http://www.due-east.org Musings on Things Asian Tue, 08 Jun 2010 18:12:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 en hourly 1 http://www.due-east.org/2008/03/24/mariah-careys-ken-lee/ http://www.due-east.org/2008/03/24/mariah-careys-ken-lee/#comments Mon, 24 Mar 2008 13:20:42 +0000 孙智谦 http://www.due-east.org/2008/03/24/mariah-careys-ken-lee/ think they can sing make fools of themselves in front of a public audience. And I hate seeing people who can sing decently get severely criticized by stuck-up, arrogant judges. But this [...]]]>   I hate American Idol and just about any other “Idol” show, especially the failed auditions. I hate seeing people who think they can sing make fools of themselves in front of a public audience. And I hate seeing people who can sing decently get severely criticized by stuck-up, arrogant judges. But this is pretty awesome. I’m not sure what the language is they’re speaking, but I think it’s Bulgarian? And that’s Eastern Europe, which is close to Asia, so there’s your connection. Plus, Ken Lee sounds like an Asian guy’s name.   [There is a video that cannot be displayed in this feed. Visit the blog entry to see the video.]   Painfully funny, eh? Now I recognize that English isn’t her native language, but seriously…if you’re gonna try to sing a song in a foreign language for any kind of TV show, at least make sure you can properly pronounce the words, especially when they’re pronounced so clearly by the original singer. She gets an F for her overall performance and an A+ for inventing that awesome cockamamie dialect thing…   ]]> http://www.due-east.org/2008/03/24/mariah-careys-ken-lee/feed/ 6