purpleoscar
Rock n' Roll Doggie ALL ACCESS
I think this one seals the deal:
YouTube - U2( Bono and The Edge) & Brian Eno-One live from Modena 95
YouTube - U2( Bono and The Edge) & Brian Eno-One live from Modena 95
The real depressing thing here is that U2 fans watch American Idol.
Actually, it explains a lot.
Where does the "imitation" come into play, when hebutcheredchanged up the song so that it pretty much sounded nothing like U2 or Bono?
That fact that anyone, U2 fan or not, watches tripe like this is depressing. It's not even good cheesy pop, it's bad karaoke by prefabricated entertainers who have absolutely no artistic merit and who want to be famous for the sake of being famous. It represents the loss of substance and soul. It's everything that is bad about pop culture. It's like we're back to the pre-rock era, before Elvis and co. shook up the scene.
Or something like that.
I love how you use Elvis, who by all means would have fit your same definition of prefabricated, as the one who "shook up the scene".
Another great brought to us by: Slapnutz
From the little he actually got to sing in that "duet," I'd agree with you.
I'm bummed that Elliott'as albums are a genre of music that I don't much care for, because I really loved his voice.
David Cook also did a great job last year with ISHFWILF. He didn't alter the song, just kept it as is and let the power of the song and his vocals coincide and naturally take over and dominate. If Adam had done the same thing and kept the tempo of the song as it started out in the beginning, let the power of the song and his voice just flow naturally, we could've heard the strength of his voice much more clearly.
Elvis was prefab?? you mean, even from the beginning? how?
I agree, though I haven't heard Elliott's albums except for the couple of singles that got airplay, and I didn't care for those
Yeah, I heard enough to realize that he was doing R&B stuff, and that's not my favorite kind of thing.
But I'm glad he's had some small amount of success.
I think this one seals the deal:
YouTube - U2( Bono and The Edge) & Brian Eno-One live from Modena 95
Well by definition given by music snobs that throw that term around loosely, yes Elvis would have been considered "prefabricated".
He was chosen because of his good looks and the fact that he was white, but to do what was at the time considered black music. He hardly wrote any of his own songs, and really wanted to do gospel music...
Sam Phillips admitted that he was looking for a good looking white guy who could do black blues and boogie woogie music.
Thought the first part was decent, didn't like the second part as much. One shouldn't be screamed.
Elvis might have been chosen by the public and by Sam Phillips, but that was after he had already arrived. His talent/attitude/swagger got him to where he was. He was an outcast in high school because of who he was. He had no fear. He was not a conformist. He might not have "written" the music, but he made it his. Elvis did not need anyone to tell him to gravitate toward that music he made. He liked R & B and gospel/soul music. Elvis wanted to make the music he made, in the beginning and in the end.
By the way, I usually agree with a lot of what you say BVS, our opinions on Elvis just seem to be different. He's one of, if not my favorite (at times), so I have to take up for the King.
I think you're missing my point, I'm a huge Elvis fan, I'm not knocking him, but by today's music snob standards Elvis would have been considered "prefabricated" by many... You don't think any of these AI contestants were outcast in their own way and were looking to do the music they do, they still get called prefabricated due to the means of which obtain their fame.
That was part of my initial response regarding Elvis, is that these terms get thrown out far too often and a little context goes a long way.
The one part I will disagree with is that Elvis had already arrived when Sam Phillips met him, in fact the first time Sam Phillips met with Elvis he thought he didn't have what it took, he wasn't impressed with his demo(in fact he thought he was shy), but decided to still book him some studio time, it was then he realized he had something.
^So you're saying the fine folks at Pitchfork wouldn't be fans of Mr. Presley?
For those interested in comparisons, here's Adam's studio version of "One". It's much better with the whole song. Time constraints killed it, not his singing.
YouTube - One - Adam Lambert, studio
It was called U2, but it certainly wasnt.
the beauty of U2's One was that it was understated and sung in a way where it was about the poetry of the song. When you scream out the lyrics the song loses all significance if you ask me.
I didn't hear that kid on AI sing it, but my guess is he sang it closer to the way Blige sang than Bono, and that's a shame.
First, the song is a classic. If the kid never heard of it, it's time to do some serious history and stop listening to the "it" group of the moment. Plus, anything released in the 90's is hardly "old".
Second, Blige, and from what it sounds like, this kid (and if it's Adam, then blech - that guy is one of the ugliest f*cks they've ever had on the show. If he wins, I dread the thought of seeing that mug for the next umpteen years), completely missed what the song was about. Belting or screaming it out is NOT the way to sing it. There are plenty of songs to "diva" - this isn't it.
I think Adam has a lovely face