Comments on: Join the majority

By: cultureguru

cultureguru — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 17:58:45 +0000

Thanks for the link to the full text of the poem — it was great.
Yeah, a lot of people have criticized Nikki Yanovsky’s “Oh Canada” performance. Which is fair — I wasn’t crazy about that version, either. But it irritates me that some (not you) therefore assume she’s just another no-talent, pretty-face, teen pop singer. Because she’s got a serious set of pipes. Couldn’t believe it when I first heard her, when she was, 12 or so? She looked and talked like the young girl she was. But she didn’t sing like one–she sounded like a woman.
Course, that amazing voice doesn’t make her a great interpreter of songs, as the “Oh Canada” shows. Is that something you can learn? I hope so. She’s only 15 or 16 now.

By: Jo

Jo — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 17:44:46 +0000

Forgot to add – the thing i disliked most about the ceremonies was Nikki Yanovsky’s rendition of O Canada. She totally “americanised” it in the way US pop singers tend to jazz up/drag out the Star Spangled Banner when they sing them at big events. I so hate that. It’s a grand song on its own – it doesn’t need a pop version – just sing the damn thing as it was written. I really really hated her performance.

By: Jo

Jo — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 14:59:41 +0000

That slam poet’s poem was shortened considerably for the opening ceremonies. I found the entire text online:

http://www.vancouversun.com/More%20Transcript%20opening%20ceremony%20poem%20Shane%20Koyczan/2558526/story.html