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Smeghead 05:13 pm UTC 02/28/09 |
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Desmond Child on Swedish Idol - JimmyG 04:42 pm UTC 02/28/09 |
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Well, this is the same guy who thought Jim Steinman's lyrics all needed re-writing before he could use them on Bat 3. He's not the brightest bulb...
> I agree with Scaramouche below that the singers on the
> Swedish Idol program - where Desmond Child was a guest
> judge - were mediocre at best, but Desmond was not getting
> paid a good amount of money to be on that show to harpoon
> an entire culture when he referred to "isolated isle" in
> pirate terms.
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> The U.S is not the entire world and there are lots of
> cultural differences even in heavily Americanized
> countries like Sweden and Desmond should have recognized
> that before he made that comment. "Isolated isle" makes
> perfect sense in Sweden, and in many other parts of
> Scandinavia (and even Europe), thus, Desmond should have
> focused on evaluating the (lack of) vocal performances and
> kept his cultural homogeniety to himself. Like the
> "Isolated Isle" singer said in an interview following that
> clip: "I wasn't brought up to believe that you have to
> feel small in the presence of those above you in the
> ranks". The train of thought "Lick/kiss up, kick down"
> isn't predominant everywhere...
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> Andreas Carlsson should be a guest judge on American Idol
> and harpoon some country artist singing lines that don't
> make any sense outside of the U.S...
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> /Jimmy G.
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> Just seen that Desmond Child was a guest judge on the
> Swedish version of American Idol.
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> Check out his joke at 1.44 in the clip...very funny:
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> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1aH9bOJXARQ&feature=related
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> The other clips from the show 'aint much better:
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> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7ze5RGO1y4&feature=related
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> He must have been paid a ton of money to subject himself
> to these 'singers'.
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