http://blogcritics.org/ A sinister cabal of superior bloggers on music, books, film, popular culture, politics, and technology - updated continuously. en Copyright 2005-2007 by the authors Wed, 27 Aug 2008 08:26:53 EDT http://backend.userland.com/rss Blogcritics.org custom software http://blogcritics.org/archives/2007/06/20/084600.php#comment-742442 Want to run off with this man, so sexy, alot in a voice. 742442@blogcritics.org Wed, 27 Aug 2008 08:26:53 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2007/06/20/084600.php#comment-740543 Paul, Take heart, you are the working man hero. Doesn't matter how you got to where your are. You have the talent to be one of the best ever 740543@blogcritics.org Tue, 19 Aug 2008 02:34:30 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2007/06/20/084600.php#comment-732740 Paul is 2nd best singer in opera songs, I'm the best. 732740@blogcritics.org Mon, 14 Jul 2008 07:39:13 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2007/06/20/084600.php#comment-730941 Paul is currently in LA working on his next CD, while his first CD is still selling steadily. His first CD, "One Chance", was recorded and released in the month following his win on Britain's Got Talent. It had sold two million copies worldwide by Christmas 2007, and hit the three million mark in June 2008 while Paul was finishing up a world concert tour. I am thrilled at his success. GO PAUL !! 730941@blogcritics.org Sat, 5 Jul 2008 12:04:22 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2007/06/20/084600.php#comment-726412 Wow, I can watch this over and over and still get choked up when I see this humble man take to the stage and rip through the hearts and attitudes of the judges and audience. Good for Paul Potts 726412@blogcritics.org Sun, 15 Jun 2008 01:43:59 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2007/06/20/084600.php#comment-717852 There is something very attractive about Paul Potts besides his voice, I wonder if,Jules and Paul will stay together?, she needs to stay on her toes. 717852@blogcritics.org Wed, 14 May 2008 08:33:05 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2007/06/20/084600.php#comment-715715 Paul wants to buy a decent home now prices have fallen, I hope he has enough about him to better his lifestyle, thats what most strive to do. Julianne said she liked living Port Talbot, I think she rules the roost. 715715@blogcritics.org Tue, 6 May 2008 09:23:59 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2007/06/20/084600.php#comment-714776 Julianne USA You said it, his soul. He reaches the high notes but his singing is different, and you hit the nail on the head, the long trained opera singers cannot compete with that. 714776@blogcritics.org Thu, 1 May 2008 07:45:51 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2007/06/20/084600.php#comment-713930 hubris. Don't you think we have not heard these great classical singers, people live in the same world as you. Pauls voice is the better one to listen to, I cannot put my finger on it, but his CD is the one I want to play daily, Pavarotti after one play I want no more. Paul has made people want to listen to the classics, unique is his voice. 713930@blogcritics.org Mon, 28 Apr 2008 06:11:35 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2007/06/20/084600.php#comment-713586 Paul Potts is a singing sensation because...he sings with so much blatant honesty, purity and humility. He is as genuine as a child and it resonates through his art. He approaches the music, the lyrics and the purpose with an unadulterated quest to tell the truth in the song. He is also performing his own soul. Audiences recognize this invaluable essence and cannot help but be captivated. My gosh, mark my words, he will be legendary. 713586@blogcritics.org Sat, 26 Apr 2008 02:06:13 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2007/06/20/084600.php#comment-713237 Yes Paul Potts voice is the opera peoples choice, something about the voice, it won't leave you. Hubris Are you a failed opera singer, who has trained for years, there are a few of them on Paul Potts site, put Paul in a top opera, the tickets will sell out like they have done for his sixty something shows, some in top opera houses. The tenor range of Paul compares with Pavarotti. Like some artists, they have something that makes them stand out, I am afraid Paul Potts is one of them. 713237@blogcritics.org Thu, 24 Apr 2008 11:59:49 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2007/06/20/084600.php#comment-713228 hubris. You are so wrong, we all know Paul is not classically trained like the so called greats, but his voice by far the best. Pavarotti, his voice becomes too much after one CD, too opera sounding, Pauls voice connects up with the soul and is the one you can listen to time after time. Paul without the years of opera training is making people sit up to opera, credit where it is due. 713228@blogcritics.org Thu, 24 Apr 2008 11:34:42 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2007/06/20/084600.php#comment-712520 So sad that it takes Paul Potts - a man whose voice is mediocre at best - to get people listening to opera. Those who only listen to popular music simply don't ever hear quality singing. This is the reason Potts' voice has such an impact - because it is better than the junk you hear on the radio. However, it is also clearly inferior to virtually any classically trained tenor voice, and simply blown away forever compared to some of the best tenors, whose recordings are readily available. If Potts has got you interested in opera, that's fantastic. Now go check out Caruso, Pavarotti or Bjorling sing the same arias Potts sings, and you'll really see what you've been missing. 712520@blogcritics.org Mon, 21 Apr 2008 11:07:55 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2007/06/20/084600.php#comment-706141 Great article. Bullies and (most) critics are very much the same, they always go after your spirit to try to shut it down. Paul Potts should not hear a word. God gave him an unbelievable voice that could not remain silent forever. Sing! You are beautiful. 