Grazing Rites

I was working at the Michael Bublé concert the other day when his last song of the encore sounded familiar. A Song For You I believe it’s called. Years ago Warren performed this song at the Stripped concert series which was included in the Arc2 webcast and subsequent DVD. Compared to Warren, Bublé sounded like a bag of cats.

For one thing Bublé doesn’t bring the lyrics to life. He gives the performance energy and some kind of half-assed unoriginal style but clearly the words have no particular meaning to him. Warren on the other hand could sing Happy Birthday and make you think he just wrote it for you for all the heart felt sincerity he puts into even the smallest show.

I know nothing about music beyond the ordinary layman so I can’t quantify exactly why the quality of Warren’s performance was so much better but I do know that Bublé himself would be hard pressed to defend his performance were they placed side-by-side. Perhaps being a layman isn’t so bad as it means almost anyone could appreciate the gulf of quality between the two, even if they can’t put it into words well.

Bublé easily sold out the show of 14,000 seats. Can you imagine how well Warren would do after some exposure?

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