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Thread ID: 80211	2007-06-15 02:37:00	Have a listen to this guy sing	wmoore (6009)	PC World Chat

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559397	2007-06-16 05:43:00	Thanks for that. I compared it to Pavarotti and frankly I was very impressed. I enjoyed Potts also. I like Slim Dusty as well.	Lily (12417)
559398	2007-11-30 20:20:00	I think he really is talented but not as good as Pavoratti in his prime . His basic projection seems a little weak and booms a lot at the power notes, but (Pavoratti comparison here), he has a certain technique . . . . is he just emulating or does he really have talent? If he ever hooks into his own personna and gets some more exposure, he's a sure hit and I will certainly buy what he produces . Actually, I think Paul Potts sounds a lot like Lucianno's father, Fernando . Did you ever hear them both sing together? I did on a special show at the Metropolitan Opera, New York in 1982 . C/P: "January 5, 1981 Pavarotti's Father, Tenor, Joins Son During Encores:The New York Times Archives Every opera fan is familiar with Luciano Pavarotti's voice, but yesterday afternoon the voices of two Pavarottis were heard at the Metropolitan Opera House . The other Pavarotti was Fernando, Luciano's 66-year-old father, who took part in his son's recital during the encores, singing a duet version of Franck's ''Panis Angelicus . '' Pavarotti Senior, who comes from Modena, Italy, earned his living as a baker until his son became an operatic superstar . Although not a trained singer, he does possess a pleasant, natural tenor voice . Luciano Pavarotti once said that as a child he wanted to sing as soon as he heard his father: ''I said that my father is a tenor and that I am a little tenor . '' Fernando Pavarotti has appeared occasionally on his son's complete operatic recordings singing small roles, but this sentimental event marked his New York debut . " I doubt he would compare himself with one of the greatest tenors of all time .	Cicero (40)
559399	2007-11-30 21:03:00	Definitely got talent :) Be interesting to see how far he goes, especially if he were to be nurtured by the likes of Domingo or Bocelli	Myth (110)
559400	2007-11-30 21:27:00	I figured that at about the 1 minute point some utter bastard should have run on stage, stabbed him through the gut with an eclectic guitar, at which point he could have burst into flame, had black blood pour from every orifice as the screams of the damned raised in a cacophonic symphony and sucked him into the pits of hell. :stare:	Metla (12)
559401	2007-11-30 21:45:00	I figured that at about the 1 minute point some utter bastard should have run on stage, stabbed him through the gut with an eclectic guitar, at which point he could have burst into flame, had black blood pour from every orifice as the screams of the damned raised in a cacophonic symphony and sucked him into the pits of hell. :stare: Just missed your point there Met? Are you saying you like him?	Cicero (40)
559402	2007-11-30 22:15:00	You can buy his CD (or CD's?) at the local record store. I think he has already toured NZ (this year).	John H (8)
559403	2007-11-30 23:35:00	Just missed your point there Met? Are you saying you like him? Nah, I'm indifferent. Has to be good at what he does, But a bit of hellfire would spice it up.	Metla (12)
559404	2007-12-01 00:33:00	Nah, I'm indifferent . Has to be good at what he does, But a bit of hellfire would spice it up . My wife is a trained operatic voice having attended ISOMATA and toured in operatic productions here on the mainland and Hawaii . Her opinion of Potts is one of wonder and amazement . . but he's not opera material . He is very entertaining . . considering everything . Opera requires so much more than just a voice and power . It needs stage presence and a persona that reaches the audience . It needs precision and oral abilities that he as yet does not have . Potts can and does get emotion from the audience . . even from me as I too had tears in my eyes after I heard that YouTube link . . . . but at this point it's just amazement because of his raw non-professionalism sounding so good to them and me too I might add! I fear that as old as Potts is, and the time that he has left before his voice gets all eaten up . . he'll be a wonderful entertainer and performer . . but not a great contender to the throne . He is a fine singer, lots of tone and emotion and range is very good too . He just needs some more time in the saddle and a little more polish to perfect what may be a dark horse singer in a very competitive (and very closed) singing world . I'm not too sure he can pull that off though . Time is the enemy here, not me . I wish him well and totally enjoy his singing . . so does my wife . Now on to Domingo or Bocelli . . both are just riding on the tails of other performers . It's a shame however that Pavarotti is so far over the hill . . we were certainly blessed with his voice and persona . . . now he is a mellowed and revered performer . . but not the heavyweight he once was . Domingo, being the better of the Domingo/Bocelli pair is so because he doesn't rely on his handicap to have people make allowances for his inabilities and poor technique and has a leg up on most of the young turks of opera . He is just not the caliber of Pavarotti even today with Luciano not up to snuff . Bocelli is just a buffoon and he isn't at all talented . I feel he isn't fit to sing leaning on a piano in a bar for drunken patrons . Unlike Stevie Wonder who really had and still has talent, Bocelli is just manipulating the emotions of his audience to get support . . . no, make that "wow-factor" . . . and that's his only talent . I saw Pavarotti in Rigoletto and Don Giovanni . I got to see him in Der Rosenkavalier in the Met in New York just a few years ago . . . loved it and he was delightful . . . . although one could tell he had gone past his peak . His power and ability to hit a note was still very much in evidence . The other pretenders need to slide from a lower note to seek and maybe find the note they are trying to hit . You don't think Pavarotti was called "The Master Of The High 'Cs'" for nothing . . do you? If you don't think so, just listen to the gliss in Bocelli and Domingo . . it isn't for effect . . . it's to help them find the note . . . eventually .	SurferJoe46 (51)
559405	2007-12-01 00:43:00	Yeah, None of that text book definition of what is worthy means anything to me. Thats like people who claim there is just one true English and other such crutches to swing their elitist delusions off. I wonder how people knew what worthy singing was before some twit wrote a set of rules and insisted that only .000000001 percent were above the level of crapola. Must have been terrible times...........	Metla (12)
559406	2007-12-01 00:54:00	It's a shame however that Pavarotti is so far over the hill..we were certainly blessed with his voice and persona...now he is a mellowed and revered performer..but not the heavyweight he once wasNot actually surprising, Joe. He's dead.	Greg (193)
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