She has a lot more emotion in her voice than the bulk of even really good church choir singers I've known. It strikes a chord in a lot of her listeners.
She deffinately sounds like the les miz recordings but that makes sense -- she hasn't been developing pieces as her own. Why would she? She's like almost every high school singing 'star' that I've ever heard in that way.
The emotion is pretty special. The producers worked it to be certain, but its deffinately real.
Bon, have you heard her singing "Cry Me a River"? It's from 10 years ago and hit teh internets today. It might change your mind. Or, it might not. But you should go listen.
That Cry Me a River sounds really great-- to me it sounds like a totally different singer. Doesn't really change the quality of the Britain's Got Talent performance, though.
Could have been nerves--I read that it was the first time she performed since her mother died. I was impressed but I also may have been reacting to Simon Cowell's face.
She was aiming for Broadway (or West End). Sounded good to me.
Though yes, the song was too low for her in the low parts.
I like the BGT video specifically because of all of the smirking that went on before she performed, and how taken aback the audience and judges were. I thought she sang the song very, very well, especially under the circumstances. But when I heard "Cry Me a River", I felt like a true talent had finally been discovered.
Made it until 4 this time. Progress? Anyway, this is 4 and my brain is still leaking out my ears, so I'm going to clean up and get some pain meds.
Could slept till 9 and up at 6. Can't get a horrible co-worker out of my head and how I keep failing to handle her professionally because she keeps pushing me into my hostile zone.
Happy belated birthday, Sheryl!
And sara! Whoooo! Go you, and house, and everything! Wish I could be there to give a hand. I love helping friends-people to move.
ita and Juliebird, your minds and brain should give you a ****ing break, IMHO. Is weekend.
After a lot of phone calls and deciding to read for a bit to chill, I ended up falling asleep on the futon. Whoopsie. But it's comfy!
But now I'm up and need to shower and damn, wish I could have internet at both places but a) don't want 2 bills, though I may and b) haven't set that up yet. Friend will be bringing her blackberry, but I ain't figuring that out. I can barely answer my cell.