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Old February 29th, 2008, 12:50 PM   #141 (permalink)
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Amanda is a one-trick pony, and she needs to keep pulling out that trick. But her Janis style needs the right songs, and she hasn't picked them. I was amazed that she didn't do a Heart song, because that's a better choice than Kansas. That arrangement was so hacked up to get it to fit in the time allotment, it kept her from making any consistency in performance.
She couldn't sing the verses (too low), and it through her off on the chorus when she went back into it.

Whenever a female singer tries to do the Janis thing on AI, I always think, "Mistake, mistake, mistake." I think it's a bad strategy for the show, and I have a personal prejudice against singers who try to do that bluesy rock mama thing.

Amanda can move well, but the Lily Munster-cum-biker girl look is annoying and her vocals have gotten worse and worse. She was way off on the Brady Bunch group sing last night.
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