Author Topic: Americsn Idol Sings Imagine (Read 288 times)

flaxattack · « **on:** February 27, 2008, 10:47:41 PM »

yes i watch this show
check this kid doing imagine and then realize that he is only 16
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XpVuogzmWhg
ps- ricky minor who leads the band is one solid bass man

olieoliver · « **Reply #1 on:** February 28, 2008, 06:01:01 AM »

Flax, the band is why I watch the show. Those cats can play anything and play it well!

This is kid is good though and at 16. WOW

rami · « **Reply #2 on:** February 28, 2008, 03:05:55 PM »

Paula Abdul's comments to him after his performance really creeped me out.

jakebass · « **Reply #3 on:** February 28, 2008, 04:06:22 PM »

The Band are fantastic on that show. They make the UK version pale into insignificance.
I wish Cowell would take note, it might mean some more gigs for some of the great players in the uk.

2400wattman · « **Reply #4 on:** February 29, 2008, 12:01:34 AM »

Hey Rami that's because she's frustrated she can't legally turn this kid into her boy toy!! hehehehe
Now he had good tone and a decent vibrato but I wish he and the rest of the contestants would drop the Jive Records school of scaling down to the target note. Ya'll know what I'm talking about.

0vid · « **Reply #5 on:** February 29, 2008, 12:25:00 AM »

I watched it but didn't think it was that fantastic a vocal, it was good but not like the hype that came with it later. I thought it was odd no one chose 'Bridge over troubled Water' - a 70's singer's song if there ever was one. The kid who sang Long Train Running will get culled.

briant · « **Reply #6 on:** February 29, 2008, 01:11:01 AM »

Crap. Sorry but this is over-wanking of an otherwise great and simple song. I can't stand it when people do this to a song.

There was absolutely nothing wrong with the original version, it was perfect, and this is just stretching out to make it more interesting to how people today think a great singer should sound. It adds nothing to the song.

Add to the song or composition if you are going to change something.

grateful · « **Reply #7 on:** February 29, 2008, 03:22:47 AM »

I too hate this modern method of warbling round the right note: it suggests to me they can't actually hit the right note. According to the vid, he's 17 Flax: same age as Bobby Weir when the Dead started.

hankster · « **Reply #8 on:** February 29, 2008, 03:45:47 AM »

Whatever you can say about the vocalists, the band is great. Ricky Miner also leads the band on Don't Forget the Lyrics, which airs here right after AI, so we get a double dose of a great bassist-led band.

white_cloud · « **Reply #9 on:** February 29, 2008, 04:09:46 AM »

Very very talented kid - but I agree with Grateful. I would call this over-doing it somewhat! However I make that comment whilst taking nothing away from the youngster - I could never sing like that lol!

Totally agree with the comments about the band and the the assertion that the UK version of this show is ABSOLUTE RUBBISH! Some of the so called talent on show is cringe-worthy (including this years winner Leon - wholly average in every respect!)

John.

flaxattack · « **Reply #10 on:** February 29, 2008, 09:06:09 AM »

i am always of the opinion that once the song is written it is free to be interpreted. That being said- remembering the kid is only 17 and came up with a very decent version says a lot about his talent.
Ricky was one smart dude- they begged him to do the show for 2 years until they gave him total control. good thing-
The thing i likr sbout the show is the transition of the more talented people. as the show goes on they develop more stage presence and morph in front of your eyes. Great case in point is carrie underwood. she is one fine singer.

look out for a new show next year.
next afganistan idol......one judge yes.........
osama...... lol
you remember him right- the guy who bush promised to get dead or alive....

rami · « **Reply #11 on:** February 29, 2008, 02:20:59 PM »

I thought David Archuleta's version was amazing beyond words. An incredibly talented young man with one of the best sounding voices I've ever heard. I think he can sing the phone book and it would sound great. He's got an amazing future ahead of him. I'd definitely buy THAT CD when it comes out.
I'm personally not a fan of Carrie Underwood, but there's no denying her great talent and enormous success.
Everyone has a right to their likes and dislikes. I definitely like David Archuleta. For me, I thought that they could have ended the show right after his performance - He's already the winner.

cozmik_cowboy · « **Reply #12 on:** March 01, 2008, 12:02:13 AM »

Lounge singer. Ho hum.

Peter

dannobasso · « **Reply #13 on:** March 01, 2008, 04:22:00 AM »

The vocal technique has been referred to as urban yodeling .

Though I don't care for that style, it is amazing achievement to make it through a competition and sing on tv and all the other electronic media associated with it.

Thats even harder than getting a record deal (which I'm sure he will have shortly if not already) and how many of us can boast that? A great accomplishment for a young vocalist.

rami · « **Reply #14 on:** March 01, 2008, 07:12:02 AM »

I'm actually a HUGE fan of Chris Cornell. I think he' got the ultimate Rock 'n Roll voice.
I think I have just about everything he's ever recorded.

Author Topic: Americsn Idol Sings Imagine (Read 288 times)

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