The Voice

[Gator]

I know there's a number of us who chime in on a weekly basis on the American Idol thread, and I'm wondering who will be watching this. The premise seems cool, and I'm cautiously optimistic.

Thoughts?

 

[imjustagirl]

I'm DVRing it, but I'm not optimistic at all. Though I do like Adam Levine against all better judgment.

 

[Sam Mills 51]

No reference to The Moody Blues? Ah, well ...

 

[dooley_womack1]

Not in your wildest dreams, Sam

 

[Sam Mills 51]

Not even a Gemini Dream?

 

[dooley_womack1]

The topic shall remain forever autumn

 

[dixiehack]

At least we brought this up Tuesday afternoon.

 

[dooley_womack1]

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Anyone sitting at the wheel drinking would have spit liquid at that line

 

[jr/shotglass]

OK, I'm about 20 minutes into it. I'll watch this one, but I kinda doubt I'll stick with it.

They make some of the same mistakes Idol did early on in its run.

Waaaay too much Carson Daly. Nobody cares about Carson Daly here.

They're over the top with the dramatics.

That said, I think all four judges/coaches are charismatic. And because of the way this competition has been set up, they don't NEED to play the bad guy.

I'd give it a 5.

 

[Care Bear]

I love it.

 

[jr/shotglass]

I'm closer to where you are than I was in my last post. It's growing on me.

 

[Care Bear]

Yeah, it started a little slow, but by the end I was really enjoying it. Some great, great singers on that stage.

 

[imjustagirl]

I liked it a lot more than I thought. Christina, however, is the anti-J.Lo. Wherein the first few episodes of Idol I liked Lopez a lot more than I had before and thought she came off as very human, Christina just grated my every nerve last night.

Also, I might heart Adam Levine.

 

[bigpern23]

I liked it a lot more than I thought. Christina, however, is the anti-J.Lo. Wherein the first few episodes of Idol I liked Lopez a lot more than I had before and thought she came off as very human, Christina just grated my every nerve last night.

Also, I might heart Adam Levine.

Christina once walked past me in the Virgin Records store in Times Square, circa 1999 or 2000. I was standing there thumbing through some CDs and I hear, "Step aside, watch out!" as her security guard came barreling past me and gave me a little forearm shiver.

She came walking past with a bit of a snotty smirk on her face. After the moment passed, all I could think of was that I had every right to be standing where I was and she could have walked her ass around me, but I was a little too stunned to even react when it happened. Had the security guard not said anything, I wouldn't even have noticed her walk behind me.

Long story short, I don't have fond memories of Ms. Aguilera. Mostly, I just remember that she was quite tiny (from the commercials for the show, she doesn't appear as tiny these days).

 

[Buck]

I liked it a lot more than I thought. Christina, however, is the anti-J.Lo. Wherein the first few episodes of Idol I liked Lopez a lot more than I had before and thought she came off as very human, Christina just grated my every nerve last night.

Also, I might heart Adam Levine.

Christina once walked past me in the Virgin Records store in Times Square, circa 1999 or 2000. I was standing there thumbing through some CDs and I hear, "Step aside, watch out!" as her security guard came barreling past me and gave me a little forearm shiver.

She came walking past with a bit of a snotty smirk on her face. After the moment passed, all I could think of was that I had every right to be standing where I was and she could have walked her ass around me, but I was a little too stunned to even react when it happened. Had the security guard not said anything, I wouldn't even have noticed her walk behind me.

Are you sure it wasn't Billy Packer?

 

[deskslave]

I normally don't have two seconds for this sort of thing ... but then a very dear musician friend of mine ended up being on the show, and now I'm a convert. She's the one who sang Come As You Are, and having managed to find the clip on YouTube, I've spent most of the day feeling like some kind of proud parent. And hey, she's on Adam's team, which seems to count for something here.

 

[Deeper_Background]

It's a hit, The Voice beat Glee in the 18-49 Demos. Lets see now if people will stick with it past the audition phase (which were a brilliant idea from Mark Burnett) http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/04/27/nbc-draws-a-crowd-with-the-voice/?partner=rss&emc=rss

 

[imjustagirl]

I normally don't have two seconds for this sort of thing ... but then a very dear musician friend of mine ended up being on the show, and now I'm a convert. She's the one who sang Come As You Are, and having managed to find the clip on YouTube, I've spent most of the day feeling like some kind of proud parent. And hey, she's on Adam's team, which seems to count for something here.

I loved her. Sad to find out she's from around here. I hope she succeeds since she's your friend. Otherwise, I wanted her to fail so she'd come back and play at bars.

 

[Care Bear]

Yes, your friend was great! Also loved the kid who sang Rascall Flats and the hot guy who sang "Time After Time."

 

[imjustagirl]

Yes, your friend was great! Also loved the kid who sang Rascall Flats and the hot guy who sang "Time After Time."

The kid who sang Rascal Flatts...I liked it, but it just felt so forced. Something about his voice bugged me. Hopefully Adam can help.

And yes, Javier Colon or whatever was smokin'.