Anyone who has been watching “I love the 90s” on VH1 knows that Michael Bolton has been introducing the segment on the “hotties” of each year. First of all, what is his cred for doing this? He’s a middle aged John Tesh who just happened to have some musical talent. The only “hotties” oogling him are doing so from their wheelchairs at the Sunny Side Geriatric Farm, and it really pisses off the scrub boys who have to mop up all the drool later.
Second, in just over half of the segments, he introduces himself as “The Voice”.
The Voice???
The Voice???
The motherfucking VOICE?!?!?!?!?!?
Can someone please tell me where this comes from and what it means? I keep drawing a blank, which quickly is filled with a vision of an aging Bolton squirming in a chair a 'la Jeff Bridges in The Big Lebowski, trying to get a loan or something . "Let me explain something to you. Um, I am not Mr. Bolton. You’re Mr. Bolton. I’m the Voice. So that’s what you call me. You know, that or uh, His Voiceness, or uh, Voicer, or El Voicerino if you’re not into the whole brevity thing. "
Double you tee eff???
By having Michael Bolton introduce hotties, it ensures that none of the hotties will be overshadowed by the host; in fact, his negative hotness causes the hotties to seem even hotter by comparison.
I celebrate the guy’s entire catalogue.
I actually was impressed with him once, years ago. Saw him singing the National Anthem for some sporting event. He was damn good. At that. Not at anything else I’ve heard though.
I saw Michael Bolton in concert one in 1994…I had a friend who worked for Bill Graham Presents and we got in for free. I never would have gone otherwise. I was very pleasantly surprised at how much I enjoyed the concert. While his type of music isn’t my favorite by a long stretch, I think he has a great voice for the type of music he does.
But if he’s the voice, try and understand it. Take a chance and make it real.
I hate Michael Bolton. And whats up with that haircut he used to have. Percy Sledge must be spinning like a lathe in the grave at his ‘reimagining’ of ‘when a man loves a woman’