Give me a singer who can sing! It isn't Mica!

[mrdreamjeans]

One of my guilty pleasures is watching "So, You Think You Can Dance". I enjoyed all of last season and have watched this year too ... have already picked my favorites to win. The young dancers are amazingly talented. During the course of the results show each week, "So, You Think You Can Dance" offers a musical guest performance. It's often someone or a group I've never heard of; I usually enjoy the exposure to new artists ... or at least, the artists who are new to me. Last night was the exception!!!

Mica! Pronounced "Mee -ca". Pronounced pure unadulterated crap! I just finished an issue of "Out" magazine that wasted several pages of paper profiling him. Yes, he's cute in an androgynous way. Yes, he's had a hard life. But no way should this kid be being promoted the way he is, whether he's Gay or not (which was the silly point of the profile). He isn't talented. I've never heard worse vocals and I've listened to Jessica Simpson, her sister who shall remain nameless, Britney Spears and their ilk.

I viewed Mica's performance like I do a bad car wreck ... terrible fascination, unable to look away despite the carnage I am witnessing ... His chest voice was weak, barely distinguishable, then the move to a screechy falsetto without apparent reason, not a single word articulated ... No diction ... I think he was saying "love me", amidst his hopping about the stage; but if he was, there are better ways to beg for love! *sigh*

I suspect my opinion will be dismissed because I'm an older singer who believes in a voice with power, range, nuance and beauty, who believes that you sing to be understood, to get your message across, to tell your stories. Pop music can't be all about small voices, studio pitch correction, over-processed sound and careful packaging ... it just can't ... I can't be alone in believing this ... Give me a singer who can really sing.