Comments on: THE VOICE Wrap-up

By: Christine

Christine — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 20:59:13 +0000

I didn’t watch any of this show, but when I saw the trailer for it, I thought it was a fantastic idea. To only be listening with no visual distraction seemed like the right idea.

And Lauren, my sister, you’re not the only one who’s watched Nashville Star. It was a while ago, but we watched.

By: Lauren

Lauren — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 21:32:23 +0000

Ditto.

By: Lauren

Lauren — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 21:31:48 +0000

I did. And you already have more nerd ammo than you could use in 9 lifetimes, so I’m not sure what good this newest revelation will do you. Did I mention I used to go to rock shows as a kid? There, put that in your bully hat and pull it out at a cocktail party to embarrass me someday. Give it your best shot, sister.

By: Pop Culture Nerd

Pop Culture Nerd — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 21:20:17 +0000

I think Christina has an amazing powerhouse voice, but I agree with Blake wholeheartedly when he gave this critique to a wannabe: “Just because you can do all those runs doesn’t mean you should all time.”

And I don’t think it’s your cable company. The music tracks for the coaches’ performances sounded weird here and we had a hard time hearing their vocals, too.

I also liked the blind auditions and the fact they didn’t try to make Beverly over into a Hollywood Barbie.

By: Pop Culture Nerd

Pop Culture Nerd — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 21:06:14 +0000

I liked Xenia, too! I hope to she continues to pursue her music dreams because I would buy her albums. Her cool voice made every song she sang groovy.

Can you imagine if Javier had chosen Christina to be his coach? She would have encouraged him to turn every note into nine and all their performances would have shattered windows.

Lauren, your geekiness is why we are friends.

By: Pop Culture Nerd

Pop Culture Nerd — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 21:00:55 +0000

I’m with you all on the befuddlement over Christina’s hair, clothes and makeup. Even if she showed up for work in a strip joint, some of her outfits would have gotten her written up for inappropriate attire. Cee Lo’s clothes were “crazy,” too (heh) but in an entertaining way.

By: Pop Culture Nerd

Pop Culture Nerd — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 20:50:18 +0000

You watched NASHVILLE STAR? Thank you for giving me fodder to mock you endlessly. But yes, I will check out Blake’s other stuff. I hope THE VOICE gives as big a career boost to him as it does to the contestants.

Miranda Lambert’s placement on STAR reminds of the story about how Lady Antebellum’s Hillary Scott supposedly tried out for AMERICAN IDOL three times and couldn’t even make it past the initial screeners to be seen by the celeb judges.

By: Eddy

Eddy — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 19:23:49 +0000

I was a little surprised at the results. Not surprised at who won, but who came in second.

Here’s what I wanted to see:
1 Beverly
2 Vicci
3 Javier
4 Dia

Here’s how I assumed the voting would go:
1 Javier
2 Vicci
3 Beverly
4 Dia

Not that I didn’t like Dia. She has a great voice and will go far. It is just that I thought that her voice didn’t stand out as much as the other three.

Carson said that the results for the top two were close. That surprised me, too. I figured that Javier was going to win by a landslide (pun intended).

But, early on in the season I predicted that whoever represented Team Adam would win. By far, I think that Adam made the best choices during the auditions.

My overall biggest surprise for the season was Christina. I’ve never really listened to her, and can’t name a single song of hers, but I was amazed by the quality of her voice. I think that her coaching was very insightful, too. I’ll give her (and the other coaches) the benefit of the doubt that the coaching wasn’t scripted.

Unfortunately, for the last three or four weeks either a problem with our local NBC affiliate, or local cable company, screwed up the audio mix of the show. The background track was way louder than the voice track, not only during the singing, but during most of the interviews. The background music, sound effects, and audience reactions overwhelmed the vocals.

As for the concept of the show, there are two things that I like about it. I like that they weeded out the bad singers before the auditions. (I know that a lot of people get a kick out of the bad auditions on American Idol, but I can’t speak to that, since I’ve never really watched A.I.) And I like the “blind” auditions. I think that was a great idea, to start the not-so-pretty people and the overly-pretty people out on even ground.

By: Lauren

Lauren — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 18:09:14 +0000

Ok, this will really show my geekiness in that I’m actually watching America’s Got Talent, but it’s relevant to your comment. A young impressionist came on and did an impression of Christina ‘ruining’ the Star Spangled Banner. Of course, she went off on ridiculous Christina runs and it was both spot on and highly hilarious. Christina could find a run in a pit of quicksand.

By: Lauren

Lauren — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 18:07:38 +0000

Cee Lo is a total perv, but he still cracks me up. I think the name on the back of the jacket serves two purposes. (1) he can find it in the middle of the night when rushing around looking for his clothes and (2) just in case anyone walking down the street wonders if the strangely-formed, red and black-wearing, bejweled black man really IS Cee Lo Green.

And yes, the rack adjustment was a classic, along with the quick cutaway by the camera man. It’s like the guy wanted to get a closer look through his lens and then the director mistakenly went to his shot for the feed.