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Skully · April 13th, 2006, 10:55 AM

I'm not a fan of Ace, but he's got a better voice than Bucky and, well, he shore is pretty. Just ask my 3-year-old daughter.

So far, the best guest artist has been Barry Manilow. He truly coached the singers and gave them valuable advice. [Rogers was a distant second.] Among other things, he stressed the fact that it's not about hitting a bunch of notes, it's about selling the emotion and the story of the song, a point that both the contestants and the judges generally seem clueless about. He also Manilow-ed all their arrangements, which was both good and bad. I kept pointing out to my wife how he inserted those trademark Manilow modulations into each tune.

April 13th, 2006, 10:55 AM	#8 (permalink)
Skully Friend of Leo's Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Glamorous NoHo Posts: 3,990	I'm not a fan of Ace, but he's got a better voice than Bucky and, well, he shore is pretty. Just ask my 3-year-old daughter. So far, the best guest artist has been Barry Manilow. He truly coached the singers and gave them valuable advice. [Rogers was a distant second.] Among other things, he stressed the fact that it's not about hitting a bunch of notes, it's about selling the emotion and the story of the song, a point that both the contestants and the judges generally seem clueless about. He also Manilow-ed all their arrangements, which was both good and bad. I kept pointing out to my wife how he inserted those trademark Manilow modulations into each tune.