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 Post subject: Posted: Thu Jan 08, 2009 5:09 am 
So how come this isn't in the "Covers That Are Better Than the Original" thread? Just kidding! 
I agree with Hannah that this singer is just a little too . . . earnest. _________________ Classical guitar cover of "Combinations": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gkIpDhvbd2o |
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Post subject: Posted: Thu Jan 08, 2009 5:41 am
If I could have the audio alone, i'd download it. I agree with Hannah that she looks as if she's pretending to be sincere about it. She looks as if she's closing her eyes and shiggling her head because she believes she should be doing it, and not because its an outbursting of genuine love of the music. That's more pronounced in her cover of Hallelujah. Her smile looks genuine though... So she does look as if she's enjoying it. _________________ She is handsome, she is pretty, she is the girl from Belfast City, she is courtin' one two three, please won't you tell me who is she? TheClassicRomance wrote: Facebook is a dirty skank blog! |
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Post subject: Posted: Thu Jan 08, 2009 5:42 am
Saellys wrote: I just went back and read through the thread so far, and couldn't find any posts saying it wasn't a good cover. Guess I just misunderstood ya when you said she seemed too "sincere", Saellys. Sounded like you thought she was faking the emotions of the song and that you didn't dig that. Ah well. _________________ There is one place that you have not looked, and it is there - ONLY THERE - that you shall find The Master. Favorite Eisley Track of the Moment - Marsh King's Daughter |
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Post subject: Posted: Thu Jan 08, 2009 5:47 am
creativeamp68 wrote: Saellys wrote: I just went back and read through the thread so far, and couldn't find any posts saying it wasn't a good cover. Guess I just misunderstood ya when you said she seemed too "sincere", Saellys. Sounded like you thought she was faking the emotions of the song and that you didn't dig that. Ah well. You understood what I was saying, but it doesn't mean what you apparently took it to mean. I do think she's faking the emotions of the song, and I don't dig that. I also think she did a fine job on the song. The two are not mutually exclusive. Like Ewan said, if it were just audio I'd download it, but as a video I can't stand to watch it. _________________ INTELLECT AND ROMANCE OVER BRUTE FORCE AND CYNICISM Smokemonster |
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Post subject: Posted: Thu Jan 08, 2009 11:26 am
"Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery," and anything that spreads the Eisley love is good!  _________________ Mike=] |
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Post subject: Posted: Thu Jan 08, 2009 3:39 pm
I liked it; I really liked it. And it was done with a sense of fun, just like Trolleywood is supposed to be. Saellys Stuartbuck, etc; I not at all getting the sense of what you are picking up on; it didn't strike me as over-serious at all. |
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Post subject: Posted: Fri Jan 09, 2009 6:19 am
Not over serious, just what I would call "over emoting." For my taste, anyway. But hey, if that's what some people are expecting, maybe that explains the occasional comment during the last tour that Stacy/Sherri weren't "into" the music enough. I guess they weren't making enough faces.  _________________ Classical guitar cover of "Combinations": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gkIpDhvbd2o |
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Post subject: Posted: Fri Jan 09, 2009 7:31 am
i actually think it's rather ironic that people are commenting on her "over-emoting", when -- in my opinion -- Sherri does that every time she sings live. I don't know, I guess I kind of like it. Kina seems like she's having a lot of fun in the video, and I find it super endearing and expressive when Sherri does it live. |
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Post subject: Posted: Sat Jan 10, 2009 9:22 am
nevernever wrote: i actually think it's rather ironic that people are commenting on her "over-emoting", when -- in my opinion -- Sherri does that every time she sings live.
I don't know, I guess I kind of like it. Kina seems like she's having a lot of fun in the video, and I find it super endearing and expressive when Sherri does it live. I can't quantify this at all, but when Sherri does the emoting thing, it seems genuine and when Kina does it, it doesn't. I think this is because I've seen Sherri live at shows where she didn't do it. Same goes for Stacy; sometimes she does a lot of head-moving and expressive intensity while she sings and sometimes she doesn't. I think that knowing that the über-sincerity is not something they do all the time makes all the difference. With Kina all I have to go on are her videos, which are full of over-emoting and thus I can only assume she does it all the time, even when she's not really feeling it. Performers have to walk a fine line between over-emoting and under-emoting. Lean too far one way and you're Kina Grannis or Bono. Fall the other way and you're Laura Marling, eyes closed and off in your own little world the whole time. At least when Laura ignores her audience I know she's being genuine.  _________________ INTELLECT AND ROMANCE OVER BRUTE FORCE AND CYNICISM Smokemonster |
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Post subject: Posted: Tue Jan 13, 2009 5:05 pm
sukieinthe_g wrote: Um, did I just see this girl on American Idol? Kina doesn't need to go on American Idol because she has a record deal. She's awesome; I've been watching her videos ever since this thread started. _________________ 
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Post subject: Posted: Wed Jan 14, 2009 12:45 am
guitargirl wrote: sukieinthe_g wrote: Um, did I just see this girl on American Idol? Kina doesn't need to go on American Idol because she has a record deal. She's awesome; I've been watching her videos ever since this thread started. I guess you're right. It was weird because I thought I saw a shot of her saying "this is my dream" or something at the beginning during the montage of lots of people saying things like "this is my dream". _________________ My name is actually Sarah. Facebook. Twitter. |
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Post subject: Posted: Wed Jan 14, 2009 6:15 am
sukieinthe_g wrote: guitargirl wrote: sukieinthe_g wrote: Um, did I just see this girl on American Idol? Kina doesn't need to go on American Idol because she has a record deal. She's awesome; I've been watching her videos ever since this thread started. I guess you're right. It was weird because I thought I saw a shot of her saying "this is my dream" or something at the beginning during the montage of lots of people saying things like "this is my dream". People need to get some real dreams. Being on American Idol is my nightmare. _________________ INTELLECT AND ROMANCE OVER BRUTE FORCE AND CYNICISM Smokemonster |
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Post subject: Posted: Wed Jan 14, 2009 7:01 am
I wouldn't mind being on American Idol as long as I didn't win. That is, unless the losers are forced into exclusive record deals now too. _________________ EisleyForever wrote: you're A-list in my heart! MAKECOLDPLAYHISTORY |
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