andy williams - what did you do while he was 'singing'
catt
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i made tea 
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did you sit through it without cringeing? honestly?
i missed the pro dance - i didnt care!!
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,did you sit through it without cringeing? honestly?
i missed the pro dance - i didnt care!!
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Thankfully most us don't have to demonstrate the fact live on National TV.
Sad to see.
why didnt they have babs streisand???, she was here on fri night yes?
what a coup that would have been
Was he wearing runners?
I reckon Andy Williams was just invited on to make Brucie look a bit less old and foolish
Me too. I cringed for him. I thought his voice was going to give up sometimes. I wonder why he's putting himself throught it, surely he doesn't need the money.
Tragic, I'd call it. What a honey-smooth voice he used to have. Bruce doesn't only look good in comparison, Bruce IS good in comparison. He's not doddery, just irritatingly vain for saying that himself.
As for why AW carries on; Wikipedia tells us he has his own 2000-seat 'theater' in Branson, Missouri. "Where?" I hear you cry.
Exactly, it must be hard to fill a showhall that big in a small town in the Ozark Mts, often enough to pay for the running costs. Maybe that's why Andy is still hitting the road at 83, with a dodgy voice.
My gran was a huge Andy Williams fan and had loads of his records (see he is old!)... when I was growing up (ahem... 20 years ago)....
I was staggered he was so bad... and personally if he is promoting a CD... that advert is less likely that I will buy it than ever. Saw the ad for the CD last night and I didnt realise he sang the Impossible Dream....
But that singing slot on Strictly made even the singers seem like opera divas.... (with the standard of singing that is)...
I too just felt for the man on SCD. There is a reason the word retirement exists, ohh its so sad to see such a great man looking so old and feeble, with the obvious wobble to the voice that comes with advanced age. Its not a memory for the fans to keep. I would imagine he and Bruce are around the same age, early eighties, and yet my goodness, it only brought it home just how WITH IT Brucie is. I will stick to the best of Andy Williams which has pride of place on my ipod in future when I want to listen to his velvet tones.
Your agent, record company etc are still making money from your appearances, so they're not likely to turn around and say 'sorry mate, but I don't think you can cut it any more'.
And then there's the way fame can warp some people's heads and get them thinking they're 'it' when they're not. I would be surprised if that kind of attitude was ingrained in a guy who's been around for such a long time though.
Maybe he needs to perform because he's afraid that if he admits he's not up to it and stops, he'll have to admit he's retired and thus has one foot in the grave?
Anyway, he's far from the only one. Sinatra did it, Tom Jones is still doing it. There's obviously some sort of taboo against telling male singers they're past it.
Just out of interest, anyone know what Vera Lynn sounds like these days?
Vera Lynn? She sang a couple of lines from White Cliffs on a BBC regional news recently. I heard her, you don't need to.
It was hard to tell!!
JJ
Best argument I have ever seen for lip-synching a track.
I wonder how far into rehearsals the BBC realised they had make a mistake? Having announced last week that he would be singing, they had to carry on......