706141@blogcritics.org Sun, 30 Mar 2008 21:52:52 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2007/06/20/084600.php#comment-705127 I have watched the Paul Potts audition countless times now. This, easily, is one of THE Greatest Moments EVER captured on film - in every possible way. I love watching the judges faces turning from disbelief into total wonder. An incredible moment. Thanks so much for posting. Wendy Fuller Primo 705127@blogcritics.org Tue, 25 Mar 2008 13:57:22 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2007/06/20/084600.php#comment-704918 Paul Potts!!!! What a gift, touching places only heaven can touch, thanks so much for sharing, I am so moved, their are not words!!! Love to you and your wife and your future!!! 704918@blogcritics.org Mon, 24 Mar 2008 14:30:46 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2007/06/20/084600.php#comment-701652 Paul Potts is Great! Have you also heard of Costel Busuioc? A Romanian working in Spain who came out of nowhere and won the Hijos de Babel competition. You can see his songs during the competition. HE IS AMAZING ! - Especially his version of Nessum Dorma 701652@blogcritics.org Wed, 12 Mar 2008 20:02:59 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2007/06/20/084600.php#comment-696158 Paul Potts is in concert just awesome. Why is he not in La Scala,more to do with the lack of opera training, and the tesco suit,doing in a few minutes what most have not managed with years of training. 696158@blogcritics.org Mon, 18 Feb 2008 03:51:24 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2007/06/20/084600.php#comment-695031 We saw a documentary on Sunday, 10/2/08 in South Africa about Paul Potts. This man is phenominal. When he sang, Time to say Goodbye, I sobbed. Not just because of the pure intensity and passion in his voice but for the fact that he was singing with a voice of all those who have ever dreamed. I hope Paul and Jules experience life as they have never known, remaining grounded but delirious with success. You are truly an inspiration 695031@blogcritics.org Wed, 13 Feb 2008 04:28:19 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2007/06/20/084600.php#comment-694841 I agree with this article except for the last sentence ..."Move over Andrea Bocelli with Paul Potts in town, no one is going to remember your name"... Potts may develop into a tenor but that doesn't mean that he's going to replace Bocelli. I don't believe that Bocelli claims or wants to be the next greatest tenor, in fact most people listen to his songs and like him for his melodic voice when he sings those Italian pop songs and not full opera songs. I doubt Potts can do both, become a great tenor and also have a melodic voice to sings those Italian pop songs. So while Potts may be good in tenor, Bocelli is great in Italian romantic pop songs, so you can't compare apples to bananas... and no one is going to replace no one and no one is going to be forgotten. 694841@blogcritics.org Tue, 12 Feb 2008 11:09:10 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2007/06/20/084600.php#comment-694629 Adam Sweetingshould be sacked. He went after Paul Potts to destroy him. I am a person who attends operas,have been to the classical concerts, I found Paul Potts in concert the other day, something very rare, his voice is strong, but has the edge over the top opera singers, and the man is unbeleivable. I spoke with him a while, you could not believe is humbleness, the goodness vibrates from this man. Why don't people complain to the Telegraph editor or to the awful man himself, I am going to. In two minutes he did what trained opera singers few have been able to do in a lifetime. 694629@blogcritics.org Mon, 11 Feb 2008 08:11:53 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2007/06/20/084600.php#comment-694320 I wanted to read about Simon Cowell when I accidently stumbled on Paul Pott's, singing on his first audition. My jaw too dropped to the floor and then tears!!! I replayed the video over and over and out loud I thank dear good God for Paul and for giving him this gift! Its seems so fitting and deserving! I could not wait until I showed the video to my husband, not telling him ahead of time what he is going to see. My husband was so silent and then I saw tears purring down his face....We both cried!I can't wait for the concert in Chicago and the CD, because my husband and I will be there! 694320@blogcritics.org Sat, 9 Feb 2008 19:08:31 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2007/06/20/084600.php#comment-694239 Adam Sweeting, managed to get egg on his face, not only for himself but for his boss, Rupert Christianson (who dislikes Paul Potts) but also his newspaper).Anyone who dislikes Paul has that right. But..... to offer a specific criticism of something he has not seen... See:- myspace.com/paul_potts Jan 27 Titled "Adam Sweeting We Have a Problem" It seems our illustrious ROCK reviewer, wasn't there for the second half, of which he was most particular in denouncing. How his company was ever selected by BBC 2 to do the peice on Pavarotti is amazing to all. Jackie 694239@blogcritics.org Sat, 9 Feb 2008 13:31:46 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2007/06/20/084600.php#comment-694165 I did not know of Paul Potts, because when everything was going onI was not living in the country, I did not know of anything about him, but on the radio I heard his voice and it did something the great Pavarotti did not. I have attended several operas, seen all the greats in concert, but Paul is something different. I have looked through his web and the people that compare him to Pavarotti as I have, but the critics should not go after a man like the nasty Adam Sweeting. I have just seen Paul Potts in concert, he is second to none, even better taking into account his lack of classical training in comparison. Is Adam Sweeting deaf, or just a very spiteful man? Someone said he is doing a documentry on Pavarotti, uh! say no more, I have no doubt if Adam Sweeting was at school with Paul Potts, he would have probably been one of the bullies. He has tried to get Paul Potts out of a job, now someone get him out, all get together and complain to the telegraph, do not buy the paper. 694165@blogcritics.org Sat, 9 Feb 2008 05:42:03 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2007/06/20/084600.php#comment-693911 Paul Potts in concert sounds like Mario Lanza and is as good, cannot get on the website to answer back to Catherine Jones at the empire. These critics, what is wrong with them, they think they can put their opinion on the masses, and that their opinion is somehow right, Paul is bringing out the jealousy in a lot of people, also the bullies, bullies always go after the great and godly. 693911@blogcritics.org Fri, 8 Feb 2008 08:36:33 EST