Cher Lloyd has talent?
So this article is not just about how a 16 year old contestant on an abhorrent talent show had some skills. Its got a wider context than that. But first lets get the question answered, musically Cher has performed 1 song properly on the show and did this well, her choice of song and choice of outfit was what caught the attention of everyone, how such a slim (I mean seriously needs dinner slim) young lassie could come out and sing a song with such swagger which was, lets be honest written by some wannabe gangsta thug from the states, was pretty incredible and maybe as surprising as when Susan Boyle dusted down the wet cat hairs from her woolen skirt and belted out a west end tune.
So first problem is the fact she basically trawled you tube and selected a great cover and did it well. As a music reviewer I spend a lot of time trawling you tube for new acts and have found a number of people more inventive and better, the problem is access. So you go on a TV talent show do something a bit different and they like it, great. You perhaps get a deal at the end of it all to be a robot and conform with all the other pop stars out there run by big companies. Was that really what your dream was? Are you sure it wasn’t to be recognised as a talented person and not just an object. Already tabloids have hacked her bebo and myspace and face book and put pictures of her all over their papers to satisfy the grubby male clientele. You might suggest that she is going to do this for couple years then maybe she’ll come out and be the individual she clearly wants to be, I wouldn’t say it was likely given two years of having your identity destroyed is probably difficult to recover from, just ask Craig David next time you see him on your Uni campus doing a freshers week gig.
This whole concept is ripping the soul out of amateur bands and destroying any hope of another decent arctic monkeys like band getting anywhere. Do we need some cute lassie with an ok voice singing someone elses songs because on the front of a cd she will look better? I don’t believe so. I also don’t believe the number of teens on talent shows who say I’ve waited all my life for this I want it so badly, and perhaps the problem is now we have adults who have grown up swallowing this rubbish. You can be a star all you have to do is either wear ridiculously slutty clothing if you’re a girl or if you’re a boy then all you need is a cute nose and a side swipe across your fringe. Sure fire guarantee substitute for talent right there, lack of morals and a good plastic surgeon great.
Ok so back to Cher Lloyd, lets say for arguments sake she makes it through and wins the thing, she will be turned from a young girl with a dream of being some famous RnB singer and rapper to being a clone of Lady Gaga, only a UK version so the videos will look cheap and the beats will be a kin to the demo button on any decent late 80’s keyboard. The most annoying thing about this is that by her being a success you can bet your last 10 pence that next year we will be inundated with a whole raft of lassies just like her all over the front pages of the scumboids sorry that would be red top newspapers.
Lets hope that for the sake of this country Simon Cowell retires and the whole talent show thing fades away. The only time I want to see the camera pan back and forward 8 times between the judge and the contestant awaiting the result is on Jeremy Kyle when he gives out DNA results.
This article was written whilst listening to On Melancholy Hill - Gorrilaz, Cher Lloyd and The View.
Cher Lloyd - Audition on X-factorWritten by Scottish Steve
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