I'll see whatever diversity twerking pop culture you got and raise you three Celtic women.
Posted by gerardvanderleun at December 16, 2014 1:20 PMAmen, brother.
Posted by: parmacetti at December 16, 2014 12:46 PMBeyonce, et al., you couldn't sweep up the grounds after these singers.
Posted by: tripletap at December 16, 2014 1:14 PMThey have an amazing set of lungs. When they inhale deeply I just tingle all over. And they can sing too.
Posted by: GoneWithTheWind at December 16, 2014 5:25 PMPfft
Posted by: pbird at December 16, 2014 10:00 PMThey might have made it back in the days of radio. Hint: to determine if musicians are good or not, turn off the video and just listen.
Further hint: imagine the musicians at somebody's party and a guest calls "Hey Tommy (or Susie) give us a song" and they do just that, spontaneously with or without accompaniment.
That's the talent, not some producer's heavy hand and tons of equipment to prop them up.
Posted by: chasmatic at December 17, 2014 6:32 AMTo me, they (and the other trios and aggregations) are just the PBS equivalent of a Boy Band. Faux classical.
When people first learn I sang opera (when I was much younger), they invariably say something like, "Oh, you must like Josh Groban" or "You mean like Celtic Women?" or "What do you think of the Irish Tenors?"
I reply something like, "Well, I like the original Three Tenors: Domingo, Carreras, and Pavarotti. All three wonderful singers, you should listen to them sometime." And I get blank stares back.
I'm glad you like them these ladies, Mr. VDL, but there is much better music and real classical music out there.
Posted by: Flyover Pilgrim at December 17, 2014 7:49 AMYo, Pilgrim. Never heard of you before.
Posted by: Smokey at December 17, 2014 7:25 PM
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