Films/DVD Asylum

Posted by PhilNYC (D) on March 09, 2006 at 12:03:46

In Reply to: Or American Idol? Explain that one to me....(nt) posted by mkuller on March 8, 2006 at 12:23:24:

I can only applaud the effort of a TV show that encourages people to sit down to listen to a singer perform and try to appreciate/evaluate the quality of that singer. It's exactly the absence of this kind of show that has made mainstream music a "silence-filler"...music has become a means to fill the void during a subway commute or simply as a soundtrack to a music-video. American Idol encourages people to watch and listen to a signer alone on a stage perform...and encourages people to realize why one performance might be better than another. And Simon Cowell...gotta give the man his props. He pushes these performers to rise above "karaoke pop".

Are the performances great? no. But I won't slam a show for encouraging people to appreciate live performances...