When I first started watching Glee I didn't realize that they were actually doing the singing - then I realized those were their real voices and I was impressed.
I see your uhhhhhhhhhhh and raise you a gnyeh.
Buffy ,'Potential'
Comedy 1: A Little Song, a Little Dance, a Little Seltzer Down Your Pants
This thread is for comedy TV, including network and cable shows. [NAFDA]
Toddson - Jun 10, 2010 12:38:15 pm PDT #2739 of 8624
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
Laga - Jun 10, 2010 12:40:07 pm PDT #2740 of 8624
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
I feel like Glee sounded overproduced in the first couple episodes and that they toned it down.
DavidS - Jun 10, 2010 12:41:29 pm PDT #2741 of 8624
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
However, I also don't think liking a show means you can't point out what it could do better.
That's not what I think a critique is about. I think every work should have those kind of contradictions and you're interested in how they're juggled. Though I'll readily admit there are a variety of ways you can approach the notion from dramaturgy to deconstruction to dramatic critique to a theatrical review in a newspaper.
*Not sure of the technical term
Melisma?
DavidS - Jun 10, 2010 12:42:30 pm PDT #2742 of 8624
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Who do you think is the most autotuned? I kind of think Kurt and Finn.
Mercedes, Rachel and Santana seem to have more "real" (unadultered) voices.
Kathy A - Jun 10, 2010 12:43:20 pm PDT #2743 of 8624
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
The finale had a lot of really bad lipsynching by the club. When Lea started "To Sir with Love," I could immediately tell she was just a hair off, and so were the rest of the cast on that song. Very sloppy.
Dana - Jun 10, 2010 12:56:53 pm PDT #2744 of 8624
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Melisma is a pretty specific term. It refers to a series of notes sung on one syllable. [link]
I think Kurt just has a really pure falsetto. I don't think he's auto-tuned.
Finn? Bless his heart.
smonster - Jun 10, 2010 1:09:29 pm PDT #2745 of 8624
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
Fuggedaboutit.
Toddson - Jun 10, 2010 1:09:43 pm PDT #2746 of 8624
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
Pardon my ignorance - what's autotuning?
Tom Scola - Jun 10, 2010 1:12:38 pm PDT #2747 of 8624
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Dana - Jun 10, 2010 1:21:04 pm PDT #2748 of 8624
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
It's how she'll start just off pitch and then hit the note.
Scooping.