[hotoriousDICK]

Apparently on NBC's the voice second season (their version of american idol but i think a much better format) a contestant covered SP's tonight tonight soooooooooo look out for it somewhere. I can't seem to find a vid just yet. The episode showed tonight already.

[Arachnea]

[snail33]

 Arachnea, on 09 April 2012 - 08:29 PM, said:

what is this bullshit?!? you know, i auditioned for the voice a month or 2 ago. no one in my group made it through, although several were really quite excellent (and i thought i did just fine myself). i thought the show was supposed to be different and unique in its selection process, but look at this girl! how clear is it that they wanted an adele clone?

[Deleted User Account]

snail, where can i hear your music?

[crestfallen73]

I watched it. The girl did ok singing. What I really liked were the props both Ceelo and Adam gave Billy as an artist.

[.absof.]

Was at least better than the Panic At the Disco version..

[AlienCloak]

snail, where can we hear your music?

[hotoriousDICK]

it was ok... she could have connected more to the song but i think her nerves got to her a little bit. I loved how Adam and Ceelo propped billy and i love how Christina also gave the song it's due in her own way. I think and hope this would exposed SP a little bit more and as an SP fan i am proud. I actually wanna vote for her just because she did that song.

[Fernando]

Here are the comments:

[Sophie]

 hotoriousDICK, on 10 April 2012 - 05:00 AM, said:

I actually wanna vote for her just because she did that song.

I'm not very familiar with the concept of the show so forgive me if what I am about to say is utter nonsense, but are the singers really in charge of picking up the songs they perform during the show?
Don't get me wong, I'm really happy with this unexpected exposure, but I also think that the choice of the song has something to do with the numerous forthcoming SP releases, including MCIS reissue... :shiftyeyes:/>
Great job from the PR (Adele's clone -clothes, gesture, general style- performing an SP song on a popular show, wow! How could one do better?) but this makes the whole performance a little less exciting than a genuine non-profit tribute to the band.

This being said, once again I'm happy for the band :happy:/>, and most of all I may be completely wrong.

PS: I can't comment on the cover itself, because I can't turn on the volume right now.

[Arachnea]

Probably, to some degree. A lot of these kind of shows have a PR angle to them. However, it is still nice to hear the band and to hear them get complimented.

[jaggedjunkie21]

The producers of the show have a list of songs the contestants can choose from.

[AndyToe]

jesus, that was horrendous

[misguided]

yech

but CeeLo actually made a smart, non-sexual comment.

[awsmsc]

That was OK how-it-sounded-wise, but insulting. She basically took the song and made it the opposite of what it was. The emotional vibe from of song is gone. The original had a sense of a yearning for something unattainable and "seize the day" and "I LOVE you so much" and all we're left with in this performance is "We're gonna have a party tonight and it'll be cool I guess yay".

[RottingApples]

 awsmsc, on 10 April 2012 - 10:42 AM, said:

That was OK how-it-sounded-wise, but insulting. She basically took the song and made it the opposite of what it was. The emotional vibe from of song is gone. The original had a sense of a yearning for something unattainable and "seize the day" and "I LOVE you so much" and all we're left with in this performance is "We're gonna have a party tonight and it'll be cool I guess yay".

That was essentially CeeLo's assessment of it as well, which was interesting to hear from him.

[manuglass]

‎"There's something so genuinely tortured about Billy Corgan's voice". That was the best part.


Her version of the song sounded pretty cool to me, by the way.

[snail33]

 AlienCloak, on 09 April 2012 - 11:21 PM, said:

snail, where can we hear your music?

i'm gonna go ahead and assume this is trollbait, given past experiences here and in juliana's tinychat playroom.

[andrewface]

that wasn't good

[Deleted User Account]

 snail33, on 10 April 2012 - 01:48 PM, said:

i'm gonna go ahead and assume this is trollbait, given past experiences here and in juliana's tinychat playroom.

No, I was being sincere. I am curious. You know I'm not asking to make fun of you.

