Author Topic: A.I. I'm curious (Read 288 times)

richbass939 · « **Reply #15 on:** April 17, 2007, 03:59:20 PM »

I rarely watch reality TV including AI. I guess I get enough reality each day. Remember reality TV is TV. It is all about ratings. They get people like Sanjaya and William Hung (remember him?) so you will come back next week to see if they are still around. Kicking Sanjaya off the first week would have been a big ratings mistake. How many people don't ever watch the show but took in an episode or two to see what the Sanjaya drama is all about? People like hearing great singers but they also like seeing someone marginal or downright bad. The show is about finding a huge talent but it is also about a huge audience and huge ad revenues.
Olie, I agree about the band. I'm in awe of the fantastic musicians you get to see on shows like AI and of course the late night shows.
Rich

dela217 · « **Reply #16 on:** April 17, 2007, 06:12:27 PM »

What a coincidence! Tonight was the 1st time I have ever tuned in. The band was just amazing. They did a close up on the pedal steel player when Jordin covered Martina McBride's Broken Wing. He was playing the slide parts from charts. Did a GREAT job too!

I kept hearing about this Sanjaya guy. I caught his interpretation of Let's Give Them Something To Talk About. I thought he gave a decent performance, giving the song his own twist and style. The review panel hated him and drug him through the mud. I guess that is what makes folks keep tuning in. I turned it off after that.

hankster · « **Reply #17 on:** April 17, 2007, 07:05:29 PM »

I thought the steel player was right on - did a convincing Western swing thing on the single-neck E9 a little later on in the show. Those cats can play!

Rick

flaxattack · « **Reply #18 on:** April 17, 2007, 07:50:45 PM »

the bass player is the band leader, ken smith most of the time. they [practically begged him to take the job. his leverage was he picked the band and it would be live and no karaoke. the band is very good. there was an article about him somewhere.
as for me i am picking my dark horse jordin sparks to win it all.
sanjaya is a hermaphrodite

olieoliver · « **Reply #19 on:** April 17, 2007, 08:06:23 PM »

Oh man Jeff that last line split my sides.

keavin · « **Reply #20 on:** April 18, 2007, 04:41:11 AM »

I agree with you olie I dont watch the show either but those cats RIPP! nor do i go to church but i listen to modern gospel simply cause the musicians are phenomenal, there's a new breed of players compared to the 70's gospel musicians when i started out.

lbpesq · « **Reply #21 on:** April 18, 2007, 07:22:30 AM »

In my house we refer to Sanjaya as the Michael Jackson guy. Personally, I'd bet one of the women win. This year they seem to be far superior to the men. Even worse than Sanjaya? Ryan Seacrest! out.

Bill, tgo

olieoliver · « **Reply #22 on:** April 18, 2007, 07:29:39 AM »

I always get a laugh out of Randy Jackson tooting his own horn. Last night I heard him say, As an acomlpished producer I think blah blah blah...
Kind of funny to me.

David Houck · « **Reply #23 on:** April 18, 2007, 08:06:30 AM »

To address the original question, no, I've never watched the show.

adriaan · « **Reply #24 on:** April 18, 2007, 08:20:05 AM »

We have the same type of show over here, of course. I didn't survive 10 minutes into the early rounds - as a spectator, I mean.

As far as I'm aware, they use canned music over here.

grateful · « **Reply #25 on:** April 20, 2007, 12:55:59 AM »

The day I watch TV featuring Simon Cowell will be the day I'm in need of some euthanasia!

Mark