tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post5697870067929966760..comments2024-03-17T03:42:21.277-05:00Comments on LEARNING CURVE ON THE ECLIPTIC: Giving Harry the RunsTwilighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14138621610593773784noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-89738982924086059922013-05-06T18:38:14.468-05:002013-05-06T18:38:14.468-05:00anyjazz ~ Thanks! Yes, I don't understand how ...anyjazz ~ Thanks! Yes, I don't understand how they cannot see the incongruity of it - they sing everything as though they're doing some kind of set vocal exercise instead of painting a picture in lyrics and melody. <br /><br />Not all contestants have been like this through the years on Idol though. There have been some<br />more sensitive and naturally musically artistic individuals, who voices and ranges may not have been anywhere near as good as these gals' but a voice ain't everything.Twilighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14138621610593773784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-53561492501744567992013-05-06T18:02:05.759-05:002013-05-06T18:02:05.759-05:00The youngsters have been immersed in the "run...The youngsters have been immersed in the "run" divas for so long they think that it IS how to sing. It's not. <br /><br />Peggy Lee does a small run on the word "pain" in her recording of "Just for a Thrill" but it only makes the word more convey more pain. <br /><br />The runs that the modern day vocalists warble come not as accents but as melody embellishments that seem incongruous sometimes. Always superfluous.<br /><br />Good post. Right to the point.anyjazzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03319237414264543250noreply@blogger.com