::sits with tiggy::
Mal: There's plenty orders of mine that she didn't obey. Wash: Name one! Mal: She married you!
'War Stories'
Non-Fiction TV: I Reject Your Reality and Substitute My Own
This thread is for non-fiction TV, including but not limited to reality television (So You Think You Can Dance, Top Chef: Masters, Project Runway), documentaries (The History Channel, The Discovery Channel), and sundry (Expedition Africa, Mythbusters), et al. [NAFDA]
Amy - Apr 11, 2008 6:27:27 am PDT #4443 of 23273
Because books.
flea - Apr 11, 2008 6:45:00 am PDT #4444 of 23273
information libertarian
Heh. I guess tastes are allowed to vary! I really liked Archuleta's Imagine and his Dolly song - they didn't feel like covers. They felt sort of the same, but they felt like they were genuinely him. (I liked David Cook's Dolly song, too!)
SailAweigh - Apr 11, 2008 6:57:59 am PDT #4445 of 23273
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
They felt sort of the same, but they felt like they were genuinely him.
I think the "felt the same" is the problem for him. It means he's playing it safe, within his comfort zone. He's doing it right, but in the wrong way.
sumi - Apr 11, 2008 7:02:01 am PDT #4446 of 23273
Art Crawl!!!
flea - Apr 11, 2008 7:03:46 am PDT #4447 of 23273
information libertarian
Oh, I agree, he's sort of a one-trick pony - heartfelt, emotional ballads R him. But, you know, he's 17 and doesn;t seem like the world's most mature 17 year old at that; I would hope that with maturity he'd come to have more than 1 thing that's his thing. He's really still a kid in many ways. A nice & talented kid, but not ready for the level of attention this is bringing, I'm afraid.
kat perez - Apr 11, 2008 7:08:23 am PDT #4448 of 23273
"We have trust issues." Mylar
Yeah, I gotta go with tiggy and Amy on this one. I love David Archuleta (not so much that I want to squish him and pop his head off, though) but I don't think he's been bringing strikingly original takes on songs to the table on a weekly basis. In fact, I think one of his problems has been that he tries to sing every song exactly as he heard it on the radio, even when he doesn't have the voice for it. I'm thinking specifically of his Stevie Wonder debacle. Even if he hadn't had a total meltdown and forgotten all the words that week, it still wouldn't have been a good performance for him, IMHO, becuase he was doing a spot on, note for note take on the song and he doesn't have a Stevie Wonder voice. He has a great voice, but it doesn't sound anything like Stevie's.
I actually think a lot of the kids in this year's crop of contestants do a good job of changing up the songs that they choose and "making it their own". From Chikezie's joyful Beatles to Carly's lovely "Here you Come Again" to Jason's very interesting "Fragile" to Michael John's Dolly. Hell, even KLC did something different (heinous, but different) to "Eight Days a Week." I wish David A. would do more of that, but I think he's really just too young (and too controlled by his father).
sumi - Apr 12, 2008 4:44:59 pm PDT #4449 of 23273
Art Crawl!!!
Amy - Apr 12, 2008 5:01:31 pm PDT #4450 of 23273
Because books.
Wow. That's unexpected. And I still can't believe they moved the show to Lifetime. Lifetime must have paid BIG bucks for that.
sumi - Apr 12, 2008 5:43:27 pm PDT #4451 of 23273
Art Crawl!!!
I wonder if this means that she won't be one of the judges next season.
Daisy Jane - Apr 12, 2008 6:46:49 pm PDT #4452 of 23273
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
Ugh! The first comment in that thread is "People get sick of snotty women!"