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[afuna]

ct posted an entry highlighting a performance of one of Mika's songs on the Sing Off, and that turned me onto the show enough that I decided to grab a copy.

In the middle of the second episode now, and wow do I love this show ♥ I love that they all seem to be having fun, and they're all genuinely good, and they're not trying to upstage one another. The big group performances at the beginning of the show are actually fantastic! (In fairness, they are all used to singing in a group, so they would have an idea of how to pull it off, yes?) And I enjoy how the judging is respectful, treating the singers like artists who have a clue of what they're doing, rather than like idiots who need to be ripped a new one.

There is something about people singing and enjoying their singing that makes me want to sing as well :D So I have been randomly breaking out into song. MOSTLY LOVE SONGS FOR SOME REASON. And mostly old songs that weren't featured on the show, so it's not quite an earworm. It's more of being infected by the spirit of their enthusiasm.

I do hope the rest of the season is as good as the beginning :D

ETA: Ow! Sister spoiled my happy moment by coming in and saying "ginagaya nila ang Glee" (they're imitating Glee). Which, I mean. Bleh.

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[ursamajor]

Heh, you can tell her (from a FilAm choirgirl and a cappella singer of almost 30 years :) ) that yeah, the Sing-Off is definitely capitalizing on Glee's popularity, but competitions like the Sing-Off have been around and popular in American circles for at least decades. I've sung in them. :) If anything, Glee sprung from competitions like the Sing-Off, rather than the other way around.

[afuna]

Heeee, yeah. I told her something similar, not in so many words, and she now thinks they're "real life glee" which is kinda like putting the cart before the horse BUT HEY.

*goes back to enjoying "her" show*

[kareila]

FWIW I love the Sing Off and can't stand Glee, mostly because the producers of studio-recorded a cappella songs can't stop using autotune, which ugh.

Also Ben Folds has been one of my favorite artists for over a decade, so I love watching him on national TV even if he doesn't get to sing much.

One of the singing groups in the second season is from my home state, which made me happy. :)

[afuna]

can't stop using autotune, which ugh.
Yes, exactly! Nails on a chalkboard :-(

Ben Folds seems like a pretty cool guy *G* I only know a couple songs of his, but the ones I know, I love.

Which singing group are you talking about? I skipped the first season, and am in the middle of the second season now.

[kareila]

Committed is from my home state of Alabama :)

[afuna]

That's the group from the south with the really smooth voices, isn't it? I like them!

(Then again, I like them all :-D I just want to listen to them all and not make any of them go home :x)

[kareila]

Yeah, even the judges start saying "why does this have to be a competition?" toward the end.

[afuna]

*sympathizes with them fully*

Oh, randomly, I got the christmas card you sent about half a week ago -- thank you *G*