The Voice

[Blue in Munich]

Anyone else watching this? Mrs BiM & I started watching a few series ago; we liked the idea that they were choosing for the ability rather than the image. Watching tonight we're coming to the conclusion that all they are looking for is the same old same old that is commercially viable and that anything a little different, however good is being ignored. Just us?

 

[harpo_72]

Strangely we that is my wife and I were asking the question where previous winners were.
i like the format, the chat at the end is a bit cringe making some times. But new judges are better than anticipated.

 

[Pin-seeker]

Me & the Mrs tried watching last week. Lasted about 15mins,shocking tv.
Love Paloma,but the other judges are terrible.

 

[Jensen]

Really like Will-I-am, think he's very talented and humble. Boy George has talent and seems a nice guy when he's not handcuffing men to radiators or whatever it was

 

[snell]

This series is definitely missing Tom Jones!!

I find Ricky very creepy when he's delivering his final pitch

 

[JohnnyDee]

The show works in the early episodes inasmuch as the blind auditions level the playground.

However once they're over and it's through to the nitty gritty, then it's just another talent show driven by image over ability. I think this is the 3rd, maybe 4th or possibly even the 5th run and I couldn't name any previous winners.

Strikes me as the whole thing is pretty pointless.

 

[la_lucha]

This series is appalling. The by intros are too long and too often. Ricky is really really creepy and the quality of the contestants has gone downhill big style. Hopefully itv can revitalise it next year.

 

[HomerJSimpson]

My mate is very good friends with Andrea Begley who won series 2 (?). She had an album that went top top and she has toured. Think she has just done a home tour of Northern Ireland and is planning to go back in the studio. The problem they face is that without Cowell signing them and then pumping the airwaves full of the winners (and others) it's reliant on record labels and to a degree BBC pushing the Voice winners forward and they seem to lack the exposure other shows get

 

[jdpjamesp]

I've been really enjoying this series. I usually do love the Blinds. As has been said above it goes a bit pants once that's over. I've been very impressed with Paloma and George. I was expecting them to be rubbish but they've done well. Good entertainment. Will stop watching once it's the knockout stuff though.

 

[JohnnyDee]

My mate is very good friends with Andrea Begley who won series 2 (?). She had an album that went top top and she has toured. Think she has just done a home tour of Northern Ireland and is planning to go back in the studio. The problem they face is that without Cowell signing them and then pumping the airwaves full of the winners (and others) it's reliant on record labels and to a degree BBC pushing the Voice winners forward and they seem to lack the exposure other shows get

Now you mention it I do remember her.

Simone Cowbell's unhealthy grip on the pop scene gives me the right sick. I know he's not the first music-factory-churner-outer-supremo (Berry Gordy - Stockpot, Achtung and Watermelon etc.) But Cowbell now has what amounts to a completely unhindered monopoly at his disposal (X Tractor and Opportunity Knocks) allowing him to push his artistes down our throats in hitherto unprecedented levels.

 

[Hacker Khan]

Now you mention it I do remember her.

Simone Cowbell's unhealthy grip on the pop scene gives me the right sick. I know he's not the first music-factory-churner-outer-supremo (Berry Gordy - Stockpot, Achtung and Watermelon etc.) But Cowbell now has what amounts to a completely unhindered monopoly at his disposal (X Tractor and Opportunity Knocks) allowing him to push his artistes down our throats in hitherto unprecedented levels.

Not this again, let it go! The X Factor is on the wain, the viewing figures are down and whoever won the last one didn't make it anywhere near the Christmas number one. He's a busted flush. Plus from looking on the music thread, most people on here don't listen to anything made after 1975 anyway, so it's not as if Cowell is jostling with the music the average golfer likes for chart supremacy or air play on Capitol.

And as for The Voice then used to watch it. But Paloma Faith makes my teeth itch and William gets on my nerves more and more now, so I can't watch it anymore.

