Spengler is Full of Shit
OK, so Susan Boyle is not particularly extraordinary. While we fall over ourselves to celebrate her, Spangler reminds us that sixty million Chinese kids are practicing violin, piano, and soon, taking-the-world-over. We're all going soft. Nuts!
If China had an equivalent TV show to American Idol, and the aged wife of a poor Suzhou rice farmer managed to make it to the TV auditions belting out respectable takes on classic songs, I suspect the Chinese people would embrace her as warmly as we've all embraced the unlikely Scots songbird.
OK, so Susan Boyle is not particularly extraordinary. While we fall over ourselves to celebrate her, Spangler reminds us that sixty million Chinese kids are practicing violin, piano, and soon, taking-the-world-over. We're all going soft. Nuts!
If China had an equivalent TV show to American Idol, and the aged wife of a poor Suzhou rice farmer managed to make it to the TV auditions belting out respectable takes on classic songs, I suspect the Chinese people would embrace her as warmly as we've all embraced the unlikely Scots songbird.
posted by The Snob at
8:21 PM
1 Comments:
Whoa! What do you mean -- not particularly extraordinary? Perfect pitch, an amazing range, a distinctive timbre, and a full, rich voice -- I could listen to her all day. I've compared her renditions of her BGT songs with those of Elaine Paige and Patti LuPone. No contest -- the other two singers sound hard-edged compared with Lady Susan.
OK, so I've gone slightly gaga in my old age. ;)
But your main point is well taken.
Diane
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