I don't know who's really to blame for this trend in recent years to sing five notes when one will do but Whitney Houston and Mariah Carey must take their share of it. Why do they do it? Are they trying to show off some sort of vocal dexterity by singing so many notes? Or are they so rubbish that they think that if they sing five instead of one that at least one of them will be the right one? Whatever, it sounds crap to me and it's one of the many reasons I don't watch stuff like X Factor. It may be fine if you're on a Swiss hillside trying to communicate with someone in the next valley but leave that to Frank Ifield. Remember, Less is More.
Anyway, she may have looked as though she takes fashion tips from Liza Minnelli but what an absolutely belting voice Rumer has. I also enjoyed Plan B who I've not really listened to before so I'll be making a trip down The High Road to HMV in the near future.
On Thursday night we went to the ballet. I haven't anything to add to what Glenda has to say about it, so read about it here.
4 comments:
She's not the Rumer that's the daughter of Bruce Willis and Demi Moore is she? I hear ya, i really don't like those multinoted singers
No relation of Bruce or Demi as far aas I know. She's a British singer/songwriter, said to be reminiscent of Karen Carpenter but I thought she was more soulful than that.
No, this Rumer is the stage name of Sarah Joyce. Heard her on Steve Wright a while ago and loved her voice then. I'll be joining you (metaphorically) in HMV Jim! Can't agree about Plan B though, we all thought they were pants.
I was afraid Rumer was going to sound Duffy-ish but thankfully she was more like Eva Cassidy, a favourite of mine :)
Couldn't stand Wanda (James? Jones?)!
Nikki
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