 

[JohnnyDee]

from looking on the music thread, most people on here don't listen to anything made after 1975 anyway, so it's not as if Cowell is jostling with the music the average golfer likes for chart supremacy or air play on Capitol.

What does surprise me is that there's quite a lot of Proggers on here (self included) who are prepared to admit it.

I remember there was a time when the only way you could get a prog album was in a brown paper bag off of some dodgy geezer up a dark alleyway, and when you got home and played it on your Toshiba Music Centre, you were racked by feelings of crushing guilt and seediness which detracted from the exquisite pleasure you otherwise got from Yes's latest 8 LP Concept Suite about Far Eastern Yogic Philosophies.

*Lights a joss stick and puts Tales from Topographic Oceans CD on*

 

[Blue in Munich]

Now you mention it I do remember her.

Simone Cowbell's unhealthy grip on the pop scene gives me the right sick. I know he's not the first music-factory-churner-outer-supremo (Berry Gordy - Stockpot, Achtung and Watermelon etc.) But Cowbell now has what amounts to a completely unhindered monopoly at his disposal (X Tractor and Opportunity Knocks) allowing him to push his artistes down our throats in hitherto unprecedented levels.

Sorry Johnny, got to take issue with you there; placing Berry Gordy as a producer in the same bracket as Stockpot, Achtung & Watermelon or Cowbell is not on. I'd struggle (and dread) to think of a record from these modern producers that will still be played 50 years hence, but Motown stuff sounds as good today as it always did & will still get any party going.

Slam Gordy for his treatment of the Funk Brothers by all means, but not for what he produced musically.

 

[JohnnyDee]

Sorry Johnny, got to take issue with you there; placing Berry Gordy as a producer in the same bracket as Stockpot, Achtung & Watermelon or Cowbell is not on. I'd struggle (and dread) to think of a record from these modern producers that will still be played 50 years hence, but Motown stuff sounds as good today as it always did & will still get any party going.

Slam Gordy for his treatment of the Funk Brothers by all means, but not for what he produced musically.

I was referring more to his "stable of artistes" system rather than the quality of his output which was undoubtdly a cut above :whoo:

Couldn't agree more that BG's work will still be getting played 100 years hence, however Cowbell and the others will, if lucky, be little more than a pretty obscure and hard to find footnote in music's history :thup:

 

[full_throttle]

Johnny, go buy yourself a new TV, it might have an on/off button you can use,

 

[Hacker Khan]

Sorry Johnny, got to take issue with you there; placing Berry Gordy as a producer in the same bracket as Stockpot, Achtung & Watermelon or Cowbell is not on. I'd struggle (and dread) to think of a record from these modern producers that will still be played 50 years hence, but Motown stuff sounds as good today as it always did & will still get any party going.

Slam Gordy for his treatment of the Funk Brothers by all means, but not for what he produced musically.

I'd argue some SAW is perfect pop music. As are some very rare records that come out of bands that feature in programs like X Factor. Yes Motown probably had more quality in depth, but there are pop nuggets in the SAW and even Cowell stable that will stand up as great pop songs in many years time.

 

[chrisd]

To be honest, I'd be a whole lot happier if the chairs were electric ones!

 

[user2010]

Have you lot(who watch it) absolutely nothing better or else to do on a Saturday night than watch this manufactured crap?
You do know this and others of it`s ilk are fixed don`t you?

 

[JohnnyDee]

To be honest, I'd be a whole lot happier if the chairs were electric ones!

Good idea but just one slight problem - wouldn't be allowed to plug 'em in!

Elf and Safety mate. :thup:

 

[Blue in Munich]

I'd argue some SAW is perfect pop music. As are some very rare records that come out of bands that feature in programs like X Factor. Yes Motown probably had more quality in depth, but there are pop nuggets in the SAW and even Cowell stable that will stand up as great pop songs in many years time.

Go on then, name them………..