The Toilet Diva

Big surprise on Idol last night. David Cook is a fine singer.

My favorite part of the show was Carrie Underwood scorching the stage with 'Last Name'. Good lord, she's awesome.

While I wish both of the Davids well, I began this morning by listening to a real singer, Scott Walker. Against him, all AI finalists and even winners so far are third-stringers.

Donna Summer last night, too, showed she too has plenty of firepower left. As did Bryan Adams. Graham Nash, however, should retire, and the sooner the better. (Anyone who ever heard CSNY live even 30 years ago, however, knew even then they really cannot sing and coast on "image.")

Cook is to Scot Stamp as Mr. Stamp is to Eddie Vedder.

And while not a fan, Carrie Underwood impresses me every time I see her.

WOW!!

(I guess-gulp- I'm a fan.)

Adams was bore. As was George Michael.

I hate when they just have to subject us to a "new" song, instead of a classic. (That Michael's song was awful!!!)

And the Jonas Brothers' writers could learn something from Ms. Underwood's, SOS is a nice song in need of another verse and bridge....

Who's "Scott Stamp," prof? And I kind of doubt you're the core audience for George Michael. (So few of us have similarly been caught in public restrooms by vice cops, after all. Or nabbed while sleeping one off in a parked car.)

"Don't give a fig about that either?"

That wasn't a typo or a Freudian sleep slip, was it?

Carrie was amazing, but I loved George Michael. Got home too late and missed Donna, but the new song is fun.

I was out last night. Thank goodness for Tivo:

and the winner is

Pretend the html I used to show a strikethough on sleep worked. Thank you. :)

http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/care%2Fgive+a+fig

And I still think that "fig" might be a euphemism for another word that starts and ends with the same letters. :)

The strikethrough worked on the Preview pane -- why not on the post? I am not very conversant in html (that's why someone invented Dreamweaver)...

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/euphemism

Sorry.

Scot STAPP-- lead singer of CREED. (Great video. Great Song. But still a Vedder wannabe.)

And while I was not arrested in a public bathroom, I was detained late one night in Mountainside Park-- at a time when Mr. Michael ruled the earth.

His song was not good. HE should have belted out FREEDOM instead of the Top 10 Chorus.

And can we talk about the bad dancing?

That was more personal info than I needed on that one, prof. But ust as long as you didn't pull a "Ty Herndon" (google that one), who gives a fig, right?

OOOFAH!!!

Yea. No. Just in a park after sundown.

"..... It started off, "hey cutie where you from"
And then it turned into "oh no, what have I done"......."

WHOA Cathar... I saw Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young live last summer and their voices sounded just like they did on the albums that came out when they were young. The fact that their fame may be due in part to their "image" does not take away from their credibility as musicians. Their musical talent is why they were famous as individuals in the first place. In fact, it was their talent that led to their prominence in the late-60's/early-70's, and BECAUSE they were talented musicians, activists, and pioneers of rock music, they became a famous "image" in American culture. What all of this means: musical talent leads to original fame, fame leads to image, emphasizing this image leads to additional fame. But without talent, there'd be no fame in the first place. Of course this doesn't apply in all cases (most music of today), but since I witnesssed their talent, I can conclude that this is the case.

Moral:
Don't be quick to criticize just because CSNY isn't your cup of tea.

kaitycreasytime is old as her "most music of today" comment spells out.

C'mon, kaitycreasytime. Listen to some Adult Alternative (try 107.1 if you can get it).

Great music is made everyday.

It's just harder to find now because radio is so segregated.

But to give up and lump all of "todays" music together is lazy.

Or you've turned into your parents.

(But please don't be one of those adults who like the kiddie music- Cyrus and Jonas. That's just sad.... Great music for the kids.... For the kids.... Sad for anyone over 17.)

Neil Young was my absolute favorite when I was 16--and 39 years later he is till one of my favorites. That kind of music ages well. On the other hand, Mick Jagger (another favorite from long ago) makes me cringe when he performs now. He definitely needs to retire.

hey.. I know there's some good music out there now, that's why I said "most." Also, I'm 19!

Whoa, whoa, Kay, I may have seen CSNY before you were born (I'm definitely willing to wager that I saw the Hollies before you were born, and they were much better once that phony Nash ankled), and I feel extremely confident stating that none of those sanctimonious burn-outs, save perhaps David Crosby before he took to freebasing, could ever sing worth (wait for it!) a fig. They came together at the right time, with the right image. But their creative output is piddling, and live they offer only embarassment to other than true believers with their drugged and alcoholic screechiness. (Amazingly, however, Stills once remembered me after some 30 years or so, I don't know how he could have given he was so bombed during our original meeting.)

As for Neil Young, he sounds the same as he's always sounded, and whether one finds that pleasing or not remains very much a matter of personal taste. He's never progressed, hasn't even learned to sing "smarter" with age despite the lack of a good voice. Unlike, say, Jimmy Webb.

I class all members of CSNY as in the "long dead but still won't acknowledge it" class of musicians. And the best singer from the Byrds turns out to have been.....ta da, Chris Hillman!

Fig? Perhaps you would recognize it by its full name; Fecal Fig

(kaitycreasytime, ah 19... When yours is the only "good" music. God Bless you!)

Seriously though, what do you like? Classic rock? Hip/pop? Radiohead/ Coldplay kinda stuff? Show tunes? Jazz (zzzzzz, huh? I fell asleep...).

I prefer the classics:
youtube

THANK YOU!!

That I knew every word and sang along while biting my lip* says YES! I love my 70's easy listening.

Don't forget this one.

*(Nick Hornby's About a Boy reference)

If I was behind the wheel and not at the office right now, this is what I'd like to hear:
youtube

The best popular music singer on the planet, today, is Dave Alvin.

Amos Lee is pretty darn good too.

Mellonbrush,

Speaking of Dave Alvin, one of the great bands of all time, X is playing Saturday night at the Fillmore--which I believe used to be Webster Hall--which used to be Irving Plaza--which used to be the Ritz.
alvin and doe

You guys are too conservative. This one gets MY blood pumping:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eti21PVHXrg

complainerpuss,

yeah, Dave is a pretty ferocious guitarist too.

His voice reminds me of what Johnny Cash could have sounded like if he were a better singer.

Gee, I miss out on a lot of good stuff cause my employer takes exception to linking to 'streaming' web sites.

I'll have to find a more 'liberal' paycheck provider .

Webster Hall remains Webster Hall on East 11th Street. Irving Plaza metamorphosized-ed into The Fillmore. IP used to be the Ukrainian Hall.

You're no Looney!

Webster Hall was formerly the Ritz.