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Post by The Curmudgeon on Dec 20, 2007 1:22:39 GMT 2
 Reality pop hits an all-time low.It's easy to say that these reality pop contests have created some genuinely horrific acts. I don't know about the US, but in the UK the likes of Pop Idol and X Factor and their relative knock-offs have unleashed the likes of David Sneddon, Michelle McManus, Journey South, Chico, The McDonald Brothers, Steve Brookstein and a whole assortment of bargain bin bound karaoke no-marks onto an unsuspecting chart, all doing well in their first releases but then dropping like a stone when the sheep have moved onto greener pastures. These acts are all utterly banal, boring and awful. Well guess what, readers? Your 2007 X-Factor winner - Leon Jackson - is easily the worst of them all. So, another year, another pub singer turned "superstar" and this one is almost comically appalling. Dances like a Thunderbird puppet that's just dropped a load into its trousers, and sings like every half-decent drunk student at a karaoke bar; can hold a tune - barely at times - but not enough that you would even look up from your pint. And THIS was the winner of the biggest talent show in Britain. Weep for us, won't you? So he was hopeless, that much we know, but easily the most galling, hateful thing about Leon, and indeed, the X-Factor in general, was his sob story. It seems you can't take part in these diabolical contests without something to make you blub in front of the cameras. People have come in wheelchairs, with tales of dead parents/brothers/husbands, of being bullied at school.. every tragedy under the sun has plagued these wretched people. So what was Leon's tale of woe and heartache? His mother brought him up alone. Yes, obviously to tap into that never-ending UK resource - the single mum, which was a shrewd move, given that about 90% of the X-Factor audience is 14 with two kids under their belts. So we were supposed to care that this boring, monosyllabic runt deserved a million pound deal and number one records - because his mummy and daddy didn't live together. Never mind talent or charisma or, hell, a singing voice - who needs that? He's got a single mum. Phone that premium rate number now! Sigh. It's all too depressing. So I suppose we should talk about the actual song he's releasing? Must we? Go on then; well, it's a cover of the doomed Mariah Carey/Whitney Houston song from a few years ago that absolutely no one liked. But it has "believe" in the title, see, so they can pretend it makes some weak reference to the "believe in yourself" attitude of the show. All in all - the absolute worst winner of any TV talent show show - EVER - with easily one of the worst singles. Simon Cowell's credibility and the X-Factor brand will suffer greatly with this one, and I wouldn't be surprised if Leon is erased from X-Factor continuity the same way Steve Brookstein was. That this record is even being released is staggering. That it will no doubt sell millions is not only depressing, it's also a jaw-dropping example of the stupidity and easily lead mentality of this program's lower-class audience. Leon Jackson is a monumental embarrassment for all concerned and a 100% guaranteed failure. See Leon Jackson: When You Believe
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Post by JW on Dec 20, 2007 13:25:38 GMT 2
You jumped up prat!!!! Hope your Christmas tree catches fire....
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Post by Me on Dec 20, 2007 15:24:28 GMT 2
who ever wrote this obviously has a sad and pathetic life. Their life is so miserable they are trying to find the worst in everyone else, and obviously thinks their opinion applies to EVERYONE!Did you suddenly just decide to sit down one day and rip somebody apart with your words. Yes, ok, Leon was brought up by a single parent, but he won because he was good, people liked him, he has talent and is completley genuine. So whoever wrote this can shut the crap up, and there are hundreds of other people who would tell you the same!
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Post by Clark on Dec 20, 2007 17:23:47 GMT 2
Leon sucks. Rhydian was 100000000 times better.
