5 TIMES BEFORE I LEAVE FOR WORK (me!) Sandra, tvgp
am blown away by the level of talent I get to witness/hear on these popular singing competition shows on TV these days. There are a couple different ones I occasionally tape and watch.. I do not watch any of the drama, do not listen to the judges, do not even pay attention to who wins or loses. -the beauty of taping allows me to cut write to the talent; the performance itself, and skip everything else. /especially commercials..
And two stand outs from previous years for me are.. The young man who sang "amazing" -original of The Beatles...
Took the stage by storm and the song up several levels.. Must have have watched that performance 12 times..
And a young man who performed.. Oh! What's the name of that song? The guitar weeping one... -magnificent!
And then last night! Alex Preston.. Singing 'every breath you take'. -original by sting
And I literally could not move, or breathe, or take my eyes off him. "I couldn't believe my ears!"
I just kept saying "HOW!?" Did he do that? Soften that song.. And succeed! Everyone knows the original has a stalker quality to it..
And that's what made it work. -to temper this.. Well, its like dipping the fuse of a firecracker in water... Who would care anymore?
But! What this artist did! -somehow.. Some very magical, mysterious way..
Was soften and romanticise and transform the stalker into a man in love; a man looking, loving, longing.. Vs. Stalking, threatening, plotting..
And "it worked!". I love the original.. But I can't get enough of this alex Preston version...
I don't know HOW he did it.. There were a million opportunities for this to go very wrong...
But he found what I think must be the singular way to do it -write.
Genius! I'm going to go watch it again write now...
posted by SHE @ 7:58 AM
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