if anything to do with talent. They sing songs previously written and recorded by prominent artists, and set out to reproduce note for note, cadence for cadence, a perfect carbon copy of the original. "Talent" would take the song, slow it down, speed it up, do something different and make it new.

It also gives a totally wrong impression of the music business. It's tough, you pay your dues in pubs and clubs and you might just get the breaks, but it certainly isn't about five minutes of exposure on prime time.

I love Alyssa, but when she enthused about the girl singing an Adele song, my first reaction was, why not listen to Adele? 20 times better than that poor lass.

OK, rant over. Next up, the royal fucking wedding. :hide-1:

:iagree: I couldn't agree more about paying your dues to be in the music biz. You have to really love music to play in little scuzzy clubs in front of two people night after night until you make it, rather than getting verbally blown by over-the-hill musicians in front of millions of people while doing cover songs. As for the royal wedding, I wonder if they will show any of it on TV?:)

[robertlouis]

:iagree: I couldn't agree more about paying your dues to be in the music biz. You have to really love music to play in little scuzzy clubs in front of two people night after night until you make it, rather than getting verbally blown by over-the-hill musicians in front of millions of people while doing cover songs. As for the royal wedding, I wonder if they will show any of it on TV?:)

That's my world, baby!

As for the wedding, I'm in the minority in the UK in that I'm a republican - not to be compared with the crazy right-wing fuckwits in the US, of course (lights blue touchpaper and retires to a safe distance :whistle: ) - and would rather not be ruled by an outmoded and hierarchical institution which does as much as anything else to bolster class inequalities. That said, I bear Wills and Kate no ill will at a personal level. They seem like a decent, well-intentioned couple - we even went to the same university! Tom Paine said, "Kill the king but spare the man." I'll go along with that.

But the pomp, the pageantry, and more than anything the wall to wall blasting from every media is too much to bear.

I may do a day trip to Calais next Friday, drink some good red wine and sing the Marseillaise all day.

[theone1982]

That's my world, baby!

As for the wedding, I'm in the minority in the UK in that I'm a republican - not to be compared with the crazy right-wing fuckwits in the US, of course (lights blue touchpaper and retires to a safe distance :whistle: ) - and would rather not be ruled by an outmoded and hierarchical institution which does as much as anything else to bolster class inequalities. That said, I bear Wills and Kate no ill will at a personal level. They seem like a decent, well-intentioned couple - we even went to the same university! Tom Paine said, "Kill the king but spare the man." I'll go along with that.

But the pomp, the pageantry, and more than anything the wall to wall blasting from every media is too much to bear.

I may do a day trip to Calais next Friday, drink some good red wine and sing the Marseillaise all day.

You know I heard about republicans(not like the American Republican Party) in the UK just a few days ago on the radio, which I found amazing, because I always wondered why there wasn't a bigger movement like that in the UK, and then it turns out that there kind of was, the media just doesn't really mention it! I agree that they do seem like nice people and I love that Tom Paine quote! It's really interesting to me to actually hear someone in the UK's opinion about the wedding, as here in America, we just kind of hear about the frills and hype of the wedding, rather than what the average citizen of the UK feels about it.

[robertlouis]

You know I heard about republicans(not like the American Republican Party) in the UK just a few days ago on the radio, which I found amazing, because I always wondered why there wasn't a bigger movement like that in the UK, and then it turns out that there kind of was, the media just doesn't really mention it! I agree that they do seem like nice people and I love that Tom Paine quote! It's really interesting to me to actually hear someone in the UK's opinion about the wedding, as here in America, we just kind of hear about the frills and hype of the wedding, rather than what the average citizen of the UK feels about it.

Sad to say, this sort of event shrinks the republican minority even further as people simply get swept up in it. In that sense I'm far from the "average citizen".

Oh, and there's another thing. If you live in a republic, you're a citizen. If you live in a monarchy, you're a subject. Some might argue that that's just semantics, and for most purposes it is, but it still means that in theory at least, you bow the knee.

Maybe we should move the wedding stuff to its own thread.

[Jericho]

Oh, and there's another thing. If you live in a republic, you're a citizen. If you live in a monarchy, you're a subject.

