No Cake News + No Life = Online Stalking
Since there's virtually no Cake news, and I have no life (well, I do, but I chose to ignore it at the moment), I went and looked through 'Chris R Pics Thread' in IDF, and I found this interest article on my boy and his ridiculous low self-esteem issue.
My favorite parts:
"What you get now from Chris is raw talent, sweetness and affability. Like Keanu Reeves in The Matrix, Chris must plug into the core and get his voltage flowing! He’s holding back and doesn’t know how to release! Chris told Idol that people would be surprised to learn he was self-conscious, and he thinks he hides it well. I say he doesn’t hide it at all and that’s what needs fixing." - - because The Matrix owns me. XDD
and
"Chris is a romantic singer. He needs to move past his pre-teen non-threatening image and get into that confident “I’m a man and I want a woman to want me and I’ll show them why they should” vibe. Chris comes from a lineage of soul singers. That’s who he wants to be, too."
Coaching troubled Idols: Rona counsels Chris R.
This week we're trying something a little different with our coaches. Rather than have them review last week's performances -- which I've already done, you've already done, 5,000 other blogs and fan sites have already done, and for all I know half the junior high English classes in the country have already done as an essay assignment -- we asked each of them to pick a finalist who has potential but needs to step up his or her game.
Strangely, nobody picked Sanjaya. I asked each coach to submit three names, to avoid duplication, and as it turned out, there was only one duplication among the first choices, so nearly everyone (sorry, Gene, we'll make it up to you) is writing about a primary-target Idol. (And, in some cases, other Idol matters that caught their attention, which follow the main coaching piece.)
Rona Elliot starts us off with an in-depth look at Chris Richardson (plus, just for fun, a commentary on Diana Ross).
You might be surprised to hear that I spent all last night and this with American Idol contestant Chris Richardson, the 22-year-old from Chesapeake, Va. Okay, okay, well, not that way - but I did dig deep into Chris, watching past performances and interviews on the Idol website.
I chose Chris because I think he’s got the goods! He’s a work in progress: the voice, the look, but with a missing piece onstage. (I disagree with Simon, who said his vocals sucked last week; I liked them.) So, I started to root around all things Richardson and find out what makes him tick, musically and otherwise.
Here’s what I think is missing to make him a powerful performer: raw sexual energy! There’s no juice, no shakti (female energy) or shiva (male energy), no burn! Call it what you will! Chris is either not in touch or not comfortable with expressing his sensuality onstage now; his “come over here baby, let me show you what I can do for you” is not happening! He’s not connecting with the audience about that. Maybe he’s had that life experience already and maybe not yet!
What you get now from Chris is raw talent, sweetness and affability. Like Keanu Reeves in The Matrix, Chris must plug into the core and get his voltage flowing! He’s holding back and doesn’t know how to release! Chris told Idol that people would be surprised to learn he was self-conscious, and he thinks he hides it well. I say he doesn’t hide it at all and that’s what needs fixing.
Chris’s heroes, James Brown and Elvis, to name two of them, writhed with sensual electricity. They were both human, sweaty, raw, heart-thumping, grinding guys and Chris needs a transfusion from them. He should breathe deep, look in the mirror and check himself out. Breathe again. Get in touch with his male self and get ready to sell it, because selling is what this competition is all about.
Chris needs to get a hula hoop and practice moving his hips, his way. Watch videos of James Brown and Elvis. Watch Marvin Gaye sing: the king of oozing, dripping male sex.
Chris is a romantic singer. He needs to move past his pre-teen non-threatening image and get into that confident “I’m a man and I want a woman to want me and I’ll show them why they should” vibe. Chris comes from a lineage of soul singers. That’s who he wants to be, too.
Even if it’s not there yet for him, Chris needs to fake it like a great actor until he feels it for real, and then convince the audience. We want our stars to remind us about possibility and fantasy and take us where we haven’t gone, but they need to then get there first and show us the way.
