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Originally Posted by V
Actually, I was asking about the semi-final song, not Nessun dorma.
BTW, I agree with you, this guy doesn't have that fantastic of a voice. However, consider the fact that our world is bombarded with the Spice Girls, Ashlee Simpson, etc. This guy sounds pretty darn good contrasted with them.
How many people that would attend a show like Britain's got talent, would actually know anything about opera? That probably has something to do with the response, not to mention the fact that they can't understand the concept of staying quiet during a performance.
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Well, when I click on the link in the thread, I dont hear him singing anything except Nessun Dorma. Do you have a link to what he sang in the semi finals? so that I could listen to it?
And by the way, I dont have problems with some of the modern music, some of it has a lot of talent as well. I have quite an eclectic taste in music and listen to just about anything except folk (to me it drones on just like that irritating elevator music does, too much sounds all the same) and what I refer to as "rap crap" (which is basically just talking to a beat). What I have a big problem with here is the masses treating Potts as the next up and coming in the opera world when that simply is not the case. Potts was born with "some" talent, he has paid to develop his talent, but he was not born with a gift and he does not sing even closely to anyone born with a gift. He has won a 2 bit talent contest folks, that is about it.
And I dont think you need to have listened to a lot of opera, listened to a lot of blues, listened to a lot of hard rock, whatever, to recognize talent. Talent is like cream, it usually rises to the top. Of course, if you have a musical ear, it does help to at least recognize if the people are even hitting the right notes
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