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

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.

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? ^_^

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

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!

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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.

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

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

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"

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?

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

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.

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

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!

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


movie theme

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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.

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

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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?

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