Coming out of the closet as a hater

[rootbeer1]

I just snorted out loud when Paula Abdul called Mariah Carey "unbelievably brilliant" on that embarrassing TV show that too many of us watch. That's not my opinion ... and how about yours?

[Poll #1171898]
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How about if they combine the regular American Idol with their charity fundraiser show? It would save a lot of time if Ryan Seacrest just closed off the show with the reminder, "Call these numbers to vote, and remember, each vote costs you $100."

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[fingertrouble.livejournal.com]

Tried to write a post via my phone, weirdly it didn't accept.

Mariah Carey does not have a talent, unless talent nowadays means ability to endlessly bend notes that would make a jazz singer blush and go up and down the scales endlessly, and such vocal operatics with no soul. I sadly suspect people are hoodwinked into thinking these dancing dog tricks are talent, not so, having soul and feeling in your singing is talented. Expressing a feeling through your singing is talent.

Sadly she's a long line of usually white(r) singers leeching/parroting black talent since Elvis. Give me Aretha (who probably invented this style, but had the soul and heart to make it work) anyday, or someone like Nina Simone, or even Amy Winehouse who although derivative musically at least has a good voice and wisely leaves such theatrics to X Idol or even Beth Ditto who has a reason and soul to scream.

Not these bland Whitney-copies (ugh)

[grandiva1968.livejournal.com]

Except that Mariah is actually a teeeeeny bit black on her father's side…

Well, Afro-Venezuelan, anyway.  Not that it counts for much.