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Originally Posted by jammies
I don't get why "singing" is considered such an awe-inspiring talent - there are literally hundreds of millions of people who can sing adequately, and probably hundreds of thousands good as that lady. Heck, I'm a fairly decent singer myself, but that and 5 bucks'll get me a latte.
I'd rather listen to a singer with an interesting but technically unsophisticated voice like Neil Young or the aforementioned Dylan who is doing their own stuff than some professional interpreting someone else's lyrics. It's like being in a cover band, except somehow you are seen as an "artist" instead of what yopu are - a performer.
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Well, you have to admit that she's a lot better than most singers on American Idol, Canadian Idol, Britain's got Talent....etc,etc.
But I still agree with you. While she obviously HAS talent, there is a huge difference between being able to sing someone else's songs, and writing your OWN music, composing it, and selling millions of CDs.
Its not a big secret that a lot of the singers that come out of these shows don't do that well when they put out their own CDs.