Wednesday, April 21, 2004
The Man, The Myth, The Legend
Perhaps the only thing funnier than William Hung's new album (other than the total failure of Justin Guarini's album...which reminds me, I wonder if he's turned into a coke whore yet...) are the comments from Amazon.com about his new album. Some exerpts:
Reviewer: Kimberly D Green from Gulf Coast
I can remember laying down watching American Idol when William Hung auditioned.. it was soo funny! William Hung's CD is not to be taken seriously.. its more for entertainment. Anyone who hears it can realize that.
(Because, you know, music that you do take seriously is certainly NOT to be used as entertainment under ANY circumstances...)
Reviewer: musicman123456789 (see more about me) from USA
These songs are sung better by William Hung. (Not that there was much to improve) I think if your a fan of American Idol you should buy this. This is the best cd with a person from American Idol... (I cannot object to this statement)... The only thing that I think will be a problem is that everyone thought he was bad and now he making the big bucks so everyone next year on American Idol will want to do badly. (Which will make me actually want to watch the show, of course.)
Reviewer: A music fan from Chi-Town USA
His style is refreshing (HUH???? Refreshing??? Is the sound of drunken Japanese businessmen singing bad karaoke the new grunge??) His singing is horrendous. Nontheless, William Hung deserves no less than 5 stars for courage and effort. This is a classic.....the underdog of the music industry.
(When criminals in this world appear,
And break the laws that they should fear,
And frighten all who see or hear,
The cry goes up both far and near for
Underdog! Underdog! Underdog! Underdog!
Speed of lightning, roar of thunder,
Fighting all who rob or plunder
Underdog....UNDERDOG!)
Reviewer: JJ CUMMINGS (see more about me) from Seattle, WA United States
I think the joke has gone far enough. (I agree, it's time for American Idol to go off the air) It's bad enough that this tone deaf no-talent has received as much press as he has (So what's your excuse for Janet Jackson, bitch??) , but to actually release an entire CD? It reminds me of this Christmas album we have with cats meowing out Christmas classics. It's really funny for the first several songs, but to listen to the whole album would drive you over the edge. (DING DING DING!! That is the correct answer!! What do we have for him, Jonny?)
...I picked up this album for a few reasons--one, Simon Cowell said that this CD cheapens American Idol, which is about as hypocritical a statement as can be made from a guy on a show that puts cookie-cutter vocalists into a corporate music formula. But more than that, I collect bad music. Give me William Shatner, give me dogs barking Beatles songs--and yes, gimme William Hung... (I have nothing to add to this...except I may have to find this dogs-barking-Beatles-songs record...)
...This UC Berkeley student knows he isn't a good singer. In fact, he's pretty smart. He knows he can make big bucks by taking these hits and making fun of them. Sound familiar? Yes, he is following the footsteps of Weird Al Yankovic. (BLASPHEMER!!!!!!) William Hung takes these hits and make him his own:
-She Bangs (made famous by Ricky Martin)... (I disagree. I think William Hung has made She Bangs more famous than Ricky Martin ever could.)
...The track "I BELIEVE I CAN FLY" is possibly the WORST RECORDING EVER TO BE MADE AVAILABLE AT RETAIL. (I agree, but not if you're talking about Hung's version of it) "I BELIEVE...FLY" crashes before the HUNG hits the first chorus.... And I think, if people really DO start calling him "The Hung", that this CD's creation would have served it's purpose.
...Nobody is buying this album expecting to hear some great music, people know what they are getting, and what's what they want. This album serves what purpose it has.
(Because as we both know, without purpose, we would not exist.
It is purpose that created us.
Purpose that connects us.
Purpose that pulls us.
That guides us.
That drives us.
It is purpose that defines us.
Purpose that binds us.)
BTW I think it's unfair too, but don't hate William Hung. We all know that if someone paid us millions of dollars to sing terribly we'd take it... (ESPECIALLY me. I would do many explicit, unmentionable things for millions of dollars. Of course, tampering with the original Star Wars movies is not one of them, but that's a story for another day.)
Reviewer: A music fan from San Francisco, CA USA
This is the worst CD I've ever listened. (How do you listen a CD???) Why there's such a William Hung!? (Why there's such a William Hung indeed. This, my friends, is the great conundrum of our time.)
The William Hung express ran out of momentum before it even left the station. Sure, he was a welcome bit of comic relief on American Idol, but do you honestly expect the American public to pay to hear someone sing badly when you can get it free any night at your local karaoke bar? (current Amazon.com ranking: #26. Current Billboard chart position: #34; ABOVE Kidz Bop 5, which is basically children doing bad karaoke. So, essentially, The Hung is beating children at thier own game.) During one of Hung's "inspirational" messages, he says "I may not be the best singer in the world, but I sing from the heart and I sing with passion...I just enjoy singing." (Which puts him right up there with Britney Spears, Jessica Simpson, Drowning Pool...you get the idea.)
I could do this all day, but then it would become more annoying than I would want to be on any given day. I wholeheartedly believe in taking advantage of America's ignorance and dire need to connect to anything either on television (TV is a nickname, nicknames are for friends, and television is NO friend of mine!...) or in the pop culture in general in order to make themselves feel important and popular in order to put yourself through college. Sure, he probably got a shitty contract and is making only a small fraction of what he should, but it's still money and, if he's still in college, I hope he gets paid mostly in quarters.
