First of all, living in west does not make you expert in western music. Many of us HERE live in west and have significant exposure to western music. That exposure can happen living in any part of the world too. So living in west is irrelevant in today's time.
One doesn't need to be an expert to know the feel of the song, an average listener living in the west in English speaking country will know immediately if the western feel is missing..we's don't need to be an expert in music to tell us if the song's western feel is missing. I don't think English is the language spoken on the streets of India...only 10 to 11 percent can understand english..
So if you agree that you are not an expert then dont give expert opinions like "i live in west, so I know better" attitude. You are just an avg indian who lives in West just like many of us here.
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When you live in France you get exposure to french music not English..in Africa you get exposure to African music..to get the exposure you need to be immersed in that environment..it cannot happen anywhere..even though you may think so..the environment you live plays are major role in shaping up your tastes and it is not irrelevant in today's world.
This comments are really stupid in the age of globalization. When people have access to all kind of things these days. And in this case, Vaishali's western feel, which is refer to is, nothing exotic like which happens in a particular remote place. SM commented in general as western feel which is readily available(and understood) from any part of the world. You really dont have to live to learn that, it is not THAT exclusive.
2ndly, your comment "//maybe Indians in India have diff feel for western singing//" is totally uncalled for as you are undermining knowledge of people living in India. Ask anyone here, will tell you the same.
Knowledge and feel are different things..you must have noticed that converted are more religious and fanatics than the people who are born in the religion. Similarly Indian English speakers somehow think they are being fooled by thinking they somehow are expert in nuances and tone of English language ..it was very apparent from the judges remark, I don't think he knew what he is talking about (that is my opinion).
Again if you no expert that you agree, this opinions hardly make sense. and bringing religion as example is tremendously laughable. People will agree that SM has better musical knowledge than YOU in western or eastern. :D So he is better trusted in it. I don't think you know wht you are talking about here.
I don't think any westerner will pretend to understand the feel of Indian song, they will never feel undermined if you tell them that they are wrong..since when knowing the feel of western song is associated with being knowledgeable..
You are not a Westerner Either, so if you think that your judgement on this more valuable than Judges then one can only laugh.
Now you are bring conspiracy theory of gender biasness that you need female judges? And by doing so, you practically insulting judging panel out there. will Putting a female judge ensure that other female contestants will go to champion side? then that female judge needs to be biased against male as per your logic.
No conspiracy theory..you should think before you come up with this kind of logic
All the interview panels, i have been interview by or have been on, have both man and woman panel members in order to remove gender bias and also to have perception of fairness (it is not just important to be fair, the perception is also very important) ...same goes to all the jury selection, the jury consists of members from different ethnic group and genders.. American idol has always had male and female judges.. In the modern times I have never heard of a jury or all white men or jury of black women.
Interview board is not a case of judging art. So you better think before you post this silly comparisons. There are many reason(like TRP or even glam quotient ) that we can have both male and female judges, but to say that a female can judge one female better than male, is foolish. Just check the number of male music directors who actually judge singers on day to day basis for actual work in reality.
I disagree that Vaishali sang the worst..she may not have been the best singer but she was far from worst..my vote wouldn't have saved her from going to challengers side..your telling me how to act ..what to do and what not to do is totally uncalled for..
Vaishali was not up to the mark and her shortcomings were pointed out. Thats all. I asked you to vote because you are bringing unnecessary and illogical arguments on this discussion table. You want female to go to champions side, then go vote for them. Or if you have any other means to put them in champions side, you can do that too.
Giving an opinion is not called bashing..in free a society (or on this forum) everyone is allowed to give an opinion without being labelled.
Your opinions do not makes sense and only after you bring started bringing east-west, male female arguments, I replied. If you talk sense here, no one will bash you.
Please give me a reason, why judging panel shouldn't reflect the mix of contestants..why should we put our faith in a tv stations selection of judges when they have taken no account of contestant mix and their viewer ship...it may not bother you..to me it is not right. Being a female ..I would like to see at least one women judge on the panel..I would like to hear female's judges opinion, for me this would make the show more interesting and somewhat reflective of both gender on the show and in the real world.
After so many years of watching reality shows, if you believe that all that happens in TV are fair and square then you need to have a reality check. They are making money here out of any show. Viewers should not be over emotional. If you are a new comer then its okay.
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