http://blogcritics.org/ A sinister cabal of superior bloggers on music, books, film, popular culture, politics, and technology - updated continuously. en Copyright 2005 by the authors Thu, 1 Sep 2005 22:36:30 EDT http://backend.userland.com/rss Blogcritics.org custom software http://blogcritics.org/archives/2003/07/06/053312.php#comment-221892 Look, Macy's heart is in it, but her ears are not. LISTEN to the tag notes, the runs, the leading notes, ie. everything but the main melody- all those notes are plain out of tune! it's like she doesn't know where the pitch is so she just floats ALL over the scale trying to hide her pitch problems. there's nothing wrong with expression, but there is something wrong with doing poorly. 221892@blogcritics.org Thu, 1 Sep 2005 22:36:30 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2003/07/06/053312.php#comment-15599 Now that's the hippie vibe I was referring to - not sloppy, but inclusive. Get with the cool side of the multi-culti program, Al. Lenny Kravitz will be visiting you soon. 15599@blogcritics.org Fri, 22 Aug 2003 10:08:27 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2003/07/06/053312.php#comment-15594 Dr. D: Get your portly booty back over to the Walmart and pick me up! I have been waiting for you to come back for 3 weeks! Luckily, one of these redneck RV couples vacationing in the parking lot have taken me in. Hurry, they are trying to adopt me! 15594@blogcritics.org Fri, 22 Aug 2003 09:46:39 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2003/07/06/053312.php#comment-15589 MACY CONTACT YOUR LIMO DRIVER "DR. D" IN ATLANTA, GA. 15589@blogcritics.org Fri, 22 Aug 2003 05:47:57 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2003/07/06/053312.php#comment-12530 Aretha Franklin and Tom Waits? You're scaring me now. She's a little bit hippy, but not too much. In music, I tend to associate "hippy" with sloppy, half-assed bands like Joplin's Big Brother or the Dead. They would be distinguished by 1)minimal technical proficiency on their instruments, and 2)rambling on at great lengths to display their lack of skills, ie playing a 3 minute song for half an hour. Neither of which describes our beloved Macy. 12530@blogcritics.org Mon, 7 Jul 2003 19:35:41 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2003/07/06/053312.php#comment-12509 don't forget the hippie vibe too, I love that 12509@blogcritics.org Mon, 7 Jul 2003 11:22:49 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2003/07/06/053312.php#comment-12508 i think of macy gray as the possible love child of aretha franklin and tom waits. singing scales? who gives a crap. 12508@blogcritics.org Mon, 7 Jul 2003 11:09:19 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2003/07/06/053312.php#comment-12500 What, you've heard her fail in an attempt at singing scales? Have you lost your mind? You're probably one of those people who say that Dylan can't sing. You probably think those glee club idiots on American Idol represent good singing. Or perhaps Mariah Carey. Cha, right. 12500@blogcritics.org Mon, 7 Jul 2003 05:04:33 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2003/07/06/053312.php#comment-12498 "unique vocal instrument" - it sure is, and it sounds awful. I'm of the firm opinion that if you can't sing scales, then you can't sing at all, and that woman cannot sing. I'm sure the song itself would be better if it was sung by someone who didn't sound as if they chain-smoked all their life. 12498@blogcritics.org Mon, 7 Jul 2003 02:49:12 EDT