Just saw her sing … my wife and I are looking at each other and Holy Sh*t the girl can blow! We all know it.
Whose taking bets on her getting picked up and going multi-platinum just like Chris Daughtry…if of course she doesn’t seal the deal with Idol first. Which she just may do.
Good Going Mel!
I’d have bought her My Funny Valentine that night if it’d been available on Itunes. She and Blake are each other’s only real competition imho and it’s ironic since they couldn’t be more different.
Since I’d never heard of her before I came into this thread, probably not. I’m reminded of a scene in the Bobby Darin movie. He’s gotten success in his own little world but wants to be a STAR! His manager tells him he’s already a star, and Bobby grabs a passing janitor and asks him if he knows who Bobby Darin is. The guy says no. Bobby was a star when the janitor, who wasn’t particularly into music, knew who he was. I suppose Kelly Clarkson is a star because, until a little while ago, I’d never seen a minute of American Idol, but though I dislike her music intensely, I knew who she was.
Of course, now I’ve heard of Melinda Doolittle, but I still don’t think she’s a star. Yet.
This got me to go to YouTube to watch her performance, because I love that song. Other than the diva wailing, which I cannot stand no matter who’s doing it, it was a decent version. She seems like a really nice person (though someone in the Comments said she was a homophobe) and even if she doesn’t win, she’ll go far. The cat is out of the bag about her. I have no doubt she will become a star.
I still like Nico’s version best though. Nico would never have made it past the hotel ballroom auditions.
I would buy Melinda’s album, without hesitation. You may well be right to mention Chris Daughtry, but if you’re right, we should wish her to be in the top few, but not win.
Pah. It’s easy to be famous when your daddy’s a star.
Me too. Do they make the competition tunes available after the show ends? Not that it matters…she’s going to get a contract either way.
I think that she’ll be a star and she’ll also reach more audiences than any other Idol has thus far. She’s far more versatile – with old standards, blues, vintage Motown, and who knows what else she’ll pull out of her bag o’ talent. My father was impressed by her performance last night (which, in my opinion, was her weakest) and he’s 77 years old and thinks American Idol is complete crap. I think she’ll end up turning lots of people on to genres they’ve never listened to before.
On a completely shallow level, though, her hunched shoulders bug the absolute shit out of me.
Probably, and therein lies the fundamental problem with American Idol- winning does not guarantee long term music biz success, and losing does not condemn you to career obscurity. The whole show is about the winner getting a recording contract, but most of the top 10 finishers get one as well. It should be like the lottery- winner gets rich, losers get nothing, ever. One of the rules should be if you lose, you will agree to never sign a recording contract with anyone ever.
Why? How would that improve anything or even add to the entertainment value of the show? You sound bitter.
I’ve had the same question as in the OP. Just give the gal a contract and let her go home already.
Agreed. I would pay to see her in concert, so the way I see it, the sooner she gets bumped, the sooner she can get out and tour and make a few CDs.
And Equipoise, regarding the comment about her being homophobic - let me know if you find a cite for that, as that is a pretty strong accusation to be passing along simply because some yahoo on YouTube wrote it. I Googled and could not find any reference and trust me, if she had ever made a public homophobic comment, I have a feeling there might be some Gay press about the fact. I came up with zilch, so I will assume you read a rant by someone who doesn’t know better.
Ludicrous. They got into the top 12 because they were culled from tens of thousands of applicants. That the ‘voters’ may not deem someone a winner out of twelve doesn’t mean they’re not great. Jennifer Hudson was a case in point. She should never have been voted off and she will go on to have a distinguished career because she is far more talented than the winner that round. Same with Clay Aiken - he’s got an excellent voice, far superior to Reuben’s.
Not only that, but everyone who applies (pretty much) is intent on a career in music so you actually think they should drop their life plan if they lose a contest? :rolleyes:
Got news for ya: nobody in his right mind would try out for a contest with an idiotic rule like that.
Perhaps someone got her confused with Mandisa–or, I should say, with the comments made about Mandisa (last season).
I think in an “AI Stars” contest…say, the top two from each season…Melinda would win. I think she’s more polished and has more control than any of the past winners. (I actually forget who all the top two were, but I know I’ll remember her whether she wins or not.)
Well, despite the fact that you were thrown off by the fact that there’s actually a female singer you haven’t heard of, I think what the OP really meant was “star quality,” which she apparently has in droves. I’m no American Idol fan, but this girl was even brought onto my musical radar, and she definitely has the star quality that Kelly Clarkson (who I admit is great) also has.
Then again, I doubt she’s as huge as Selena, who we all know was a bigger star than Kurt Cobain. 
Is it because they are both backup singers and great friends so therefore guilt by association or maybe it’s church mandated. :rolleyes: Anyway, what do her personal views have to do with her talent?
In other words, it takes all of the excitement out of a contest when the losers all eventually get what the winner gets- fame, recroding contract, etc. Rueben wins! He gets a recording contract! But wait Clay lost, but he gets one too! And so does the third place finisher, and the fourth!
I think it serves an important self-correction function. It is right that the bizarre result from last year was overturned by the buying public. Same same for the year that Aiken should have won.
I apologise for so casually posting an opinon from a YouTube Comments page. The only other thing I remember about the comment is (paraphrasing) that Melinda Doolittle was tight with “Mandisa”, and shared her homophobic views. I’d never heard of Mandisa until that comment and this thread, but I’ve educated myself a bit (somewhat against my will, I really hate this kind of music) and couldn’t find anything that indicated that Dolittle was tight with or shared Mandisa’s views (or what some perceived her views to be). So anyway, I was wrong and I apologise. I never read American Idol threads, but the question in the Subject Line invited me in. A simple ‘no, not yet’ would have sufficed.
There are tens of millions of female singers out there I’ve never heard of. That this one is only known, so far, from being on a TV show that billions of people around the world do not watch indicated to me that she’s not yet a star and won’t be until she does something other than being on a television talent contest. I’d never heard of Jennifer Hudson until shortly before Dreamgirls came out.
If the OP meant “star quality” he should have said “star quality” in the Subject Line and I’d have had a different answer after I checked her out. I said in my original post that I thought she was going to become big, which means my answer to a question of “Does Melinda Doolittle have star quality?” would have been yes.
:rolleyes:
