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koganbotAn article claimed* that an online community board ran a "Ranking of girl group idols with the best vocal talent" (phrase in quotes in the article), the board claiming (but this not in quotes) that "three professional experts in the music field personally participated."**
Miffed at being excluded, I compiled my own top five:
1. CL
2. Hyomin
3. Melanie
4. Whoever I decide is the most crucial vocalist in 4minute, once I figure out who is who
5. Same for LPG
I wouldn't be surprised if the people who pick Taeyeon for her work with SNSD are right, but I haven't yet figured out who's doing what with them, either.
Note that I decided the instructions meant current Korean girl groups. Otherwise my number one would be Mary Weiss.
My status as an expert is based on my being expert at putting people on lists whom no one else puts on lists. In my expert opinion, the girl group idol with the best vocal talent is the one who provides the best vocals; to say it another way, she is best at using her vocals (or having her vocals used) to create good music. I suppose if someone's in a group that's always doing shitty songs, that's a disadvantage. Life isn't fair.
Anyhow, CL's delighted yawp immediately identifies that we're hearing a 2NE1 song, whether she's singing or rapping, and 2NE1's sound is my favorite sound. Hyomin's role in her group is not as crucial, but she is most representative of T-ara's cuteness-that-sounds-like-strength. I'll have more to say about her soon, and Melanie too and maybe some of the others once I figure out what's what.
The rankings decided on at the online community board were (1) Hyorin of Sistar, (2) Lee Hae Ri of Davichi, (3) JeA of Brown Eyed Girls, (4) IU [proving either that other experts are even worse at following instructions than I am or that something got lost in translation], (5) Taeyeon of SNSD. "The ranking was based on television and radio appearances, stage presence such as ability to express the lyrics, pitch, voice stability, breathing, and groove."
*without providing a name or a link
**On behalf of the community? Were the experts some among many participating in the ranking? Were they the only three doing the ranking? To confuse things further, the article said (still not quoting directly) that the experts were "ranking the female idols with the best vocal talent"; to my mind "female idol" and "girl group idol" are not synonymous. For instance, if you've never been in a group, you're not a girl group idol.
Miffed at being excluded, I compiled my own top five:
1. CL
2. Hyomin
3. Melanie
4. Whoever I decide is the most crucial vocalist in 4minute, once I figure out who is who
5. Same for LPG
I wouldn't be surprised if the people who pick Taeyeon for her work with SNSD are right, but I haven't yet figured out who's doing what with them, either.
Note that I decided the instructions meant current Korean girl groups. Otherwise my number one would be Mary Weiss.
My status as an expert is based on my being expert at putting people on lists whom no one else puts on lists. In my expert opinion, the girl group idol with the best vocal talent is the one who provides the best vocals; to say it another way, she is best at using her vocals (or having her vocals used) to create good music. I suppose if someone's in a group that's always doing shitty songs, that's a disadvantage. Life isn't fair.
Anyhow, CL's delighted yawp immediately identifies that we're hearing a 2NE1 song, whether she's singing or rapping, and 2NE1's sound is my favorite sound. Hyomin's role in her group is not as crucial, but she is most representative of T-ara's cuteness-that-sounds-like-strength. I'll have more to say about her soon, and Melanie too and maybe some of the others once I figure out what's what.
The rankings decided on at the online community board were (1) Hyorin of Sistar, (2) Lee Hae Ri of Davichi, (3) JeA of Brown Eyed Girls, (4) IU [proving either that other experts are even worse at following instructions than I am or that something got lost in translation], (5) Taeyeon of SNSD. "The ranking was based on television and radio appearances, stage presence such as ability to express the lyrics, pitch, voice stability, breathing, and groove."
*without providing a name or a link
**On behalf of the community? Were the experts some among many participating in the ranking? Were they the only three doing the ranking? To confuse things further, the article said (still not quoting directly) that the experts were "ranking the female idols with the best vocal talent"; to my mind "female idol" and "girl group idol" are not synonymous. For instance, if you've never been in a group, you're not a girl group idol.
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