That frequently chaps my arse! :pissed:

[robertlouis]

That frequently chaps my arse! :pissed:

Fancy a trip to France next Friday, ol' boy?

[Jericho]

Why, what's on Friday?

[robertlouis]

Why, what's on Friday?

You're good you know, VERY good.

:Bowdown::Bowdown::Bowdown:

[Jericho]

One tries. :shrug
:lol:

[robertlouis]

One tries. :shrug
:lol:


ONE tries?

You're a secret royalist, you bugger.

[Jericho]

ONE tries?

You're a secret royalist, you bugger.

Oh, absolutely, old chap! :whistle:


YouTube - God Save The Queen - The Sex Pistols (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RKpMqey0RcE&feature=related)

[alyssaluxor]

I suppose that shows like this have a role to play like the roman circuses of old, exploiting the weak - and let's be honest, in most cases the hideously untalented - and getting us to laugh/support/argue.

But it has little if anything to do with talent. They sing songs previously written and recorded by prominent artists, and set out to reproduce note for note, cadence for cadence, a perfect carbon copy of the original. "Talent" would take the song, slow it down, speed it up, do something different and make it new.

It also gives a totally wrong impression of the music business. It's tough, you pay your dues in pubs and clubs and you might just get the breaks, but it certainly isn't about five minutes of exposure on prime time.

I love Alyssa, but when she enthused about the girl singing an Adele song, my first reaction was, why not listen to Adele? 20 times better than that poor lass.

OK, rant over. Next up, the royal fucking wedding. :hide-1:

huh i dont know whats the problem listening to others people version of the song? I both like their version that simple no need to keep it complicated ;)

ok i like listening to different versions of song that just simple bye lol

[robertlouis]

huh i dont know whats the problem listening to others people version of the song? I both like their version that simple no need to keep it complicated ;)

ok i like listening to different versions of song that just simple bye lol

Hey Alyssa, that wasn't meant to be a poke at you. Entirely cool with your view.

I just wish that contestants on these shows would do something original or sing something they've written themselves.

[BellaBellucci]

I love love love love love this song, but I do prefer the Adele version!

... and J. Lo is still an overrated hack. That is all. :lol:

~BB~

[alyssaluxor]

I love love love love love this song, but I do prefer the Adele version!

... and J. Lo is still an overrated hack. That is all. :lol:

~BB~

:iagree:

this is what im talking about ;)

I love this song but i also still prefer Adeles version just that simple :)

[BellaBellucci]

:iagree:

this is what im talking about ;)

I love this song but i also still prefer Adeles version just that simple :)

I'm glad we agree. Let's fuck! :fuckin:

(Wow. I must be really horny lately. Damn!)

~BB~

[robertlouis]

I'm glad we agree. Let's fuck! :fuckin:

(Wow. I must be really horny lately. Damn!)

~BB~

It's all that fighting talk, baby. Does the same for me. Shame about those 5,000 miles....

[BellaBellucci]

It's all that fighting talk, baby. Does the same for me. Shame about those 5,000 miles....

Teleportation?

http://news.discovery.com/tech/teleport-light-experiment-110418.html

~BB~

[robertlouis]

Teleportation?

http://news.discovery.com/tech/teleport-light-experiment-110418.html

~BB~

Nope, it'll end up as masturbation, sadly. :( :jerkoff:jerkoff:jerkoff

[BellaBellucci]

Nope, it'll end up as masturbation, sadly. :( :jerkoff:jerkoff:jerkoff

Aww, nuts. :geek:

No Scottie? No beamie? :(

~BB~

[alyssaluxor]

I'm glad we agree. Let's fuck! :fuckin:

(Wow. I must be really horny lately. Damn!)

~BB~

kiss kiss lick lick...

:fuckin:

[robertlouis]

Aww, nuts. :geek:

No Scottie? No beamie? :(

~BB~

Definitely a Scot at this end, but in the meantime we just have to talk dirty.

[SunshyneMonroe]

YouTube - Haley Reinhart - Bennie And The Jets (Studio Version) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-R4cDSlPqvc&feature=related)