DDuckFan130
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Oh well. It's hard to NOT compare her performance to the original song. Just as it was hard NOT to compare Vonzell's "On the Radio" to the original. And I personally thought Vonzell did the song justice (except for one part which I can't remember, but I loved it).wannab@dis said:This is the problem I have with American Idol.
You hated the way SHE sang the song and say the original is better. But the original is way over produced. The voice that you hear on the radio or CD has been run through so much electronics that you're not really hearing the true voice. Even Shania's live performances use the same type of electronics to get a voice match to the studio version. Carrie's performance last night was great and spot on for that song.
This same problem killed Constatine. The Nickleback song he sang has a hugely produced vocal and a totally different sound for the lead guitar. Because his version was different vocally and the band had a different sound from the original, people thought it was bad. It wasn't by no means. In fact, I thought it was better and more real. As soon as he got into the first verse, I told my wife that he (or the arrangers) had screwed up. I then played the original and she instantly figured out why she thought he done a bad job. He didn't, but the sound was so different, it gave him a bad slant.
Don't listen to the song as a comparison to the original, listen to it as an original. This is why I think all American Idol competition in the top 12 should be original music.
My votes went to Bo and Carrie.
Regardless of how the original was produced or whatever, I did not like Carrie's performance. That was probably the least bad of the 3, but I still didn't like it :lol:.