You missed a few things, David. SYTYCD requires <u>much</u> more skill and perseverance than does Idol. This isn’t to say that singing is <i>easy</i>, but once you’ve perfected your voice, different genres can be easily learned.
And Idol is weighed down by music that is often bad — I’m speaking for myself here, but most of it is unlistenable. And the occasional enjoyable song just makes you wish the <i>real</i> artist were singing. SYTYCD, while diverse in nature, will eventually give you something to be excited for (a Shane Sparks hip-hop routine will always get me going). And the dancing is usually short — I haven’t seen many routines longer than 30-40 seconds. If you’re bored, then those routines/dancers deserve to go home. If you get excited about one routine (there’s gotta be <b>one</b>), then that duo should get your vote.
And don’t worry about Mary Murphy — she’ll grow on you a bit by the end of the show. <i>I</i> can’t stand Mia Michaels. Her pretentious, self-important attitude is enough to make me sick.
posted by: Johnny Mercedes · 6/25/07
Oh, don’t get me wrong, Neil. I don’t like a lot of the music that Idol does. And by “a lot,” I mean about 99% of it. And I don’t put Idol in the top ten, top twenty, or top thirty of the shows I watch.
BUT ... I’m of the opinion that a single human voice singing a song in just the right way can just tear you apart (in a good way) even if you don’t love the song itself. People dancing a routine can be technically awesome, but I find it much harder to be moved watching it.
So, I’m guessing your vote is for me to keep watching SYTYCD?
P.S. Is it cheesy that I want the contestants dismissed with: “So you thought you could dance? Well, you thought wrong.”
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You missed a few things, David. SYTYCD requires <u>much</u> more skill and perseverance than does Idol. This isn’t to say that singing is <i>easy</i>, but once you’ve perfected your voice, different genres can be easily learned.
And Idol is weighed down by music that is often bad — I’m speaking for myself here, but most of it is unlistenable. And the occasional enjoyable song just makes you wish the <i>real</i> artist were singing. SYTYCD, while diverse in nature, will eventually give you something to be excited for (a Shane Sparks hip-hop routine will always get me going). And the dancing is usually short — I haven’t seen many routines longer than 30-40 seconds. If you’re bored, then those routines/dancers deserve to go home. If you get excited about one routine (there’s gotta be <b>one</b>), then that duo should get your vote.
And don’t worry about Mary Murphy — she’ll grow on you a bit by the end of the show. <i>I</i> can’t stand Mia Michaels. Her pretentious, self-important attitude is enough to make me sick.
posted by: Johnny Mercedes · 6/25/07
Oh, don’t get me wrong, Neil. I don’t like a lot of the music that Idol does. And by “a lot,” I mean about 99% of it. And I don’t put Idol in the top ten, top twenty, or top thirty of the shows I watch.
BUT ... I’m of the opinion that a single human voice singing a song in just the right way can just tear you apart (in a good way) even if you don’t love the song itself. People dancing a routine can be technically awesome, but I find it much harder to be moved watching it.
So, I’m guessing your vote is for me to keep watching SYTYCD?
P.S. Is it cheesy that I want the contestants dismissed with: “So you thought you could dance? Well, you thought wrong.”
posted by: David L. Williams · 6/25/07