Come on, Chris, you can do it! You need to, too, to stay in the Idol game!
Source: http://blogs.usatoday.com/idolchatter/2007/03/coaching_troubl.html
My favorite parts:
"What you get now from Chris is raw talent, sweetness and affability. Like Keanu Reeves in The Matrix, Chris must plug into the core and get his voltage flowing! He’s holding back and doesn’t know how to release! Chris told Idol that people would be surprised to learn he was self-conscious, and he thinks he hides it well. I say he doesn’t hide it at all and that’s what needs fixing." - - because The Matrix owns me. XDD
and
"Chris is a romantic singer. He needs to move past his pre-teen non-threatening image and get into that confident “I’m a man and I want a woman to want me and I’ll show them why they should” vibe. Chris comes from a lineage of soul singers. That’s who he wants to be, too."
Coaching troubled Idols: Rona counsels Chris R.
This week we're trying something a little different with our coaches. Rather than have them review last week's performances -- which I've already done, you've already done, 5,000 other blogs and fan sites have already done, and for all I know half the junior high English classes in the country have already done as an essay assignment -- we asked each of them to pick a finalist who has potential but needs to step up his or her game.
Strangely, nobody picked Sanjaya. I asked each coach to submit three names, to avoid duplication, and as it turned out, there was only one duplication among the first choices, so nearly everyone (sorry, Gene, we'll make it up to you) is writing about a primary-target Idol. (And, in some cases, other Idol matters that caught their attention, which follow the main coaching piece.)
Rona Elliot starts us off with an in-depth look at Chris Richardson (plus, just for fun, a commentary on Diana Ross).
You might be surprised to hear that I spent all last night and this with American Idol contestant Chris Richardson, the 22-year-old from Chesapeake, Va. Okay, okay, well, not that way - but I did dig deep into Chris, watching past performances and interviews on the Idol website.
I chose Chris because I think he’s got the goods! He’s a work in progress: the voice, the look, but with a missing piece onstage. (I disagree with Simon, who said his vocals sucked last week; I liked them.) So, I started to root around all things Richardson and find out what makes him tick, musically and otherwise.
Here’s what I think is missing to make him a powerful performer: raw sexual energy! There’s no juice, no shakti (female energy) or shiva (male energy), no burn! Call it what you will! Chris is either not in touch or not comfortable with expressing his sensuality onstage now; his “come over here baby, let me show you what I can do for you” is not happening! He’s not connecting with the audience about that. Maybe he’s had that life experience already and maybe not yet!
What you get now from Chris is raw talent, sweetness and affability. Like Keanu Reeves in The Matrix, Chris must plug into the core and get his voltage flowing! He’s holding back and doesn’t know how to release! Chris told Idol that people would be surprised to learn he was self-conscious, and he thinks he hides it well. I say he doesn’t hide it at all and that’s what needs fixing.
Chris’s heroes, James Brown and Elvis, to name two of them, writhed with sensual electricity. They were both human, sweaty, raw, heart-thumping, grinding guys and Chris needs a transfusion from them. He should breathe deep, look in the mirror and check himself out. Breathe again. Get in touch with his male self and get ready to sell it, because selling is what this competition is all about.
Chris needs to get a hula hoop and practice moving his hips, his way. Watch videos of James Brown and Elvis. Watch Marvin Gaye sing: the king of oozing, dripping male sex.
Chris is a romantic singer. He needs to move past his pre-teen non-threatening image and get into that confident “I’m a man and I want a woman to want me and I’ll show them why they should” vibe. Chris comes from a lineage of soul singers. That’s who he wants to be, too.
Even if it’s not there yet for him, Chris needs to fake it like a great actor until he feels it for real, and then convince the audience. We want our stars to remind us about possibility and fantasy and take us where we haven’t gone, but they need to then get there first and show us the way.
Come on, Chris, you can do it! You need to, too, to stay in the Idol game!
Source: http://blogs.usatoday.com/idolchatter/2007/03/coaching_troubl.html