You know what ticks me off about those shows? They focus mainly on singing, if not 100% on singing. Why? What is the point? Having a contest to find somebody who can sing is like having a contest to find somebody who can eat. What is the point? Is the singing market not over-saturated enough? Good singers are a dime a dozen. Not even, a penny a million. They are as common as a communist in the Democrat party. And what does this winner get? A record contract and an awful song to sing. Why? Because nobody focuses on songwriting. So what you get is one generic assembly line singer after another singing songs that sound like commercials for food or energy drinks. I can ever listen to the radio anymore it’s so bad.
Very good point.
None of the active musicians I really enjoy - John Hiatt, Lucinda Williams, Joe Jackson, Eleni Mandell, Iris Dement, Mark Knopfler, the Decemberists - to name just a few, would stand a chance with the taste-deprived "Idol" judges and audiences.