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If there's a thread on this in the chat I'll comment more over there but...all I have to say is the last 20 seconds (the part after she pauses for a second or two to catch her breathe...at least that's what it looks like to me) of that was the best thing I've ever heard from Katharine (and that's saying a lot).
Anyway, just fantastic. How long was this performance in reality? The recorded Whitney version is almost five minutes. Was Katharine up there that long? She looks like she was ready to fall to the floor at the end of that. She really gave it everything she had. Wonderful, wonderful, wonderful. Although I did think her voice wobbled slightly in the middle. I haven't listen to the enhanced audio version yet though. I noticed a difference between the Google & YouTube versions so maybe that'll be gone in the enhanced version. Because in the YouTube version I thought the band was too loud...the Google version, not so much. Or maybe that was the downloaded one. Whatever.
Katharine was GREAT!
I'm standing on my credentials as a bona fide nutcase Katfan here, so don't throw any tomatoes, but honestly, I don't think Whitney was passing any torch to anybody, no matter how good. She's trying to make a comeback, after all, not go lie down and die. She's Whitney. Her voice in her prime should have been officially designated the eighth wonder of the world. Katharine is carving out her own McNiche in the world of popular music, and it's not one recently vacated by Whitney Houston or anybody else. It's her own.
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You might want to send them a little note thanking them for providing this and perhaps requesting the WHOLE thing, including that spine tingling first line "Share my life..." I'd plug Depends here if I didn't think it would be in questionable taste... This song just shivers my timbers, wherever and however she does it.
American Idol isn't a singing contest, it is a reality show about a singing contest.
If you watch the AI segment with Foster and Bocelli carefully, you see Foster pushing Katharine to perform the little operatic "Prayer". I think they had arranged it beforehand. He say's "Do you think she could do opera too"?
Nothing wrong with that at all.
Funny though that now Foster claims it was entirely Bochelli's realization that Kathiaine was special. I think he is just aware of the myth/legend that is going to grow up and it sounds so much better if Bochelli "discovered" Katharine all by himself.
http://video.google.ca/videoplay?docid=-4124957521935530164she can give you goossies, that was remarkable, she is getting lots of training, from the best, wow look at carrie underwood last night, best vocalist of the year, I can only see kat, doing the same, her voice is one of the kind.
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Woah...a couple things here. CRB...nicely done there. I'd never heard that full story about Daddy McPhee going up to the judges platform during the commercial break. Anyway...I'm forgetting some of what I wanted to say um...oh, Paula's critique. It is interesting that Paula was the most accurate one in her judgements that night since that rarely ever happens. But, as you pointed out, the time it should have been pointed out how Katharine sometimes "falls flat" on high notes was after WWTLF. Because it was more blatant that night. You can notice it on IHN but it doesn't take away from the performance in my opinion.
And to say she didn't bring anything new to IHN or whatever Randy said. He needs to listen to Whitney's version and then rewatch Katharine's. Katharine turned that song into something totally different. She sang it angry. At least in the middle part on Idol. She more opted for belting the middle part at the Carousel Ball over commanding it with anger like she did on Idol.
I'm splitting hairs on the two performances. I like the ending on the Carousel more...I like the middle part on Idol. The beginnings (what we saw of the Carousel one) are about the same. It's a tough call. I guess the surprise factor and the sheer memory-making moment that was the "yellow dress"....I'll go Idol...slightly. But I loved the Carousel one as well.
And I also wonder what kind of shape her voice was in during the entirety of Idol. She said she was dealing with allergies a lot during the show. And has admitted that nerves got to her most of the time. I remember her saying "Nobody sings their best on that show". Something like that. I think that was pretty obvious to anyone who went to the tour. Everyone was better on the tour. And that makes sense. Seeing them live plus the lack of nerves from the Idols = better vocal performances.
Anyway...loved the detailed thoughts on this. Very interesting.
Oh, btw. She's still 22. K's birthdate: March 25, 1984. She was born on a Sunday. Just looked it up. I didn't know that.
I'm Crying... well i was cryng the first time I saw it now I just stare at the monitor with a huge smile in my face.
She did it perfectly!!!!
Eat your words Simon Cowel!!!!!!!!