Who the hell watches crap like The X-factor or Strictly come dancing?

[Doot]

whats not proper music about broadway and opera? are there any good bands out today that put out good music? I can't think of any, all good music comes from the past when it actually meant something. again though the people that are on these shows don't get the chance to write their own music they have to sing well known songs that the show provides.
There is nothing stopping these bands with "proper music" to try out on the show and do some advertising for themselves.

[Gandalf]

whats not proper music about broadway and opera? are there any good bands out today that put out good music? I can't think of any, all good music comes from the past when it actually meant something. again though the people that are on these shows don't get the chance to write their own music they have to sing well known songs that the show provides.
There is nothing stopping these bands with "proper music" to try out on the show and do some advertising for themselves.

British Sea Power are gearing up
Arcade Fire just released a splendid album
Brett Anderson is producing some interesting solo stuff

But are these people ever going to appear on X factor? They all write great stuff, but why should they appear on a false karaoke show?

Just to have Simon Cowell say"You sound too whiney for my liking!". What a crock of shit. There is no respectability to be gained from appearing on a show like this.

It's an absurd programme and the fact that you adhere to it, makes you seem a bit simple.

[Doot]

I'm just a simple man I guess. I am not about hating on things that really have no impact on my life. I enjoy the show and look forward to it every week, its not just the people singing I enjoy its the stories of the people, lots of them have tried their entire careers to establish themselves and just couldn't get a chance and that show gives them that and its nice to watch.
There is a lady on this season she seems to be around 50 years old and she sounds great, its not like she is going to be a pop star or even wants to be one, she just wants to sing.
why hate on her?

[Gandalf]

I'm just a simple man I guess. I am not about hating on things that really have no impact on my life. I enjoy the show and look forward to it every week, its not just the people singing I enjoy its the stories of the people, lots of them have tried their entire careers to establish themselves and just couldn't get a chance and that show gives them that and its nice to watch.
There is a lady on this season she seems to be around 50 years old and she sounds great, its not like she is going to be a pop star or even wants to be one, she just wants to sing.
why hate on her?

Why hate on her?

If she wants to sing then show me the material that she has written. Nothing at 50? Well, that answers it all. She has no talent. Lou Reed cannot sing for shit, but is a very important artist. Put him on X factor and show me how well he does. This man wrote great songs, and yet he doesn't have a great voice. Then show the public his message, what he wrote about.

I hate her because she has nothing to say. I loathe any person with nothing to say.

[Doot]

no you see I have said this twice already, the contestants don't get to write and perform their own stuff. The show gives them a sheet with a bunch of songs on it and they can choose from the list. There are lots of contestants that write their own stuff but can't sing it. Take Matt Cardle this season he is on by himself and singing the shows songs but in real life he is in a band and writes his own stuff and it isnt all that bad. his band is called Seven Summers.

[Doot]

So I am assuming here that you loathe any singer from the present and past that didnt write their own stuff?

[Gandalf]

Are you telling me that a Bob Dylan, an early Bowie or even Lou Reed could have developed on this show?

I loathe this show because it is 100% fake. You need to listen to the opinion of Simon Cowell to buy a record? You are fake too. Have fun with the "Heroes" charity single. It is immoral and against what any Bowie fan believes in.

[Doot]

[Drago]

never seen dancing on ice x factor strictly or big brother or any of that shite i am proud to say

oh wait i did watch i'm a celeb get me out of here when nigel benn was on it

[Youngblood]

Saddo does for sure. He's always jumping in the reality tv threads and knows exactly what is going on. He's a pretty cool guy but loses a point for watching big brother, imo.

[Youngblood]

i watch american idol. so guess i need to confess. but not always the whole season, usually just the first few weeks for all the delusional retards. love the look of disbelief on their faces when they get told they kinda suck. lol

but a couple of seasons i got sucked into watching it week after week right till the final episode.

[ono]

i watch american idol. so guess i need to confess. but not always the whole season, usually just the first few weeks for all the delusional retards. love the look of disbelief on their faces when they get told they kinda suck. lol

but a couple of seasons i got sucked into watching it week after week right till the final episode.

Same thing happened to me. To be fair, it was the GF. I tagged along.

[amat]

TV sucks, no doubt. Commercials suck, the shows suck and the people who watch it suck. HBO doesn't really count as TV. Not even talking about reality TV either, just everything sucks. Hopefully Lights Out the new boxing show won't suck. FX makes good stuff but this 3rd season of Sons of Anarchy has sucked, turned idiculous and I probably won't give it but a couple more episodes to turn it around. If this baby is kidnapped all season then I'm done because it's a stupid ass storyline.

I saw a show on Fox the other day. I actually thought the scene was very very well acted, and I thought hmm, maybe this show is worth a shot. Some lawyers or some shit. So then two people meet a 3rd at a restaurant booth. They did not give one single shot of all 3 sitting at the table. It was sooooooo overedited there were like 1000 times they switched angles and it just made me feel disconnected. Let the actors act, work off each other etc. Don't focus on one persons face everytime they have something to say, it was nuts.

[Cressa121]

I watch the X Factor and I enjoy it. I don't vote, I don't buy any of the charity singles and I don't buy any of the resulting singles and albums that contestants release. I don't see a problem with the show tbh. It can act as a platform for people who have good voices but just never got the break. The thing that gets on my nerves about the show is the excessive media coverage. Do I care that a 17 year old had a breakdown? Or that 2 twentysomethings slept together in a house? No. I also despise how seriously some people take these shows, I mean come on, Cheryl Cole gets death threats for sending a girl home? A girl that since then has been told she's in this country illegally and is on the verge of deportation. Some people do need to get their priorities right if they allow themselves to become so consumed by television.

I don't really see a problem with watching the show to enjoy people singing some classic songs. They don't half murder them sometimes mind, but there's little else on the television so why not? I don't need Simon Cowell to tell me what music to listen too, like I said I don't buy anything connected with the show or vote, I just watch every week for some enjoyment. I can understand why some people are opposed to it, but it shouldn't be a slight against some of the contestants, some do have good voices and not everybody can produce some meaningful, important lyrical masterpiece. The majority of the artists that currently make up the charts these days don't write their own lyrics

[CutMeMick]

All I know is that Cher Lloyd needs to record "Turn My Swag On" cause that girl can sing the shit out of that song and her version is 10 times better the Keri Hilson or Soulja Boys version.