[snail33]

 ArticulateEric, on 10 April 2012 - 02:25 PM, said:

No, I was being sincere. I am curious. You know I'm not asking to make fun of you.

www.myspace.com/shellsealee3

www.myspace.com/washny

http://www.youtube.c...F52280519C541A9

[Magick]

 snail33, on 10 April 2012 - 06:32 PM, said:

www.myspace.com/shellsealee3

www.myspace.com/washny

http://www.youtube.c...F52280519C541A9

me like very much

[Elphenor]

That cover was terrible...

But I don't know how you pull off a cover of a MCIS era song, Billy himself can barely do it anymore...

[Deleted User Account]

 snail33, on 10 April 2012 - 06:32 PM, said:

www.myspace.com/shellsealee3

www.myspace.com/washny

http://www.youtube.c...F52280519C541A9

Thanks, snail.

[ShamanO]

I'm glad I dont watch this show.

[snail33]

 ArticulateEric, on 10 April 2012 - 09:48 PM, said:

Thanks, snail.

sure

[DandyJon]

 AndyToe, on 10 April 2012 - 08:45 AM, said:

jesus, that was horrendous

agreed

[Sophie]

Ok I've just listened to the performance.

Her voice is not bad but why all this glitter to sing a song which I consider to be a hopeful artless commitment?
How can someone sing "we'll crucify the unsincere tonight" in such a theatrical way and with so much fake emotion?
Where are the hope, the emotion, the doubts fought with confidence, the willingness, the strong frailty, the touch of crazyness, in a word all the ingredients which make Billy's music unique?

Once again the problem is not her voice, the problem is the whole set which is inappropriate. She looks like a Disney princess singing "tonight I'm gonna meet my prince, yes it's possible tonight, my dream came true, etc".

[hotoriousDICK]

yeah ceelo commented on that and i find that interesting that ceelo knows that the song shouldn't be sooo ummm bright. It could be theatrical but the emotional connection wasn't there. I think her nerves got to her or she tried to turn it around but didn't deliver that new connection properly.

[Deleted User Account]

 snail33, on 10 April 2012 - 06:32 PM, said:

www.myspace.com/shellsealee3

www.myspace.com/washny

http://www.youtube.c...F52280519C541A9

snail, I think your music is technically accomplished. Do you play everything?

[AlienCloak]

thanks snail

[snail33]

 ArticulateEric, on 11 April 2012 - 02:29 PM, said:

snail, I think your music is technically accomplished. Do you play everything?

vocals, bass, keyboards, some guitar, accordion, pennywhistle

thank you.

 Sophie, on 11 April 2012 - 04:38 AM, said:

Ok I've just listened to the performance.

Her voice is not bad but why all this glitter to sing a song which I consider to be a hopeful artless commitment?
How can someone sing "we'll crucify the unsincere tonight" in such a theatrical way and with so much fake emotion?
Where are the hope, the emotion, the doubts fought with confidence, the willingness, the strong frailty, the touch of crazyness, in a word all the ingredients which make Billy's music unique?

Once again the problem is not her voice, the problem is the whole set which is inappropriate. She looks like a Disney princess singing "tonight I'm gonna meet my prince, yes it's possible tonight, my dream came true, etc".

"insincere."

[soVerysadAboutyou]

 Sophie, on 11 April 2012 - 04:38 AM, said:

Ok I've just listened to the performance.


Where are the hope, the emotion, the doubts fought with confidence, the willingness, the strong frailty, the touch of crazyness, in a word all the ingredients which make Billy's music unique?

how well put.

[reinsdorfsucks]

 flippingsweet779, on 10 April 2012 - 07:36 PM, said:

But I don't know how you pull off a cover of a MCIS era song, Billy himself can barely do it anymore...

This one made me lol. Nice.

[TwoHeadedBoy]

Ick. I hate shows like this. Sure, they have objectively nice voices, but where's the soul?

[HereandNow]

I have just had to listen to the real version three times in a row just to get this out of my ears and auditory memory.

[Graceful_Swan]

 HereandNow, on 22 April 2012 - 01:43 PM, said:

I have just had to listen to the real version three times in a row just to get this out of my ears and auditory memory.

:D/>