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Groan !!!
I agree. Diana is a total irritant what with her “little girl” voice and the no shoes ‘Sandie Shaw’ look. The hand gesture is so obviously an affectation designed to push her image, along with the allegedly crippling nervousness – but somehow she bravely manages to perform on the night. Yeah, right !!!
Her days are numbered.
One of the girl singers will win for sure – but selecting which one is really really tough. I love the Spanish one (Ruth Lorenzo) – her rendition of Purple Rain was utterly fantastic; Alexandra Burke has a tremendous stage presence and makes each of her songs her own; Laura White has an amazing singing voice and really delivers each song with enormous feeling.
They all three sing in key (unlike many of the other contestants) so chosing between them for me is really impossible.
I loathe the current expression, used by “do gooders” generally, when confronted with the terrible results of their failings: “….lessons will be learnt…” or even worse (shifting the blame away from the speaker) “…. there are lessons that can and will be learnt…”
I cringe whenever I hear this said, because it usually signals a total complacency coupled with an absolute refusal to admit any guilt or culpability whatsoever on the part of the speaker / organisation.
Still, I suppose saying “Sorry .. we screwed up on this one” would only encourage armies of chavs after a quick buck gained in ‘no win, no fee’ litigation.
Dear frustrated from Aberdeen,
Yes WD40 will help to resolve your issue. Unbeknown to you, WD40 is the room number at the Aberdeen Royal Infirmary where they affix plaster casts to broken fingers etc.
If you trot along there and speak with one of the nice caring nurseys, I’m sure they will fix you up with your very own tailor made plaster cast on your sore pinky. This will enable to to carry on abusing and bashing your keyboard without further injuring your poor finger.
Yours very sincerely indeed,
PB
PS: Aren’t all Aberdonians frustrated???
@lovely Lady wrote:
Agree with you Tickled Pink – you just wanted to give him a hug didn’t you……Daniel should have gone really but the song to his wife was tooooooooooo heartrendering….but awwwwwww at Louis Walsh getting all upset at Daniel’s song….
Yes is was “touching” …. momentarily. But you know Daniel is a really clever and skilled manipulator. I reckon that he specialises in creating “car crash TV” moments, where the judges are manupulated into emotionally breaking down.
He isn’t the best singer by a long chalk. Louis had it just right when he said Daniel should be singing at the end of Blackpool pier – he is a natural ‘crooner’ not a pop singer. He can never win this contest, especially with the strength of the solo female singers this year.
But when push comes to shove, Daniel manages to insert into the show that he is singing of his love for his dead wife, so that he gets 100% of the sympathy vote. All he needs to do is to sing a ‘tear-jerker’ and he is home free …… as it transpired last night.
Mind you, he has a lot going for him. Not a bad looking bloke; friendly and engaging smile; a great sob story that encourages the “awwwww” factor; he comes across as a nice likeable guy and I can easily see loads of females falling for him. I hope he gets through a few more rounds anyway.
I think that there were two component parts to his going last night. His singing seemed somehow to lack any real emotion in that he just stood there and sang the words, but put nothing of himself into it. This was particularly aparrent in the “sing-off”.
Secondly he changed his image totally with the “skinhead” haircut. Previously it was the sort of sticking up gelled look which gave him a more interesting appearance. His ‘new’ look made him look more like a gawky tongue-tied yob – not a look that sells him to the public (or to the judges). Standing there, with his tie undone and struggling not to put his hands in his pockets did him no favours at all.
I also noticed that last week when he got through, he delivered a momentary outburst where his face took on a really violent look – almost as if he was going to start a street fight.
On the face of it Cas, she seems every bit as guilty as he does. Problem is that we don’t know all the facts.
We do know that he was convicted of killing the child (and I think convicted of persistently abusing it over time). She faced a relatively minor charge, no doubt as there was insufficient actual evidence to put before the Courts to secure a conviction on the killing / abusing matters. (I think she was charged with failing to report a death or something similar).
I would agree that morally she shares a terrible burden along with the father and really ought to suffer a similar punishment.
But you know I suspect that the reality is that she probably doesn’t give a damn about morality (or even human decency); she will have learnt little if anything from this; she probably remains utterly unmoved that she has been closely involved in the killing of her child; and doubtless she will carry on with her feral breeding habits and if criticised will respond with “Woteva”.
@esmeralda wrote:
My favourite genre..I watched Candyman ^ in the dead of night whilst living next to a remote hillside graveyard..and all on my ownsome. :twisted:
Did “THEY” come and get you???
Yet another satisfied customer. Lateral thinking will always resolve most issues …… and remember – we care !!!
