BK - Just left a message for you with Evan's number, and a message for Evan with your number. Hope that was OK.
Quote from: FJL on November 17, 2008, 01:28:20 PMBK - Just left a message for you with Evan's number, and a message for Evan with your number. Hope that was OK.Did you leave my number, too.
Quote from: JRand58 on November 17, 2008, 10:04:57 AM I guess nobody but DR KERRY was brave enough to check out the song stylings of Janey Fallis. I'm willin', but can't do so from the work computer.
I guess nobody but DR KERRY was brave enough to check out the song stylings of Janey Fallis.
Quote from: bk on November 17, 2008, 12:44:36 PMThe other good news is they finally booked my hotel. I don't know it at all and it's on the East side - on 42nd St. between Second and First, which means I'll have to figure out what my jog route is going to be. It's the Tudor Hotel, and from their website it looks very nice - highspeed Internet, widescreen TV, a nice comfy-looking bed and well-appointed and not tiny rooms. So, I can breathe easy about THAT.Jogging is quite easy on the sidewalks in that part of town since it's quasi-residential, and usually not too crowded on the sidewalks. You could run by the United Nations, and maybe even stop by and see your personal friend, Stephen Sondheim since you'll be in his 'hood....
The other good news is they finally booked my hotel. I don't know it at all and it's on the East side - on 42nd St. between Second and First, which means I'll have to figure out what my jog route is going to be. It's the Tudor Hotel, and from their website it looks very nice - highspeed Internet, widescreen TV, a nice comfy-looking bed and well-appointed and not tiny rooms. So, I can breathe easy about THAT.
Quote from: JRand58 on November 17, 2008, 01:41:28 PMQuote from: FJL on November 17, 2008, 01:28:20 PMBK - Just left a message for you with Evan's number, and a message for Evan with your number. Hope that was OK.Did you leave my number, too.Swen Swenson's got your number, pally.
LOL Matt. It was really to incite Ron. It's just not a style of singing that I enjoy at all! All that emoting! Laughable. I still blame Whitney and more so, Mariah, for leading the world down that path.
Quote from: Tomovoz on November 17, 2008, 01:27:41 PMLOL Matt. It was really to incite Ron. It's just not a style of singing that I enjoy at all! All that emoting! Laughable. I still blame Whitney and more so, Mariah, for leading the world down that path.It's a conflagration!It really sounds more like the Motown Sound to me, and that is what inspired "Dreamgirls." I relished it in the 1960s and 1970s and it still resonates for me.
Quote from: Tomovoz on November 17, 2008, 01:27:41 PMLOL Matt. It was really to incite Ron. It's just not a style of singing that I enjoy at all! All that emoting! Laughable. I still blame Whitney and more so, Mariah, for leading the world down that path.[/quoteIt's a conflagration!It really sounds more like the Motown Sound to me, and that is what inspired "Dreamgirls." I relished it in the 1960s and 1970s and it still resonates for me.I love Motown - there was no warbling and over-emoting~!But I'm nevertheless happy that some can enjoy the type of American Yodel type singing.(Spamalot sends it up so well)
LOL Matt. It was really to incite Ron. It's just not a style of singing that I enjoy at all! All that emoting! Laughable. I still blame Whitney and more so, Mariah, for leading the world down that path.[/quoteIt's a conflagration!It really sounds more like the Motown Sound to me, and that is what inspired "Dreamgirls." I relished it in the 1960s and 1970s and it still resonates for me.
Quote from: Ron Pulliam on November 17, 2008, 01:57:30 PMQuote from: Tomovoz on November 17, 2008, 01:27:41 PMLOL Matt. It was really to incite Ron. It's just not a style of singing that I enjoy at all! All that emoting! Laughable. I still blame Whitney and more so, Mariah, for leading the world down that path.It's a conflagration!It really sounds more like the Motown Sound to me, and that is what inspired "Dreamgirls." I relished it in the 1960s and 1970s and it still resonates for me.
Quote from: Tomovoz on November 17, 2008, 01:27:41 PMLOL Matt. It was really to incite Ron. It's just not a style of singing that I enjoy at all! All that emoting! Laughable. I still blame Whitney and more so, Mariah, for leading the world down that path.
I love Motown - there was no warbling and over-emoting~!But I'm nevertheless happy that some can enjoy the type of American Yodel type singing.(Spamalot sends it up so well)
DR Tomovoz, I am in total agreement with you with regards to the Whitney/Mariah type of singing. Just can't stand it for myself. But it is the popular style. And of course there were lots of people in the 20s and 30s who probably disliked the "new" sound of singers like Rudy Vallee and John Boles and the like. I guess each era is different. Thankfully we live in a world where we are able to still enjoy the eras that fit us best.I never watch American Idol, but I am sure there are some good singers on there...but maybe they are the ones that don't win.
I guess I'll have to leave it to DRs Jose and JMK to explain what I was trying to get at here. Singers who have talent and training can actually sustain the note without the "Trills or warbles" effect.And it's not that I don't enjoy modern pop music. I do like singers such as Adele, Duffy and Katie Melua. And yes Pink!American "Yodel" and its international equivalents seem hell bent on turning out clones who can be marketed for a quick buck and then disposed of just as easily. I just don't "Get" it. And I'm not against talent shows per se!OK I'm an angry old (nearly 63) person who does not adapt well to the "new".
Sorry. No way will I ever watch or listen to "Dreamgirls" again.I'm telling you I"m not going to. LOL
Quote from: singdaw on November 17, 2008, 10:06:08 AMQuote from: JRand58 on November 17, 2008, 10:04:57 AM I guess nobody but DR KERRY was brave enough to check out the song stylings of Janey Fallis. I'm willin', but can't do so from the work computer. Are you seriously telling us you cannot plug in some headphones at work and listen to something?
