Josiah Leming: "American Idol is Glorified Karaoke"
American Idol reject, Josiah Leming, who was the guy living out of his car that I felt so sorry for when he was on the show because he cried is doing well despite failing to make the Top 24. He now has a record deal, but shared some thoughts about the show that rejected him with MTV News.
“The fact is, it’s glorified karaoke — they pick people with pretty faces and the pretty voices, and they don’t let them write their own songs.”
He continues to explain that the producers:
“pick these good-looking people with voices, and they have them sing these songs that other people have written. And therefore, it lacks passion, it lacks emotion and it lacks the things that set an artist off from being good to being grea.”
Josiah was given the boot during the Hollywood round and says he has no regrets because he was able to sign with Warner Bros. Records because of the exposure on the show. He added:
“As everyone clearly saw, I poured my heart and soul into the process and into the competition. But looking back now, things could not have gone any better. Things happened perfect. I got the exposure. … People liked me, which was amazing, and I love my fans more than anything. I’m happy I didn’t make it. Looking back, it couldn’t have gone any better.”
I think that more people felt sorry for him because he was homeless as I did. I wanted to see him do well, but he just didn’t. In fact, he sucked and he’s extremely lucky that he was given a chance to make a record.
1 babblicious comments:
I was a huge fan until I saw how he as nothing like shown on AI. He is rude, arrogant, cocky, a know it all.
Lately he has been screechy and off-key. He substitutes loudness, emotional expressions and actions (pulling his hair/tearful demeanor) and repeating verses in order to simulate passion as people say he is passionate performer. It is transparent.
He has repeatedly shown no gratitude to AI and said they had next to nothing to do with his success on myspace and VFTW. He is a good songwriter but his singing voice leave a lot to be desired and his attitude is horrible. Yes, I feel this is showing his sour grapes.