X Factor

[BlasterBates]

Was watching the German talent show (they seem to be 6 months behind UK)

There were 2 teenage looking 12 year old girls with electric guitars and a 16 year old boy on drums, and they were good. They'd written their own song, and both sung well. Wasted on a show a like that, they should just go their own way. Especially as they decided to let the girls go through but not the drummer.

[d000hg]

Sometimes I think I should watch it so that I understand what the permies are talking about on a Monday lunchtime...

I've been doing a part-time gig for about 2 months now, and have not heard a single mention of "Jedward", for which I am most thankful. The company is 100% male, only 1 person there is not a techie though, so that probably explains it.

[lje]

I was forced to watch this a couple of week's ago when I was visiting my sister. I was none to wiser afterwards. Sometimes I think I should watch it so that I understand what the permies are talking about on a Monday lunchtime...

[SantaClaus]

I bet more people associate that song with George Michael than Elton John - he had the far bigger hit with it (although technically it was a duet).

Louis was just being a plonker, although probably deliberate just to garner more attention etc. - which is what the show has always been about from day one, which people are only just waking up to this fact.

Good entertainment, but about as realistic as WWF.

Will always be a George Michael song for me. I saw George and Elton performing the song live at Wembley years ago.

[centurian]

What was all that stuff about Joe singing an Elton song?

I bet more people associate that song with George Michael than Elton John - he had the far bigger hit with it (although technically it was a duet).

Louis was just being a plonker, although probably deliberate just to garner more attention etc. - which is what the show has always been about from day one, which people are only just waking up to this fact.

Good entertainment, but about as realistic as WWF.

[minestrone]

Anyway, never really liked Queen's music, sort of good but not something I would listen to, but comparing these upstarts singing compared to Mercury's vocals completely shows the difference in quality to a real musical professional who has learned his trade over many years playing with bands.

Same happened with George Michael, you can see how far away they are from someone that is actually very good.

[minestrone]

What was all that stuff about Joe singing an Elton song? Nobody piped in when Stacey sang a Bonnie Raitt song (even though it was written for her, technically the song Joe sung was written for Elton as well).

That afro guy sung Angel of Harlem recently but was told off for it not being a Big Band song, the previous song was Proud Mary written about a river boat in Louisiana by a bunch of self confessed red necks and nobody said anything to that. Angel Of Harlem always had a big band sound with a brass section being heavily used.

The fact that the judges have no idea of these facts shows how little they know about music.

That bloke who sung careless wipsa was never flat, Cheryl Cole should know more about singing flat than anyone as she seemed to excel in doing it a couple of weeks ago so she has some cheek pulling him up for that.

I actually thought that was the best song of the night.

[gingerjedi]

Real music died after the 1980's. This is just a bit of fun.

Really? I think you'll find there are more live acts playing in more venues than any time since the 60's, maybe even more?

[SantaClaus]

Real music died after the 1980's. This is just a bit of fun.

[Cowboy Bob]

Support real music. Turn that tulipe off.

[SantaClaus]

Ok, so most of the contestants have proved tonight that they are tone deaf and George Michael has switched off the telly in disgust.

But who would you vote for?

I got 2 bets just for fun:

Jedward - Couldnt resist the odds for an outsider. The British public might want to humiliate Simon Cowell when they roll home drunk from a few too many sherbets tonight.

Joe - To cover the cost of the bet on Jedward. Let's face it, Joe is the only one who can sing efortlessly in this competition.

Anyone else wins - I'll probably be crying into my mince pies at Christmas