Sparky Kronkite
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Before we begin - let it be very clear - I have worked in the, "talent/performance industries," my entire professional life - 25 years now and I’ve seen and heard and witnessed much talent.
Talent of all kinds and quality.
There are two basic, "different kinds of talent."
Innate, "you're born with it," genetic, natural - talent. And everyone has - by degree – a small amount, to very much. Everyone has some sort, some amount - of talent or talents from which to build. It's just that some - for some reason or another - God only knows I guess – well, they excel - or have more - or something. But - it's, “natural talent,” we are talking about here.
And then there is, “acquired talent.” Fueled by personal drive. Talent accrued over time. Talent gathered and nurtured over time. Learned talent. If one remains enthused - over a long time - and continues, "to learn," - one can become more and more talented. Practice does improve upon talent. Also know that the, "personal drive thing," it can come from deep within - in a solo and seeming inexplicable fashion - or - it can come in the form of an overt and obvious - coach or parent.
And of course you can combine the two. In various ratios, depending on the individual and, "what they were born with," and "their drive to learn and improve."
Tiger Woods comes to mind. The Williams sisters. Combo’s of both innate, acquired and drive via coaches and or parents.
With all that said - my assessment of Madonna's talent is.....
35% natural innate, born-with talent…..
65% driven to perfection, learned, practiced talent…..
I actually think she and let's say - Britney - have about the same relative, "born with," talent. But Madonna has - over the years, honed her skills and built upon her meager talent – now to the point, that currently of course, Britney pales in comparison.
I can see how many would like last nights Madonna's show. It was - Col. Tom Parker, Ringling Brothers, David Copperfield, Broadway and the Pageantry of the Olympic and Millennium shows - all in one. Everything but the kitchen sink. Lot's of smoke, mirrors and sex.
Lot's of, "when you can't wow'um with talent - blind'em with bullshit."
And that's exactly what I thought of last night’s show - total and utter Bull Shit.
She can barely sing, really – you’ll notice that whenever the sound man - pulls back on the heavy vocal processing (that Vocoder shit is really annoying) - her voice cracks and falls flat. And for me, her voice lacks any real identifiable, personality.
And her dancing is about the same. Cheerleading shit – gone Broadway – add the sex.
And let's not even discuss her new - guitar playing!!!! Please. Madonna obviously approached guitar - as a prop, a cain, or a top hat. Her teacher did not teach her guitar - he choreographed it for her. She blew dead rats. I figure she thought she could, “sell it as cool,” and save her breath – not dancing. She is getting old.
She still looks pretty good I guess – but she’s no 10 to me. She keeps in shape – but who couldn’t with her army of health assistants? Makes me wonder what she like in the sack. I would guess that’s where her real talent lies.
Anyway…..
I think Madonna is, "all show and no go." All hype. Just like much of what appeals to the masses.
The day she can sit on a plain wooden bar-stool, all by herself, in one single spotlight and play the guitar, with no other instrumentation and sing us all a nice song - even one wrote for her by others - is the day I might, maybe - be able to tell you “yes” - she does have some sort of talent in there.
But I'm not holding my breath.
Talent of all kinds and quality.
There are two basic, "different kinds of talent."
Innate, "you're born with it," genetic, natural - talent. And everyone has - by degree – a small amount, to very much. Everyone has some sort, some amount - of talent or talents from which to build. It's just that some - for some reason or another - God only knows I guess – well, they excel - or have more - or something. But - it's, “natural talent,” we are talking about here.
And then there is, “acquired talent.” Fueled by personal drive. Talent accrued over time. Talent gathered and nurtured over time. Learned talent. If one remains enthused - over a long time - and continues, "to learn," - one can become more and more talented. Practice does improve upon talent. Also know that the, "personal drive thing," it can come from deep within - in a solo and seeming inexplicable fashion - or - it can come in the form of an overt and obvious - coach or parent.
And of course you can combine the two. In various ratios, depending on the individual and, "what they were born with," and "their drive to learn and improve."
Tiger Woods comes to mind. The Williams sisters. Combo’s of both innate, acquired and drive via coaches and or parents.
With all that said - my assessment of Madonna's talent is.....
35% natural innate, born-with talent…..
65% driven to perfection, learned, practiced talent…..
I actually think she and let's say - Britney - have about the same relative, "born with," talent. But Madonna has - over the years, honed her skills and built upon her meager talent – now to the point, that currently of course, Britney pales in comparison.
I can see how many would like last nights Madonna's show. It was - Col. Tom Parker, Ringling Brothers, David Copperfield, Broadway and the Pageantry of the Olympic and Millennium shows - all in one. Everything but the kitchen sink. Lot's of smoke, mirrors and sex.
Lot's of, "when you can't wow'um with talent - blind'em with bullshit."
And that's exactly what I thought of last night’s show - total and utter Bull Shit.
She can barely sing, really – you’ll notice that whenever the sound man - pulls back on the heavy vocal processing (that Vocoder shit is really annoying) - her voice cracks and falls flat. And for me, her voice lacks any real identifiable, personality.
And her dancing is about the same. Cheerleading shit – gone Broadway – add the sex.
And let's not even discuss her new - guitar playing!!!! Please. Madonna obviously approached guitar - as a prop, a cain, or a top hat. Her teacher did not teach her guitar - he choreographed it for her. She blew dead rats. I figure she thought she could, “sell it as cool,” and save her breath – not dancing. She is getting old.
She still looks pretty good I guess – but she’s no 10 to me. She keeps in shape – but who couldn’t with her army of health assistants? Makes me wonder what she like in the sack. I would guess that’s where her real talent lies.
Anyway…..
I think Madonna is, "all show and no go." All hype. Just like much of what appeals to the masses.
The day she can sit on a plain wooden bar-stool, all by herself, in one single spotlight and play the guitar, with no other instrumentation and sing us all a nice song - even one wrote for her by others - is the day I might, maybe - be able to tell you “yes” - she does have some sort of talent in there.
But I'm not holding my breath.
