... that's how articulate I can be about this... XXDDDD
(again, don't watch unless you want spoilers)
eheeeheehhehhheee XD
Thursday, November 27, 2008
Tuesday, November 25, 2008
a short story of pop'era
... it started off fine with this...
the three tenors popularize the beautiful Nessun Dorma before the 1990 FIFA World Cup
(the idea was to make opera available to a larger audience, and it did. Many arias are known thanks to these three guys)
... went on with this, still making musical sense...
Freddie Mercury and Monserrat Caballe sing Barcelona for the 1992 Olympics
(Freddie has proven he knows about opera since Bohemian Rapsody and knows how to not take himself too seriously. This is why it works)
... started going wrong with this...
Andrea Bocelli gets a career by squandering a tenor voice on corny pop songs , e.g. Vivo por Ella
(note how Marta Sanchez, an otherwise competent pop performer, suffers greatly to catch up with Bocelli. This is what happens when you get opera trained people to work/compete with pop singers and they both take it seriously)
... quickly lead to this...
Il Divo. I guess it's better than being unemployed.
(I need someone to sit down and explain this video to me. Slowly. )
... degenerated into this...
The Ten Tenors. Bee Gee Medley?????!!!!! WTF?????!!!!!
(no, it is NOT a parody. Why you need to spend all your childhood and youth studying classical music to end up performing a choreographed Bee Gees medley with 9 other guys is a mystery to me)
... and finally, we got this...
...
the three tenors popularize the beautiful Nessun Dorma before the 1990 FIFA World Cup
(the idea was to make opera available to a larger audience, and it did. Many arias are known thanks to these three guys)
... went on with this, still making musical sense...
Freddie Mercury and Monserrat Caballe sing Barcelona for the 1992 Olympics
(Freddie has proven he knows about opera since Bohemian Rapsody and knows how to not take himself too seriously. This is why it works)
... started going wrong with this...
Andrea Bocelli gets a career by squandering a tenor voice on corny pop songs , e.g. Vivo por Ella
(note how Marta Sanchez, an otherwise competent pop performer, suffers greatly to catch up with Bocelli. This is what happens when you get opera trained people to work/compete with pop singers and they both take it seriously)
... quickly lead to this...
Il Divo. I guess it's better than being unemployed.
(I need someone to sit down and explain this video to me. Slowly. )
... degenerated into this...
The Ten Tenors. Bee Gee Medley?????!!!!! WTF?????!!!!!
(no, it is NOT a parody. Why you need to spend all your childhood and youth studying classical music to end up performing a choreographed Bee Gees medley with 9 other guys is a mystery to me)
... and finally, we got this...
...
Saturday, November 8, 2008
I cannot believe I haven't posted in a month.
... sigh. It's been a busy month, though... the problem is, the longer you stay away from something, the harder it gets to come back. Posting something dumb sort of doesn't do the trick. But since it's been a Very Eventful and Happy Week in global terms, I guess I can post an Onion video that made me smile a few days ago...
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