Hollie is stupid for picking Bonnie Rait. that song is covered every season and no one ever does the original justice. SHe should have picked a big ballad by Whitney or Christina.
I always wanted her to sing this song but she just didn't nail it. Her growling is now making for 75% of her performances. Jessica Grohl?
Also Mrs. Hudson has done it about 20 times better. I love Jessica, it's not shade. It just wasn't good and she's gonna ruin her voice if she keeps growling like that.
After watching it again I realized it was better than what I first thought. I still think it was over the top and it seemed like she sang the same note during the entire performance. Mrs. Hudson absolutely owned this song to me and when she sings it she goes from really loud to really soft and sweet in a second (I realize this arrangement made the song much shorter), but Jessica because of her age or I don't know was not able to deliver it like that.
It might have to do with me listening to Hudson's version hundreds of times so maybe that's what happened.
After watching it again I realized it was better than what I first thought. I still think it was over the top and it seemed like she sang the same note during the entire performance. Mrs. Hudson absolutely owned this song to me and when she sings it she goes from really loud to really soft and sweet in a second (I realize this arrangement made the song much shorter), but Jessica because of her age or I don't know was not able to deliver it like that.
It might have to do with me listening to Hudson's version hundreds of times so maybe that's what happened.
At first listen yes.
There's something with the arrangement.
And the "Me" part something was wrong with the band they played the orchestra/music before she was going to sing the last line.
it should be the last line "you're gonna looovvvvveeee meeeee" then music a second after "me"
compare it.
i must also agree with the growl, the growl makes it harder for her to breathe, actually it would have been easier for her if she didnt growl because those were big notes and adding force to it was hard.
she had done better during this one and she was sick this time.
also the arrangement was really unfit and also rushed. i rather have them sing one whole performance than 2 rushed numbers. i'll remove the duets/group numbers too, just let them concentrate on their contest piece.
how can I can't make you love me even more boring than Faithfully
holy **** Volcano
My rankigs for tonight
1. It's a Man's Man's Man's world
2. I'm telling you i'm not going
3. You Raise Me Up
4. Volcano
5. Steal Away
6. Faithfully
7. Have you ever seen the rain
8. I can't make you love me
Almost everyone listened to original darling Let's not compare the 16 year old to the one who have rehearsed and sung the song in broadway with lots of people many times. Its not like this is only the song she sung on the show, she sang 3 other songs too and just got back from school the earlier day.
And the "Me" part something was wrong with the band they played the orchestra/music before she was going to sing the last line.
it should be the last line "you're gonna looovvvvveeee meeeee" then music a second after "me"
compare it.
i must also agree with the growl, the growl makes it harder for her to breathe, actually it would have been easier for her if she didnt growl because those were big notes and adding force to it was hard.
she had done better during this one and she was sick this time.
also the arrangement was really unfit and also rushed. i rather have them sing one whole performance than 2 rushed numbers. i'll remove the duets/group numbers too, just let them concentrate on their contest piece.
I knew you would get it I know the rest could NEVER (maybe Joshua kinda could) but Idk, it's like when Carly Smithson sang "Without You" it was nice and all but Kelly already did that song and it was miles ahead (and Mariah's version was already miles ahead of Kelly's).
I think that because she growls and gets a good reaction from the judges and the audience she thinks she's doing something good (in fact she already growled when she was a kid) but if she wants to become a top vocalist she just need to ditch it, it doesn't sound nearly as good as she thinks it does.
That performance you posted was much better, no growling, and she was hitting the notes effortlessly. Why couldn't she sing it like that? It wasn't cause she was sick because the growling will NOT make her voice any better Besides for the past few weeks that's all she's been doing, it's starting to annoy me.
Almost everyone listened to original darling Let's not compare the 16 year old to the one who have rehearsed and sung the song in broadway with lots of people many times. Its not like this is only the song she sung on the show, she sang 3 other songs too and just got back from school the earlier day.
calm your **** "darling" I posted it for glam cause he said he didn;t enjoy it because he was used to Jhuds version. Jessica did it more like the original. growls and all.
calm your **** "darling" I posted it for glam cause he said he didn;t enjoy it because he was used to Jhuds version. Jessica did it more like the original. growls and all.
Something tells me Jessica was trying to do it more like Jennifer's version. In fact she did it almost exactly like Jennifer in that video tiffany posted. But you are right, if the original song has growls then she was more than allowed to do them too. I just don't like that it's becoming a trend for her.
I knew you would get it I know the rest could NEVER (maybe Joshua kinda could) but Idk, it's like when Carly Smithson sang "Without You" it was nice and all but Kelly already did that song and it was miles ahead (and Mariah's version was already miles ahead of Kelly's).
I think that because she growls and gets a good reaction from the judges and the audience she thinks she's doing something good (in fact she already growled when she was a kid) but if she wants to become a top vocalist she just need to ditch it, it doesn't sound nearly as good as she thinks it does.
That performance you posted was much better, no growling, and she was hitting the notes effortlessly. Why couldn't she sing it like that? It wasn't cause she was sick because the growling will NOT make her voice any better Besides for the past few weeks that's all she's been doing, it's starting to annoy me.
Of course I got your point, you're one of the people in here who has logical and sensible things to say in their posts.
Actually I'm worried with her growling it can ruin her voice I Will Always Love You has the same kind of notes and belting range (except for those G5 notes but those were short and not in legatto) compared to And I Am Telling You but she nailed that song by not doing growls and just hitting the notes. Now, I Will Always Love You is listed as one of the best in AI recently.
Also, without growls it is easier yes but sounded better and make her concentrate on breathing allowing more air for her.
The performance I posted, she's sick there and she nailed those notes if she did what she did there would have been better.
I'll just tweet Jessica not to growl and just belt those it would be simpler yes but better and also it will save her voice. Her voice is beautiful and doesnt need growls or extra tactics for it.
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