Tavis abandons Obama fixation?
It was a pleasure seeing and hearing Tavis Smiley this early morning on the Larry King Show. It was also a pleasure hearing him knocking and pounding on the Democrats door, forcing himself in to give them a piece of his mind. In my opinion, by dealing with the source of our problems, Mr. Smiley will not only get more mileage regarding his political concerns but also directing his concerns to a body of people who are his political peers. He has a lot of meaningful things to say. Pres. Obama is in a class unto himself and one can only make a fool of himself trying to start a brawl with him on the school playground. He has lots of friends. One only has to look in the dust bins of the not to distant past seeing the bruised careers of those who have tried.
Mr. Smiley was on the Larry King Show with Bob Woodward. There was a compatibility with those two all too rarely seen on television. Their vocal qualities and temperament went together like peaches and cream; horse and buggy. I saw the same relationship one day watching Margaret Carlson and Andrea Mitchell. A “smash” of a team! Broadway producers look for that combination and when they get it, they know they have a winning team.
I turned the channel when Larry started an interview with Nancy Pelosi. I do not dislike Ms. Pelosi but I can not watch her. To me she has nothing of substance to say commensurate with her station in life as Democratic Majority Leader and I do not think it is her fault. Truth to tell, I do not like feeling this way about anybody but what to do? To me she has nothing to say. That’s the kind of guy I am. If you have nothing to say I have no rights to listen to you. (Smile)
I returned to the Larry King show to hear the interview with Aretha Franklin opining about her voice and singing for the Presidential Inauguration in freezing temperatures. I was mindful what I used to tell my music students all the time: It does not matter what shape your voice is in. You may inherently not be able to sing very well today or tomorrow. My experience has led me to believe if people can hear and understand the words of the song you are singing, you have made it worth their while listening to you and they will be pleased. The students always appreciated me saying that to them and from their own experiences, they find a lot of truth in the statement. They begin to listen more closely when we go over the pronunciation of the words to a song to unify the vowel pronunciations, word endings etc. In my opinion, Ms. Franklin’s singing of “My country ‘tis of thee” was as appropriate as it was priceless. Priceless, you hear. Priceless.
As always,
BB
Mr. Smiley was on the Larry King Show with Bob Woodward. There was a compatibility with those two all too rarely seen on television. Their vocal qualities and temperament went together like peaches and cream; horse and buggy. I saw the same relationship one day watching Margaret Carlson and Andrea Mitchell. A “smash” of a team! Broadway producers look for that combination and when they get it, they know they have a winning team.
I turned the channel when Larry started an interview with Nancy Pelosi. I do not dislike Ms. Pelosi but I can not watch her. To me she has nothing of substance to say commensurate with her station in life as Democratic Majority Leader and I do not think it is her fault. Truth to tell, I do not like feeling this way about anybody but what to do? To me she has nothing to say. That’s the kind of guy I am. If you have nothing to say I have no rights to listen to you. (Smile)
I returned to the Larry King show to hear the interview with Aretha Franklin opining about her voice and singing for the Presidential Inauguration in freezing temperatures. I was mindful what I used to tell my music students all the time: It does not matter what shape your voice is in. You may inherently not be able to sing very well today or tomorrow. My experience has led me to believe if people can hear and understand the words of the song you are singing, you have made it worth their while listening to you and they will be pleased. The students always appreciated me saying that to them and from their own experiences, they find a lot of truth in the statement. They begin to listen more closely when we go over the pronunciation of the words to a song to unify the vowel pronunciations, word endings etc. In my opinion, Ms. Franklin’s singing of “My country ‘tis of thee” was as appropriate as it was priceless. Priceless, you hear. Priceless.
As always,
BB
posted by BB at 5:30 AM
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