I still haven’t recovered. It was like I saw my entire life flash before me. I have so many memories attached to Prince songs, and there he was … with those hot babes doing Laugh-in-esque go-go dancing, although robotically. It was, frankly, hot and I lost my mind.<\/p>\n
All the stars came out last night – I mean: Dionne Warwick and Burt Bacharach, together again! Bacharach looked kinda rickety, but what a nice vibe he has, what ease he has, right? And Dionne. Talk about ease. Please. She looked fantastic, and she sounded even better.<\/p>\n
Mary J. Blige came on and pretty much showed, in person, why Katherine McPhee sucks. Katherine McPhee sucks, end of story. I will not lower my standards of what I expect from performers just because the American Idol<\/em> people are amateurs. Nope. I’m with Simon on that one. Will people PAY to see you do that? Does it stand up to real performers? To my mind, Katherine is a glorified version (prettied up by stylists) of a musical-theatre geek on a community theater level (bad community theatre, not good). She’s stiff, she looked like she didn’t know HOW to commit to the arm movements in “I’m every woman”, she kept glancing at the girls on either side of her … terrible, no stage presence, no inner life. She’s a very lucky girl to have gotten that far on so little natural ability. Maybe she has a pretty vibrato, and white teeth but in terms of putting herself out there? Actually using herself? Actually sharing herself? She is terrible. Give me Taylor any day. He seems to know who he is, and he is not shy about sharing it. And THAT is what a star is … way more than the voice. (I also don’t think McPhee is all that good a singer. I just don’t. She has about 10 notes where she can feel confident – and that’s not enough. Or – it’s certainly not enough if you’re going to be stiff, precious, cautious, and afraid to move your arms.) But back to Mary J. Blige … I’ve always liked her, but watching her last night was truly remarkable. She GOES for it when she sings. There is no barrier between herself, her voice, and her audience. She lets her talent flow.<\/p>\n Mary J. Blige and Prince. Now THOSE people are stars.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I still haven’t recovered. It was like I saw my entire life flash before me. I have so many memories attached to Prince songs, and there he was … with those hot babes doing Laugh-in-esque go-go dancing, although robotically. It … Continue reading