re: NBC The Voice Season 5 Thread

Song choices tonight were boring.

I am playing catchup now. I am on Will's second performance. notes so far:

1. Will is good but song choice is a major issue for him.

2. Tess should go home. The way she pronounces words while singing makes her sound like she should be singing in another language to me. Not a fan of her's at all.

3. The 16 year old girl is good but Christina gives her bad songs to sing but I'm not sure she has the flexibility to sing other stuff.

4. I really like Cole, he is my favorite on the show and has been awhile. I liked both of his songs tonight but I am probably biased.

5. James' first song wasn't good, not sure what his next is.

6. Mathew has fallen from my pick to win to just above Tess for me. Christina is trying to get him to show some range in song choice and it is exposing him. I said it last week, I just don't see him selling albums when the show ends because i think he ends up singing gospel or something.

Still watching. Tessanne needs to go this week. Love Cole. Jacquie has pipes. Too much screaming on the first song and still the choices are too old for her. Extremely talented though.

Not sure who else I'd like to see go. I like Matthew. Also like James though his first song wasn't as good as it could have been. Haven't seen his or Will's second song.

Xtina made sure to find something negative to say about Cole's second performance. I liked the raspy voice. She took to the stage with Jacquie. Sheesh.

ETA: didn't care for Will so much though his Etta James last week was phenomenal.

I'm assuming two. Don't really know yet.

At first, I thought Jacquie was going to slay the Xtina song, but I felt like she lost her pretty tone with all the yelling. Didn't enjoy it. Xtina making it all about her of course.

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Cole
Will
Jacquie
James
Matthew
A bunch that have been cut already
Tessanne

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Pretty close to mine...I rank Jacquie above Will.

Agree that Matthew's ride on Hallelujah may be coming to an end.I like the kid, though. Xtina is ruining him. Will did improve and I think At Last was his high point and now he doesn't look as good. Jacquie is definitely oversinging and doing more screaming and yelling than needs to be done. I think Xtina wants to show her power, but she's pushed her too far. She's not going home, but geez, the girl is really good, but Xtina is pushing power only or so it seems.

I think Cole's Hall and Oats was very good, but there were no wow moments and I didn't find it to be a standout performance. Worried me. I think Xtina believes Cole is the one for Jacquie to beat and that's why she made the comment on his raspiness.

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Pretty close to mine...I rank Jacquie above Will.

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Nah, Jacquie continued the scream-a-thon last night. The lyrical content of Cry Baby and the gut bucket rasp Janis brought to the song is so out in front of what Jacquie is capable of at this time her performance came across as fake and contrived yelling, then Xtina has to march on stage and point out things in the "performance" that were obviously contrived before hand, yeesh. Could not stand it and her Xtina song was more of the same.

I thought James was best of the night. If Blake had given Cole a legit song instead of Rich Girl I would have him first as he killed the second song. Still like Will, he was not at his best, but still good enough for top 3, then Matthew, J, and T. Matthew seems a little lost although better than last week, all the contestants would benefit from a better audio vocal/musical mix as the band and background singers continue to overpower the leads. The wheels have come off the enjoyment train for me the last 3-weeks as there is no real critical commentary from the coaches when there should be, everybody just gets a pass in the 2-hour coddling session.

I still think she and Cole in the top 3 with James & Will vying for the 3rd spot.

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I still think she and Cole in the top 3 with James & Will vying for the 3rd spot.

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She may be based on whomever votes, but she is not in my top 3. She is very raw, with likely the most upside for a career with mass appeal, but after the last 4-weeks she is a 16 year old with a huge voice she can't control nor provide any nuanced vocals within context of a song. It is what it is to me, and therefore not in my top 3.

I would liken her singing "Cry Baby" with very limited life experiences, if any, tied to the lyrics as similar to having a 16 year old boy up there singing lyrics from Jamey Johnson's "High Cost of Living". I can just see/hear it:

"I had a job and a piece of land,
My sweet wife was my best friend,
But I traded that for cocaine and a whore"

Yeah, sure you did, make believe 16-yr old.

Does not compute for me from a believability reference, and, no, I really don't take it that literally. People who are more mature and more aligned with older song standards have to try and compartmentalize some of the song choices, especially when they are short of the mark in so many ways and the coach says Jacquie did a hell of a job anyway. Don't take it literally, just tired of the shrieking and lack of nuanced singing from her when she should be capable of much, much better and her coach isn't helping in that regard.