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about No More X Factor, I was wondering if you had a particular favourite (any type of act) that you really loved either on X Factor or Britain's Got Talent or any other talent show?
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barry - // Barsel - I mentioned the tune in my earlier post - Wheels //
It is indeed - by either the Stringalongs or The Joe Loss Orchestra.
It means that people of a (ahem!) certain age can never ever hear that music without an image of Tony Holland flashing into their minds, in exactly the same way that they can never hear The William Tell Overture without visualising The Lone Ranger.
To address the OP, I never thought any of the acts were memorable, but I did think Alexandra Burke was great - mainly because I really fancied her (!) and she did go on to win.
It is indeed - by either the Stringalongs or The Joe Loss Orchestra.
It means that people of a (ahem!) certain age can never ever hear that music without an image of Tony Holland flashing into their minds, in exactly the same way that they can never hear The William Tell Overture without visualising The Lone Ranger.
To address the OP, I never thought any of the acts were memorable, but I did think Alexandra Burke was great - mainly because I really fancied her (!) and she did go on to win.
jenny - // I thought these were superb. //
Quite agree, I had forgotten them, amazing.
Only slightly spoiled by the endless knee-jerk whooping and shrieking of the audience, who do that at everything these days.
I remember a time when an audience would watch something like that, realise it was incredible, see it to the end. and then applaud.
The endless whooping and shrieking that pervades any and all audiences these days is seriously tedious, if you remember the days when people felt it appropriate to watch and listen, rather than feel the need to 'join in' and spoil it.
Quite agree, I had forgotten them, amazing.
Only slightly spoiled by the endless knee-jerk whooping and shrieking of the audience, who do that at everything these days.
I remember a time when an audience would watch something like that, realise it was incredible, see it to the end. and then applaud.
The endless whooping and shrieking that pervades any and all audiences these days is seriously tedious, if you remember the days when people felt it appropriate to watch and listen, rather than feel the need to 'join in' and spoil it.
/// The endless whooping and shrieking that pervades any and all audiences these days is seriously tedious, if you remember the days when people felt it appropriate to watch and listen, rather than feel the need to 'join in' and spoil it.///
I seem to remember that way back in the early Sixties screaming audiences occurred - IIRC it was when a group called The Beatles were performing :-D
I seem to remember that way back in the early Sixties screaming audiences occurred - IIRC it was when a group called The Beatles were performing :-D
Canary - // I seem to remember that way back in the early Sixties screaming audiences occurred - IIRC it was when a group called The Beatles were performing :-D //
That may appear to be the same thing, but it's not.
The noise that accompanied The Beatles and made other sixties bands' performances was uniform screaming from start to finish, more or less the equivalent of white noise.
Modern audiences, and its shows like X Factor that are to blame, developed a habbit of sitting quietly for periods of a performance, and then whooing and screeching if, for instance, the artist(s) sang a higher note, or sang a little louder, or there was a key change.
Or, as in the case of Attraction, who are performing something no-one has seen before - as soon as a different visual image appears.
Even though they have no clue about the merits or otherwise of what they are watching, they whoop on clue like Pavlov's Dogs, it's dreadful, and sadly it's now with us to stay.
That may appear to be the same thing, but it's not.
The noise that accompanied The Beatles and made other sixties bands' performances was uniform screaming from start to finish, more or less the equivalent of white noise.
Modern audiences, and its shows like X Factor that are to blame, developed a habbit of sitting quietly for periods of a performance, and then whooing and screeching if, for instance, the artist(s) sang a higher note, or sang a little louder, or there was a key change.
Or, as in the case of Attraction, who are performing something no-one has seen before - as soon as a different visual image appears.
Even though they have no clue about the merits or otherwise of what they are watching, they whoop on clue like Pavlov's Dogs, it's dreadful, and sadly it's now with us to stay.
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