I understand your point, rn4stork. There is something about the culture of this country that lends itself to ugliness and nastiness when it comes to these matters. The meaness seems to have accelerated during the past past 5 or 6 years, at least by my lights. I am embarrassed by it, to be quite frank. It reminds me of the hateful attitudes that I read existed during the 60s and 70s in this country, when people were faced with major social changes. There was a lot of distrust and hate between groups of people in those days, probably because people were afraid. People need to get a grip, even if they think that this country is going to hell in a handbasket. (And I believe that it is, but that's a discussion for another thread.)I can only hope that there will be positive social changes for the better in years to come, and that this positivity will be expressed in our vehicles of popular culture--like television and radio and movies. Until there is a shift, we will continue to be served heaping portions of the drivel that some insist on expressing about singing competitions, reality shows related to job interviews, or anything else for that matter.
I mean a few snarky comments about contestants who cannot sing is one thing. That's silly and funny.
But it gets really ridiculous when people start saying nasty things about parents and etc. making completely ungrounded comments about whether one contestant or another is a "snob" or "a drinker" or "morally loose" or whether their parents "wear underwear" or other nonsensical things like that.
All of the candidates in the top 5 deserved to be there, and they are good artists who can only get better. I don't want to hear mean things about their parents and grand parents and pet puppies or anything else. I just want to hear them sing.
I, for one, have been pleased by just about everything that I heard during the final 5 competition. They are all excellent artists with bright futures.
I feel lucky to have heard them make music.
--Singer
I myself have been a huge fan of Elliott's ever since Kat started getting a little uppity. I truly hope Elliott's singing career takes off. I think he truly deserves it!I also thought that his exit performance on AI was one of his best. I didn't care much for that song the night before (I'd never heard it before), but he FINALLY seemed to have loosened up a bit! He was walking around and moving to the music, and I really wish he could have lost some of his obvious nerves during the previous several weeks. He might still be in this thing!
But you can't deny his powerful, moving voice; and hopefully that will really shine through on upcoming CDs.