X-FACTOR 2006

mariana44 · Post by **mariana44** » Tue Dec 19, 2006 2:42 pm

Of course---that is brilliant.

michduncg · Post by **michduncg** » Tue Dec 19, 2006 3:30 pm

ROBERT M. wrote:"My Way" an awful Frank Sinatra song

Not when sung by Matt!

michduncg · Post by **michduncg** » Tue Dec 19, 2006 3:35 pm

Have to confess that I've not watched this year, after watching my fave (Brenda) getting booted out quite early on last year. Leona does seem a a genuinely nice person, and has a smooth voice. I guess I just want someone to sing like Doris, Alma, Eydie, Peggy, Lena, Sarah, Ell, Julie, Petula - heck even Cilla! i.e. just sing a song out from the heart, without trying to sound like Whitney Houston or Celine Dionne!

paul jh · Post by **paul jh** » Tue Dec 19, 2006 5:59 pm

You said it perfectly, Michael. I agree with you 100%. Leona may be sweet and nice, but there is nothing unique or special about her singing on A Moment Like This. It's cookie-cutter Mariah/Whitney.

That's why I can appreciate someone such as Nerina Pallot. She has her own style and knows how to sing properly.

mariana44 · Post by **mariana44** » Tue Dec 19, 2006 6:04 pm

I have been saying from way back, that Leona sounded too much like Mariah Carey---who I cannot stand by the way! Whitney Houston is Ok sometimes.

I know that I would never buy a recording by Leona !!

Gray · Post by **Gray** » Tue Dec 19, 2006 8:38 pm

Hello Mike, Paul & Marian

It's a very good point you've made about Leona, she is a Whitney clone.
I wasn't a fan of Leona's version of 'I Will Always Love You' as she sang it in an identical way to Whitney, and didn't try to make the song her own.
It was note perfect, don't get me wrong, but if I want to hear Whitney Houston I will put one of her records on.

I still think she is a better singer than Ray however, who (in my opinion - I must add that!) missed a lot of notes and 'searched' for them whilst singing - if that makes sense.

I did hear Leona's new single today, I thought it was very weak, really bland, but it will sell by the bucket load so what do I know!

Gray

ROBERT M. · Post by **ROBERT M.** » Tue Dec 19, 2006 11:18 pm

Marian, us cricket fans have known Mark Ramprakash for a long time, playing for Middlesex and occasionally for England

ROBERT M. · Post by **ROBERT M.** » Tue Dec 19, 2006 11:33 pm

Mark - I have to say that I do not think "My Way" is awful, on the contrary the song is "emotional". That is one of the reasons so many deceased people choose the song for funerals

Mike - If you want to hear a female singer who sings from the heart, just go a bit further back in time then you seem to go, and listen to Frances Langford

mariana44 · Post by **mariana44** » Tue Dec 19, 2006 11:45 pm

Hi Robert--I did really know who Mark Ramprakash is---
I was just being facetious

I heard Leona's single today--or maybe yesterday. There is nothing about it, that would make me want to buy it, download it, or in any other way listen to it again. Completely unforgettable as far as I am concerned.

But I have watched and listened to Ray singing "The way you look tonight" loads of times---I do not care if Leona is a "better" singer, or if Ray misses notes--I would much rather listen to him and his type of singing, than Leona and her type of singing.

john · Post by **john** » Wed Dec 20, 2006 12:28 am

Where would we be without Frances Langford, Robert?

ROBERT M. · Post by **ROBERT M.** » Wed Dec 20, 2006 1:19 am

Up a creek without a paddle, john

Mark Fox · Post by **Mark Fox** » Wed Dec 20, 2006 11:50 am

Sorry,MY WAY is awful as is THAT'S LIFE.So many beautiful songs to chose from but not these two,NOR Ol'Macdonald,Everybody's Twisting and/or French Foreign Legion.Q.E.D.
I'm pleased though that deceased people can pick songs.
Up to this morning 200,000 downloads already of Leona's song-so they're ALL wrong?

mariana44 · Post by **mariana44** » Wed Dec 20, 2006 1:20 pm

I have to agree--I did not much like "That's Life".

I wonder if the result would have been different, if they had stuck to the original plans and sang a Christmas Song each at that stage.

I have to say that I thought Leona's duet with Take That ,and "A million Love Songs" was better than Ray and Westlife---Big, Big Mistake with that song.

paul jh · Post by **paul jh** » Wed Dec 20, 2006 4:51 pm

Correction: Leona has sold 88,500 - 100,000 downloads thus far. 200,000 downloads is the prediction for the week. She will likely sell over 500,000 physical singles. People are buying it as stocking stuffers or a souvenir---not because it's a quality song and performance.

Her future success depends on how quickly she can break away from Simon Cowell and 19 Entertainment.

ROBERT M. · Post by **ROBERT M.** » Wed Dec 20, 2006 5:41 pm

Mark, that is your opinion of the song "My Way"

but I am positive the majority of people agree with me regarding the song Mr Sinatra is most well known for singing

but I agree with you on "Thats Life" - a very ordinary song.

Don't you know that people choose their funeral songs before they depart this world