― The Many Faces of Gordon Jump (Leon), Tuesday, 2 January 2007 19:31 (seventeen years ago) link
― bohren un der club of gear (bohren un der club of gear), Tuesday, 2 January 2007 19:33 (seventeen years ago) link
― a mediocre black-and-white cookie in a cellophane wrapper (hanks1ockli), Tuesday, 2 January 2007 19:39 (seventeen years ago) link
― horseshoe (horseshoe), Tuesday, 2 January 2007 19:40 (seventeen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 2 January 2007 19:42 (seventeen years ago) link
HI DERE ARETHA FRANKLIN + SWEET HONEY IN THE ROCK + SOUNDS OF BLACKNESS + APPROX A GAZILLION ACTS FROM BEFORE THEN IN THE GOSPEL/BLUES ARENA
― Jesus Dan (dan perry), Tuesday, 2 January 2007 19:54 (seventeen years ago) link
― horseshoe (horseshoe), Tuesday, 2 January 2007 19:56 (seventeen years ago) link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=czftJYMoRv4
Kind of can't blame Mariah for a song interpretation that predates her by eight years!
― Jesus Dan (dan perry), Tuesday, 2 January 2007 20:01 (seventeen years ago) link
equating Aretha w/ American Idol = OH NOES
― Dr M (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 2 January 2007 20:02 (seventeen years ago) link
― Euai Kapaui (tracerhand), Tuesday, 2 January 2007 20:03 (seventeen years ago) link
― a mediocre black-and-white cookie in a cellophane wrapper (hanks1ockli), Tuesday, 2 January 2007 20:07 (seventeen years ago) link
― Jesus Dan (dan perry), Tuesday, 2 January 2007 20:11 (seventeen years ago) link
― horseshoe (horseshoe), Tuesday, 2 January 2007 20:12 (seventeen years ago) link
I say Stevie Wonder really popularized it, but I love him and think he's responsible for almost everything in pop.
― Eric H. (Eric H.), Tuesday, 2 January 2007 20:19 (seventeen years ago) link
― Jesus Dan (dan perry), Tuesday, 2 January 2007 20:21 (seventeen years ago) link
Yeah, the (white) woman behind me was all "you give it to him" at that point.
― Eric H. (Eric H.), Tuesday, 2 January 2007 20:22 (seventeen years ago) link
(xpost)
― Alfred Soto (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 2 January 2007 20:22 (seventeen years ago) link
Also, I don't really like polite applause as the credits roll, but spontaneous cheers during key moments in the movie can be fun. (There were a couple of the Children of Men screening I caught yesterday.)
― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 2 January 2007 20:24 (seventeen years ago) link
― Shakey Mo Collier (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 2 January 2007 20:24 (seventeen years ago) link
― Eric H. (Eric H.), Tuesday, 2 January 2007 21:32 (seventeen years ago) link
OTM. I even like Mariah. But 99% of melismatic stuff is total shite.
anyway, I'd be into seeing Eddie Murphy, but probably not enough to see this? Anything notable abt Jamie Foxx' performance?
― nuneb (nuneb), Tuesday, 2 January 2007 21:36 (seventeen years ago) link
― Dr M (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 2 January 2007 21:41 (seventeen years ago) link
― Shakey Mo Collier (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 2 January 2007 21:42 (seventeen years ago) link
― Eric H. (Eric H.), Tuesday, 2 January 2007 21:43 (seventeen years ago) link
― Laurel (Laurel), Tuesday, 2 January 2007 21:43 (seventeen years ago) link
― nuneb (nuneb), Tuesday, 2 January 2007 21:46 (seventeen years ago) link
― nuneb (nuneb), Tuesday, 2 January 2007 21:47 (seventeen years ago) link
No. He was far more charismatic in Miami Vice, if that says anything.
― Eric H. (Eric H.), Tuesday, 2 January 2007 21:48 (seventeen years ago) link
― The Many Faces of Gordon Jump (Leon), Tuesday, 2 January 2007 21:49 (seventeen years ago) link
― Eric H. (Eric H.), Tuesday, 2 January 2007 21:50 (seventeen years ago) link
he was playing a cold dude! his was the only role that called for understatement and he was understated. I thought he was good.
I don't have an opinion on melisma in the abstract, but Jennifer Hudson did not sound emotionless when she employed it, for god's sake.
― horseshoe (horseshoe), Tuesday, 2 January 2007 21:51 (seventeen years ago) link
― The Many Faces of Gordon Jump (Leon), Tuesday, 2 January 2007 21:54 (seventeen years ago) link
― Shakey Old Man (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 2 January 2007 21:55 (seventeen years ago) link
― Jesus Dan (dan perry), Tuesday, 2 January 2007 21:56 (seventeen years ago) link
http://www.solarnavigator.net/music/music_images/stevie_wonder_beads.jpg
― Eric H. (Eric H.), Tuesday, 2 January 2007 21:58 (seventeen years ago) link
― Shakey Mo Collier (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 2 January 2007 21:59 (seventeen years ago) link
― Jesus Dan (dan perry), Tuesday, 2 January 2007 22:01 (seventeen years ago) link
― Shakey Mo Collier (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 2 January 2007 22:03 (seventeen years ago) link
my taste should also make clear that little stands between me and stuff I might like and that I never let how my preferences might appear to others interfere with my critical instinct
― nuneb (nuneb), Tuesday, 2 January 2007 22:05 (seventeen years ago) link
― horseshoe (horseshoe), Tuesday, 2 January 2007 22:05 (seventeen years ago) link
― Shakey Mo Collier (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 2 January 2007 22:07 (seventeen years ago) link
― Shakey Mo Collier (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 2 January 2007 22:08 (seventeen years ago) link
What does it say about our world that you can lose "American Idol" and win an Academy Award for doing basically the same thing? -- Matt Singer
For better or worse, the people who win American Idol typically don't respond as well to vocal pyrotechnics as they do to unique personalities. It's why Paris didn't win last time around and that doofus (who I'm told is likable) did.
― Eric H. (Eric H.), Tuesday, 2 January 2007 22:09 (seventeen years ago) link
― horseshoe (horseshoe), Tuesday, 2 January 2007 22:09 (seventeen years ago) link
― Shakey Mo Collier (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 2 January 2007 22:10 (seventeen years ago) link
-- Eric H. (ephende...), Today. (later
wtf does this post mean at all? she hasn't even won an oscar yet! how can you "agree" with that?
― a mediocre black-and-white cookie in a cellophane wrapper (hanks1ockli), Tuesday, 2 January 2007 22:11 (seventeen years ago) link
well there are a number of reasons I have no desire to see it: no one I like is involved, I'm overly familiar with the story and don't find it engaging as subject matter, I haven't liked the music to any Broadway musical post-1980 or so, no actual Supremes music is used, etc. None of these are really related to my feelings about melisma-as-style.
― Shakey Mo Collier (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 2 January 2007 22:12 (seventeen years ago) link
― horseshoe (horseshoe), Tuesday, 2 January 2007 22:15 (seventeen years ago) link
"How do you sleep at night?!"
― Eric H. (Eric H.), Tuesday, 2 January 2007 22:15 (seventeen years ago) link