Inspiration

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艺人: William Hung
语种: 英语
厂牌: Koch
发行时间: 2004年04月06日
专辑类别: 录音室专辑

专辑介绍

by Stephen Thomas Erlewine

This, America, is what Paula Abdul has wrought. Whine all you want about Simon Cowell being cruel or mean, but he does offer constructive criticism from a vantage point that some singers are good, most are bad, and that there is merit in sorting them out. By refusing to issue nothing more than soft, fuzzy words of encouragement, Paula implies that there's nearly equal merit in all singers since it's all a form of expression, and who are we to judge the difference? An ironic sentiment coming from a judge, but that sentiment has seeped into society, and has provided defenders of William Hung with a convenient excuse to laugh at the Berkeley student turned pop-culture sensation -- sure, he's a terrible singer, but it's coming from his heart! Now that may be true -- though truly, who can tell what's from the heart? (as the Coen Brothers say, "nobody knows anybody, at least not that well") -- but who cares? The whole reason that Hung has a record is that people like to laugh at his singing. And that's something that Simon never planned on -- that people like novelty records that sometimes they want to laugh at, as well as be moved by, music. And to some, no bad singer on American Idol has ever been as bad or endearing as Hung.... Read More...