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Post by Hayley on Dec 20, 2007 20:22:09 GMT 2
Leon sucks. Rhydian was 100000000 times better. Leon is amazing! and SHUT THE FU*CK UP ABOUT A SOB STORY! and his dad isnt alive any more so just STFU! people voted cause they liked him! and do you think 11000 people JUST in scotland turned up at the centres to see him and other english and welsh fans like him cause a story erm no! |
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Post by JW on Dec 20, 2007 20:25:24 GMT 2
Leon sucks. Rhydian was 100000000 times better. Are you Welsh by any chance?  |
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Post by The Curmudgeon on Dec 20, 2007 20:35:47 GMT 2
Leon sucks. Rhydian was 100000000 times better. For the record, we are NOT having anything like that debate on this site. Save that for the mouth-breathing ignorant sites, not the ones that are clearly above it. Oh, and in case any regular readers are wondering why a mllion unintelligent people have flooded the site with their "FUCK U!?!LOL" banter, I posted this review on the Leon Jackson website for shits and giggles. |
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Post by JW on Dec 20, 2007 20:42:39 GMT 2
Leon sucks. Rhydian was 100000000 times better. For the record, we are NOT having anything like that debate on this site. Save that for the mouth-breathing ignorant sites, not the ones that are clearly above it. Oh, and in case any regular readers are wondering why a mllion unintelligent people have flooded the site with their "fuck U!?!LOL" banter, I posted this review on the Leon Jackson website for shits and giggles. Having posted that 'review' and links to it for "shits and giggles", what exactly do you think you're above...? Seems to me you got yourself down to the appropriate level very quickly, with no help or encouragement. |
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Post by trashcanman on Dec 20, 2007 23:22:22 GMT 2
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Holy cripes, that makes "American Idol" sound almost watchable! Almost. But still, we've got Clay Aiken (who didn't even win said karaoke contest), faux-rocker Daughtry (also a loser in multiple senses of the word) because using only your last name sounds totally rawk, and Carrie freakin' Underwood's awful pop-country karaoke dominating our charts and airwaves so don't count America out just yet. Our godforsaken consumerist pollution of this planet is only getting worse from here. Pray for deliverance.
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Post by slightly annoyed on Dec 21, 2007 1:33:02 GMT 2
Fair enough you don't like Leon, and yeah The X Factor does involve a lot of sob stories but how can you say such things like "because his mummy and daddy didn't live together." You know a lot of people who have broken families find that offensive. Including me. Find something better to do with your life than type out a big rant about some singer.Have you not noticed no memebers on your precious forum actually care?
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Post by Benjamin Haines on Dec 21, 2007 8:55:59 GMT 2
how can you say such things like "because his mummy and daddy didn't live together." You know a lot of people who have broken families find that offensive. I come from a broken family, Mr. Slightly Annoyed, and I don't find that observation to be the slightest bit annoying. Curmudgeon wasn't decrying Jackson for his familial background; I'm sure he couldn't personally care less about that. It's the fact that the dolts that watch this singing contest show garbage got behind Jackson and toiled to the phone lines in mass numbers because they felt bad for him. What in the world does a family sob story have to do with a singing contest? The only thing more ridiculous and potentially insulting to the people that got behind Jackson is the notion that they did so because they liked his singing. I mean, really, have you heard the guy screech? |
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Post by The Curmudgeon on Dec 22, 2007 16:22:37 GMT 2
EXACTLY the point, Benjamin. So he lived with his mother - does that mean he deserves a record deal? Trying to get this point through to the brainwashed drones that watch and buy into this shit is impossible.
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Post by Jimmymike123 on Dec 24, 2007 13:12:30 GMT 2
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This review and comment should be removed. They are not reviewing the product but using what should be a review of the music as a soap box for their pathetic attempt at a critique of he whole music industry. Not only are you two big time losers, you are pathetic nobodies as well.
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Post by The Curmudgeon on Dec 27, 2007 9:16:00 GMT 2
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Hey, well YOUR comment should be removed as well, because it's not a comment on my review, it's more of a personal attack on me and a reviewer who happens to agree with me.
And it would have really hurt and taught us all a lesson ("not only are we big time losers, we're pathetic nobodies as well"? Well OUCH, I have taken it from the Burn-Meister general), if it hadn't come from an hysterical, shrill-voiced gimp pounding his fists on the monitor and trying to sound impressive.
I did in fact give a pretty accurate review of not only the show itself, but of Leon's singing abilities, not to mention where the song originally came from and if its any good or not. But, of course, because I'm not saying "Leon is da best singa eva and he wll havea no1 tune wth this lol", knee-jerk reactionary morons like you get all hissy, upset and red-faced. Calm yourself down, dimwit.
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Post by Steven Bilodeau on Dec 31, 2007 18:46:54 GMT 2
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Talk about everyone having an opinion. You are welcome to yours. I just discovered Leon on Youtube and can't get enough of him ...without knowing of any sob story. I think he is mesmorizing and can't get enough of his voice. I'm playing it over and over. I can't remember any American Idol or any other talent contest having that impact on me. I think he won for a reason. Because everyone likes him!!!!
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