Posted on 06/06/2009 10:15:42 AM PDT by Steelfish
Sorry, Mr Cowell you know little about true talent
By MARTIN SAMUEL 04th June 2009
We have been down the road from top of the pops to The Priory before. Remember Lena Zavaroni?
This vulnerable, naive girl from Scotland shot to fame on a television talent show in the early Seventies and became an overnight celebrity.
Like Britain's Got Talent's Susan Boyle, it didn't end well.
Talent is having a repertoire, an act, not some five-minute novelty schtick. Modern bogeymen such as Pete Doherty and Russell Brand have more talent in their little fingers than anyone who will ever pass through Simon Cowell's portal, because talent involves a craft and a means of expression that has been honed for years.
Ken Dodd, putting on a performance that makes his audience miss the last bus home: talent. Noel Gallagher of Oasis, playing his songs to 250,000 people at Knebworth: talent.
There was not a single act on Britain's Got Talent that could individually sustain a proper show of any length. Not even Susan Boyle. Singing is about expression.
Susan Boyle rox!
He favors pop tarts that can sing crap songs on pop stations.
Yes, it is about money.
Teletubbies.....
You don’t like Boyle?
And you don’t like making momey?
And of course, Il Divo, with close to 30 million album sales and several $100 million dollar tour years...
Cowell knows how to make money!
End? What end? Subo just passed her audition.
Boyle (1) proved her talent to the world and now has tens of millions of fans, and (2) came in second behind a dance troupe in a talent show. What kind of idiot would believe that the second was more important than the first?
Even if Susan Boyle never sets foot on a stage for a big show, she could entertain millions and make a good living for herself just by recording and selling CDs. Not everyone can make it to a live performance, but buying CDs is an easy thing to do, and you can listen anytime you want!
I guess that's what transpires in England, but from what I've read, it seems like many of the folks in America were singers already, some with recordings, and are using Idol to jumpstart careers.
I didn’t know that,thanx for the info.
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