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Perhaps the only thing funnier than William Hung's new album (other than the total failure of Justin Guarini's album...which reminds me, I wonder if he's turned into a coke whore yet...) are the comments from Amazon.com about his new album. Some exerpts:
Reviewer: Kimberly D Green from Gulf Coast
I can remember laying down watching American Idol when William Hung auditioned.. it was soo funny! William Hung's CD is not to be taken seriously.. its more for entertainment. Anyone who hears it can realize that.
(Because, you know, music that you do take seriously is certainly NOT to be used as entertainment under ANY circumstances...)
Reviewer: musicman123456789 (see more about me) from USA
These songs are sung better by William Hung. (Not that there was much to improve) I think if your a fan of American Idol you should buy this. This is the best cd with a person from American Idol... (I cannot object to this statement)... The only thing that I think will be a problem is that everyone thought he was bad and now he making the big bucks so everyone next year on American Idol will want to do badly. (Which will make me actually want to watch the show, of course.)
Reviewer: A music fan from Chi-Town USA
His style is refreshing (HUH???? Refreshing??? Is the sound of drunken Japanese businessmen singing bad karaoke the new grunge??) His singing is horrendous. Nontheless, William Hung deserves no less than 5 stars for courage and effort. This is a classic.....the underdog of the music industry.
(When criminals in this world appear,
And break the laws that they should fear,
And frighten all who see or hear,
The cry goes up both far and near for
Underdog! Underdog! Underdog! Underdog!
Speed of lightning, roar of thunder,
Fighting all who rob or plunder
Underdog....UNDERDOG!)
Reviewer: JJ CUMMINGS (see more about me) from Seattle, WA United States
I think the joke has gone far enough. (I agree, it's time for American Idol to go off the air) It's bad enough that this tone deaf no-talent has received as much press as he has (So what's your excuse for Janet Jackson, bitch??) , but to actually release an entire CD? It reminds me of this Christmas album we have with cats meowing out Christmas classics. It's really funny for the first several songs, but to listen to the whole album would drive you over the edge. (DING DING DING!! That is the correct answer!! What do we have for him, Jonny?)
...I picked up this album for a few reasons--one, Simon Cowell said that this CD cheapens American Idol, which is about as hypocritical a statement as can be made from a guy on a show that puts cookie-cutter vocalists into a corporate music formula. But more than that, I collect bad music. Give me William Shatner, give me dogs barking Beatles songs--and yes, gimme William Hung... (I have nothing to add to this...except I may have to find this dogs-barking-Beatles-songs record...)
...This UC Berkeley student knows he isn't a good singer. In fact, he's pretty smart. He knows he can make big bucks by taking these hits and making fun of them. Sound familiar? Yes, he is following the footsteps of Weird Al Yankovic. (BLASPHEMER!!!!!!) William Hung takes these hits and make him his own:
-She Bangs (made famous by Ricky Martin)... (I disagree. I think William Hung has made She Bangs more famous than Ricky Martin ever could.)
...The track "I BELIEVE I CAN FLY" is possibly the WORST RECORDING EVER TO BE MADE AVAILABLE AT RETAIL. (I agree, but not if you're talking about Hung's version of it) "I BELIEVE...FLY" crashes before the HUNG hits the first chorus.... And I think, if people really DO start calling him "The Hung", that this CD's creation would have served it's purpose.
...Nobody is buying this album expecting to hear some great music, people know what they are getting, and what's what they want. This album serves what purpose it has.
(Because as we both know, without purpose, we would not exist.
It is purpose that created us.
Purpose that connects us.
Purpose that pulls us.
That guides us.
That drives us.
It is purpose that defines us.
Purpose that binds us.)
BTW I think it's unfair too, but don't hate William Hung. We all know that if someone paid us millions of dollars to sing terribly we'd take it... (ESPECIALLY me. I would do many explicit, unmentionable things for millions of dollars. Of course, tampering with the original Star Wars movies is not one of them, but that's a story for another day.)
Reviewer: A music fan from San Francisco, CA USA
This is the worst CD I've ever listened. (How do you listen a CD???) Why there's such a William Hung!? (Why there's such a William Hung indeed. This, my friends, is the great conundrum of our time.)
The William Hung express ran out of momentum before it even left the station. Sure, he was a welcome bit of comic relief on American Idol, but do you honestly expect the American public to pay to hear someone sing badly when you can get it free any night at your local karaoke bar? (current Amazon.com ranking: #26. Current Billboard chart position: #34; ABOVE Kidz Bop 5, which is basically children doing bad karaoke. So, essentially, The Hung is beating children at thier own game.) During one of Hung's "inspirational" messages, he says "I may not be the best singer in the world, but I sing from the heart and I sing with passion...I just enjoy singing." (Which puts him right up there with Britney Spears, Jessica Simpson, Drowning Pool...you get the idea.)
I could do this all day, but then it would become more annoying than I would want to be on any given day. I wholeheartedly believe in taking advantage of America's ignorance and dire need to connect to anything either on television (TV is a nickname, nicknames are for friends, and television is NO friend of mine!...) or in the pop culture in general in order to make themselves feel important and popular in order to put yourself through college. Sure, he probably got a shitty contract and is making only a small fraction of what he should, but it's still money and, if he's still in college, I hope he gets paid mostly in quarters.
