RE: 25 Most Overrated Singers of All-Time

Posted by RGA (R) on July 22, 2020 at 00:42:59

In Reply to: RE: 25 Most Overrated Singers of All-Time posted by pictureguy on July 20, 2020 at 17:47:39:

I don't mind the idea of those talent search shows in the sense that people may have talent and have no idea where to get stared. There are some fine singers out there that may never hit on a career. Not just in music. John Kennedy Toole wrote the wonderful "A Confederacy of Dunces" - apparently so distraught that no one wanted to publish him he committed suicide. Year later his mother pushed the book to publishers - it got published and wound up winning the Pulitzer.

In music - Eva Cassidy might be an example - while alive she was basically a nobody. In death - and with Sting hearing her version of Fields of Gold (what he calls the definitive version of his song" he took her music to a UK radio station and they played it on the radio - the radio station was flooded with requests.

So those talent shows basically put you in the sight-lines of everyone. The main problem with them appears to me that it is just looking for a pop star. And that doesn't come from covering other singers. You need a performance and your own songs. And arguably good looks.

I watched a few of those shows years back - maybe the final three shows to hear the best ones (or the ones voted best anyway) and the only one I might buy an album from is Glennis Grace. And she lost. LOL.

Eva is tough to beat - she never got to taste fame. The music industry was stupid to pass her - but no Katy Perry and Britney make it big. I don't begrudge them for being successful - but Eva should have been a star.

And when you outdo Judy Garland you were doing something.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDN_ss1S_5Y (Open in New Window)

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Topic - 25 Most Overrated Singers of All-Time - Rod M 12:52:35 07/19/20 (29)

RE: 25 Most Overrated Singers of All-Time - pictureguy 11:33:10 07/20/20 (3)

RE: 25 Most Overrated Singers of All-Time - rodge827 17:28:56 07/20/20 (2)

RE: 25 Most Overrated Singers of All-Time - pictureguy 17:47:39 07/20/20 (1)

RE: 25 Most Overrated Singers of All-Time - RGA 07/22/2000:42:59 07/22/20 (0)

Neil Young? Is he on the list? He should be ;-) - AbeCollins 09:45:27 07/20/20 (0)

Grossly inaccurate... - dark_dave56 00:37:37 07/20/20 (0)

This guy should be #1: - tinear 16:51:53 07/19/20 (1)

RE: This guy should be #1: - Andy43 06:52:35 07/20/20 (0)

Why post this drivel? - RGA 16:37:21 07/19/20 (7)

Plus, you don't have to be a great singer to be a great singer. - ghost of olddude55 03:26:24 07/20/20 (1)

The one that amused me the most... - dark_dave56 13:23:01 07/20/20 (0)

RE: I agree - painter27 17:10:38 07/19/20 (1)

RE: I agree - RGA 21:51:43 07/19/20 (0)

No new COVID19 stats yet to argue about yet today... N/T - musetap 16:57:16 07/19/20 (0)

Click Bait - Fun read but I wouldn't take it seriously..... - AbeCollins 16:49:29 07/19/20 (1)

Yup - violinist3 00:34:50 07/20/20 (0)

Taylor Swift??? Noooo! Not Tay! [nt] ;-) - Chris from Lafayette 15:38:56 07/19/20 (0)

A pretty comprehensive list... though I think Dylan... - TWB 15:28:44 07/19/20 (2)

How about Neil Young? Didn't see that screecher listed - nt - AbeCollins 16:51:02 07/19/20 (1)

You're right about Young...AND he's ugly as sin.... I'd also add... - TWB 18:25:46 07/19/20 (0)

Only 25? So many contenders. - free.ranger 14:58:12 07/19/20 (0)

RE: 25 Most Overrated Singers of All-Time - BillH 14:55:23 07/19/20 (0)

Bob Dylan: But what a poet !! - AbeCollins 13:36:24 07/19/20 (0)

Saw a video of Katie Perry "singing" without her vocal track. - ghost of olddude55 13:18:53 07/19/20 (4)

The star machine - free.ranger 14:41:43 07/19/20 (3)

"...emphasized what her strong points were. Both of them." - Krav Maga 16:14:39 07/20/20 (0)

There's a school of music criticism.. - ghost of olddude55 14:58:15 07/19/20 (1)

"If you disagree, you're old. You're a "rockist."" - Krav Maga 16:10:22 07/20/20 (0)

RE: Undisputed #1: Paul Potts (nt) - B. Scarpia 13:04:22 07/19/20 (0)

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