Cheryl Cole Videos: Mimes on the X Factor? What next, iPods besting Xmas lists? Stop press: mankind requires food, water and heat to prosper – the Pope is Catholic – TV talent shows top ratings … yep, it’s a slow day in the entertainment news world today. The shocking revelation that Cheryl Cole might have mimed some of the words to her X Factor results show performance of new single Promise This has got the tabloids in a frenzy.
Well of course she did, and if she hadn’t, it would have been rubbish. What do people want on prime time television, a shaky Auto-Tuned rendition of the new single that they’re about to buy on iTunes or a near-exact replica of the average pop-tune laced with a sexy dance that will please their ears and eyes? Sometimes I wonder if pop-fans even know themselves?Apparently Cheryl’s fans feel cheated – well if they want quality live performances, maybe they should become fans of a proper band rather than Cheryl Cole.
I’ve nothing against the 27-year-old Newcastle lass, she’s done well for herself – but if anyone believed that she was going to stand up in front of 15 million people on live television, jump around like a whirling dervish and also sing 100 per cent live (whatever she may have said in advance), they were surely deluded.
For what it’s worth, I think Cheryl is very good at miming, it’s not as easy as it looks (see England footballers attempting national anthem for confirmation.)In order to sing live, Cheryl would have had to cut out the raunchy dance routines and spinning around under the hands of hunky dancers … is that what the fans want? … Is that what the tabloids want? … I don’t think so … what they all desire is pseudo soft porn with a slightly worse soundtrack, and that’s what Cheryl and commercial pop delivers.
But glancing down the list, it’s amazing the Cheryl Cole ‘fiasco’ even made it into the papers with the other big story doing the rounds today … apparently hi-tech Apple® products are now topping children’s Christmas lists … blimey.
Yes, that’s right … the frankly shocking results from the Duracell Toy Report has revealed that of the 2,000+ children quizzed, almost two thirds of them would put the heavily advertised and desirable iPod or iPad at the top of their Santa’s wishlist.
What? Surely not?
According to the Mirror, ‘Apple gadgets have knocked cheaper, traditional toys off children’s Christmas lists.’
Well I for one couldn’t have seen that coming … when I was a kid and had no concept of (or need to know) the price of items, I still always asked for a cup and a ball on a string … what have the children of today become, money grabbing, Apple® advertising addled fiends?
With every song now released on iTunes, every TV programme having an iPhone app, and every talent show releasing their songs instantly into the MP3 ether … why would the kids want a good looking, fashionable device with which to engage the modern world? It’s a mystery to me.
Perhaps the most interesting question about this story is what did the third of kids want who didn’t ask for an iPod … and why don’t they get with the programme?