On 05/03/2013 03:38 PM, Victor A. Stoichita wrote:
> Do you know Florence Foster Jenkins
> (1868-1944)<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florence_Foster_Jenkins>?
> Hers is a weird career: the main reason for her success - and for her
> making it into posterity - was that she sang so badly with such a great
> confidence. Hear for example her rendition of the Queen of the Night:
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6ubiUIxbWE
>
> Someone pointed it to me while I was researching on musical humor. It
> certainly makes many people laugh.
> It is unclear however whether F. Jenkins realised*at all* her lack of
> talent. This could make things less funny, and even pathetic if her
> misjudgement was caused by some psychological trouble (however, nothing
> else stands for this hypothesis - she seems to have had a perfectly normal
> life otherwise). Some people also hold her as a model of perseverance.
> Perseverance characterizes unrecognized geniuses, but it could be even more
> heroic when you're no genious at all! Others still say that she had built
> up a deliberately parodic character, which she liked to take offstage, into
> her social life, etc.
>
> Anyway, if she had sung in the modern studio depicted in Bearcat's video,
> things would probably have turned out differently.
>
> Victor
That's just one vocalist! What about a complete band?
The Shaggs - My Pal Foot Foot
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxG7HdTRaa4
Regards,
Jeremy
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