Do you respect people who can sing more than those who can't?

[Cruel_Sandwich]

Posted: 7/17/08 at 11:33pm

Have you ever been talking to someone, just casually, and then...maybe there was a momentary lapse in the conversation...maybe they were fiddling around and humming to themselves...but you begin to hear the gorgeous sounds emanating from their throats. Does your respect for them shoot way up?

Mine definitely does. For whatever reason, I think of the singing voice as a spiritual gift. When I meet someone with a gift of such beauty...the world opens up.

[Cruel_Sandwich]

Posted: 9/20/08 at 3:36am

Bump.

[Weez]

Posted: 9/20/08 at 7:32am

On the one hand, my sister and I both got our mother's excellent soprano and singing skills, and I find it confusing and upsetting that my sister's daughter can scarcely hold a tune for more than two notes at a time.

On the other hand, I find that generally I respect people who aren't idiots or mean and singing has nothing to do with it.

Draw your own conclusions? ^_^

Updated On: 9/20/08 at 07:32 AM

[Jane2]

Posted: 9/20/08 at 8:13am

Oh definitely! If I know a person can sing my respect for them shoots sky high-immediately. It doesn't even matter what kind of person they are, if they can sing, they're respectful in my book!

Because singing is everything.

[Mamie]

Posted: 9/20/08 at 9:20am

I don't respect them more but I definitely ADMIRE them more - as I do anyone with a talent in the arts. Being personally unable to carry a tune in a bag OR walk 3 steps without tripping, I have a great admiration for the talented!

[JohnBoy2]

Posted: 9/20/08 at 9:44am

Absolutely, positively not!

[Schmerg_The_Impaler]

Posted: 9/20/08 at 10:07am

My respect for someone definitely lessens if they keep hyping their singing voice and it turns out they're not good at all. I know a LOT of people like that. I'm an average singer, and most people I know are, too (if not better), but it always seems to be the terrible singers who walk around talking about their brilliance.

[best12bars]

Posted: 9/20/08 at 10:07am

I tend to respect people who type really fast and can make their own beer.

[Elphaba]

Posted: 9/20/08 at 10:28am

nope....I respect little spoiled nitwits whose parents divorce and they get SO angry they smack their sister around

Updated On: 9/20/08 at 10:28 AM

[KathyGriffinLovesYou]

Posted: 9/20/08 at 10:31am

uuuuuh..... if theyre actors and they started doing that id respect them more but if they were just another person that can sing but doesnt do anything with it its just like "whatever"

[KathyGriffinLovesYou]

Posted: 9/20/08 at 10:31am

uuuuuh..... if theyre actors and they started doing that id respect them more but if they were just another person that can sing but doesnt do anything with it its just like "whatever"

[Schmerg_The_Impaler]

Posted: 9/20/08 at 10:38am

I guess I have a certain amount of reverence for actors whose voices I really, really admire. And there is a guy at my school whose voice is outrageously brilliant, and though I don't know him in person, I always look up to him.

[Elphaba]

Posted: 9/20/08 at 10:43am

I also respect people who can form coherent sentences and can use proper punctuation.

I also respect people who know when to place an apostrophe.

Are you foreign-born Kathy, or do you just not pat attention in class?

Updated On: 9/20/08 at 10:43 AM

[Urban]

Posted: 9/20/08 at 10:43am

A little jealous yes, but respect? Hell no. Respect isn't something given out for having a pretty voice.

However, I tend to like people who randomly burst into song though (regardless of how well they sing)

[artscallion]

Posted: 9/20/08 at 10:45am

http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/respect/

So yeah, singing earns respect.




The Mafia lists 'respect' in numbers 6 and 7 of their ten commandments. So again, sure, singing.

1. No one can present himself directly to another of our friends. There must be a third person to do it.

2. Never look at the wives of friends.

3. Never be seen with cops.

4. Don't go to pubs and clubs.

5. Always be available for Cosa Nostra, even if your wife's about to give birth.

6. Appointments must be respected.

7. Wives must be treated with respect.

8. When asked for any information, the answer must be the truth.

9. Money cannot be appropriated if it belongs to others or to other families.

10. People who can't be part of Cosa Nostra are anyone with a close relative in the police, with a two-timing relative in the family, anyone who behaves badly and doesn't hold to moral values.

Updated On: 9/20/08 at 10:45 AM

[Maraclea2]

Posted: 9/20/08 at 10:57am

In one respect I do respect people who can sing. But I respect people who show respect in respect to experience and wisdom, respectively.

[supportivemom]

Posted: 9/20/08 at 11:00am

Well, I saw the clip of John McCain butchering Barbra Streisand songs and now I have no respect for him! Oh, wait a minute, I didn't have respect for him before that!

[bwaylvsong]

Posted: 9/20/08 at 2:16pm

No, but I LOSE respect for people who think they can sing and can't.

[Chevstriss]

Posted: 9/21/08 at 2:31am

my infatuation with Marjoe skyrocketed when I heard this smooth song styling:


movie theme

[Q]

Posted: 9/21/08 at 2:50am

Bah.


Updated On: 9/21/08 at 02:50 AM

[Chevstriss]

Posted: 9/21/08 at 12:00pm

bah? bah you say? I defy you to find a better up-tempo ode to "a motorcycle bird who ain't ever coming down".

I can only hope someone did a slow, moving, dirge like ballad version at one of the many 1000s of memorial services last yr.

[Chevstriss]

Posted: 9/21/08 at 11:25pm

if you thought Leonard Nimoy was just a TV actor, watch this.

I was lucky enough to be watching one of the 3 channels when this first aired in 67. I recall being embarassed for him. and the chorus girls.
Nimoy sings Bilbo Baggins

[Jane2]

Posted: 9/21/08 at 11:31pm

Oh my, I even was embarrassed for the kids who had to stick out their hineys and shake them.

[BroomstickBoy]

Posted: 9/21/08 at 11:44pm

I respect people who have a modest approach to their talents, but not two-faced modesty. Humble when they talk as if they can't sing really well and then when they sing they just can't get enough of their own voice.

I also don't respect people who abuse the word and think respect is assumed and not earned.

[Chevstriss]

Posted: 9/22/08 at 11:52pm

Nimoy is only 36, in that clip. But looks much older.

The show was taped on the beach, w/ everything lipsynched, and was a summer replacement variety show we all felt was de rigeur back then.

Nimoy being on that show, lipsynching that song, wearing what he's wearing, is just so wrong. I guess he gets props for keeping a straight face?