Wednesday, April 18

Types of Singing

For weeks Shannon and I have been complaining that Chris R. (of American Idol) sings with a pinched, nasal tone. He was once again called on it last night when it was particularly bad. It was then that he informed the world that "Nasal is a type of singing."

Nasal is a type of singing.

Wow. He continued to say that if he's been singing nasally all this time, he must be doing it on purpose, right? Did we ever think about that? (Because if you're doing it on purpose it somehow must be good?) My response is simply this: I admit that nasal is a type of singing. As it turns out, off key is a type of singing, too. (Just ask Blake last night.) A head of the beat is a type of singing (Chris Sligh). Voice cracking is a type of singing (Phil one week ago). 'Hamburgers for breakfast' is a type of singing. (You'll have to ask Simon about that one.) But, unfortunately for Chris, "types of singing" and "good types of singing" are not the same thing.

And the obligatory Sanjaya comment: Last night, it wasn't just that he was boring me while he sang, he actually looked like he was boring himself.

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