>>Cure_Ewan wrote:
>>
>>>"fille" <filledep...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>>>news:9f5208cb-34d1-4e81-a57f-9dacc8293f8a@k2g2000hse.googlegroups.com...
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>>>>Asia'h Epperson - "How Do I Love"
>>>>Her dad died in a car accident a few days ago. She has a husky-sounding,
>>>>almost hoarse-sounding, voice. What's a "Knee Jew"? She keeps singing
>>>>about a Knee Jew. Her voice is OK, but the texture is too heavy for my
>>>>taste. She's choked up about her dad. The judges all said she was great,
>>>>but they're grading on a "your dad just died" curve, because she wasn't
>>>>really that great. She was good enough to pass, though. Dad Just Died Girl
>>>>passed.
>>
>>>I just thought this back story was too much - I mean, c'mon - your dad
>>>just dies and you're auditioning for American Idol? Call me cynical.
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>>>Yeah, the last thing I'd be doing at that time would be auditioning. �I'd be
>>>with my family. �I feel the same way about the single mothers who choose to
>>>audition rather than raise their young children. �Still, I can see why the
>>>judges passed this girl through. �To be able to hold herself together so
>>>well under a time of such great duress bodes well for her ability to
>>>withstand the pressures of the AI competition. �As for her husky voice, I
>>>got that she was incredibly horse from crying so much.
>>
>>I felt that way at first too - that she should forget about auditioning
>>and be with the family - but then I started thinking that she's
>>undoubtedly right in that her father would want her to go through with
>>it (isn't that how all parents are), her family probably encouraged her
>>to continue and quite possibly *all* of her family need something
>>positive like this to help them through it. �If she didn't audition, in
>>another year the father will still be gone and the family will still be
>>grieving, whether she auditioned or not, but maybe she will have had an
>>amazing and positive experience. �And I agree about her voice - I think
>>she'll sound different next time we hear her.
>>
>>tzigaane-
> a little. I tried to put myself in that story and I know if that were
> either. So with that in mind I'll go easy on Dad Just Died
> Girl..................................for now. ;-p
