The Soul Board

Wednesday, August 12, 2009

My Favorite Dances from Season 5!!

Jason & Jeanine - Contemporary - Travis Wall - If It Kills Me (The Casanova Session)

Kupono & Kayla - Contemporary - Mia Michaels - Gravity

Brandon & Jeanine - Paso Doble - Louis van Amstel - Tetsujin

Brandon & Janette - Argentine Tango - Miriam Larici & Leonardo Barrionuevo - Libertango

Ade & Melissa - Contemporary - Tyce Diorio - This Woman's Work

Evan & Randi - Contemporary - Mia Michaels - Koop Island Blues

Philip & Jeanine - Hip Hop - Tabitha & Napolean D'umo - Mad

Jason & Kayla - Hip Hop - Shane Sparks - They're Everywhere

Max & Kayla - Samba - Louis van Amstel - Jum Bah Day

Ade & Janette - Hip Hop - Tabitha & Napolean D'umo - Love Sex Magic

Brandon & Jeanine - Pop Jazz - Laurie Ann Gibson - Battlefield

Brandon & Kayla - Disco - Doriana Sanchez - Dance (Disco Heat)

Brandon & Janette - Disco - Doriana Sanchez -Loving Is Really My Game

Evan & Randi - Jive - Louis van Amstel - Shake A Tail Feather

Ade & Melissa - Disco - Doriana Sanchez -Move On Up

- Cheers

Tuesday, August 11, 2009

So You Think You Can Dance - Group Dances

Top 5 Girl - Bollywood - Nakul Dev Mahajan - Dholna

Top 3 Boys - Jazz - Sonya Tayeh - True Romance

Friday, August 7, 2009

Susan Boyle; A Sensation?!

Anyone who keeps himself updated with the latest happenings in the world is definitely no stranger to Susan Boyle. She made her first appearance in Britain's Got Talent. Though the initial reaction was sarcastic and she was ridiculed upon her appearance but the moment she started singing, I was dazed! Only to get out of it in time to see her getting a standing ovation from the crowd and the judges.

She progressed extremely well through out the competition but unfortunately(And surprisingly) was not able to win the whole deal. But coming to what I see, it was a scam! A total scam!

No doubt she really talented, but a talent like her isn't taught or learned. In my opinion, such talent is born. And besides this, her obvious lack of physical beauty was displayed very openly through out the series. I'm pretty sure there is a huge array of stylists back stage that could have worked their magic and within seconds have given her a make-over. But no such thing happened. But soon after the competition, Boyle did happen to go under a make-over.

I'm a big fan of reality television but make no mistake, even in their world everything isn't portrayed adequately. It's like that certain facts are down-played while certain other are made prominent all in the favor of bumping up the ratings and viewership. In this case, it's to be noted that during Boyle's introduction she was shown to be an old frumpy lady, having the sole company of her cat and with a slightly bewildered mannerism.

Boyle became an international sensation even though she did not win her specific season. But you can bet with complete surety, that she's headed for fame and success. She's already signed a record deal and her debut album is slated for a release in November. Besides an upcoming album, she will also be going on a tour in US. She's made several appearances on various talk shows such as The Oprah Winfrey Show( Check here) and Good Morning America. There is even an on going rumor that she will be appearing on one of the result show of the ninth season of American Idol( Hint; Simon) to perform as a celebrity.

Even during her stint on Britain's Got Talent, she garnered a lot of attention. Her appearance a way for a seperate channel on YouTube for Britain's Got Talent and her own audition video had been viewed over 100 million times within a week of her first appearence. Now that's got to be something!

Boyle definitely has taken the world by storm and her name has become a phrase of success. Any singing act that people find appealing is termed as the Next Susan Boyle. Give me a break, guys!

The reality television got two of their most famous personalities in the first half of '09, Susan Boyle from Britain's Got Talent and Adam Lambert from American Idol. And there will be sometime before we get another one of those. Till then the spotlight is on them!

Cheers!

Copyright © Saad Khan 2009 (Karachi, Pakistan; saadkhalidkhan@gmail.com)

Gene Simmons Is My Daddy

Not mine, he's Amanda Summers' daddy! Just dig in guys and you'll be laughing your face off! Even if you don't watch Ugly Betty and have absolutely no idea who are Amanda( Becki Newton) and Marc( Michael Urie), I'm sure once you've viewed this video you'll go scrambling all over YouTube to find more of their scenes or maybe even start watching Ugly Betty.

And will someone please give this girl an Emmy!!

Ugly Betty wouldn't be half as popular with the weird and silly antics of Maranda( Marc and Amanda), though they lack any emotional romantic to each other but their chemistry kicks butt of nearly every other couple out there! Go Maranda!

Thursday, August 6, 2009

Hot Hot Hot Hot!! Simply Irresistibly Hot!!

This dance is so freak'in hot, it's unbelievable! I guess that's because the girls totally completely absolutely over-power the guys in this number, especially Kayla and Melissa(I never knew she could be so darn seductive!) that they completely knock it out of the ball park.

And being choreographed by Dmitri Chaplin, it's a sure guy pleaser!! More Dmitri Chaplin routines please! ;)

Because Of You - Kelly Clarkson

Okay I might as well change the blog's name to KellyClarkson.com or something along those lines, after all the posts I've done pertaining to her. But I just can't help it! I just have to view every single thing related to her on youtube and that's when I stumbled upon this! And you can't blame me, after all she IS the first American Idol! She IS an international sensation! She IS ridiculously awesome!

So this week the LIVE performance I'm putting up here is none other than of Ms.Clarkson herself! And people viewing this should note about what I said earlier about her doing extremely well in her stripped back, non-glammed, classy self! She's got the vocals so why in the world she needs any stupid gimmick to sell herself?! Heck no!!

Check her out, guys!! She's definitely and always will be one of the best music personalities out there! And though there have been seven more Idol, Clarkson still takes my number one spot!

Monday, August 3, 2009

Great Song!! Horrible Video!!

Kelly Clarkson's third single from her fourth studio album All I Ever Wanted just got released and is surrounded in the huge controversy that Ryan Tedder, the producer of this song, passed the same melody for Beyonce's international hit 'Halo'.
While the above mentioned thing itself can pretty much turn me off, but what makes it all even worse is that such an amazing song gets such a pathetic video! The last time I was this dissappointed upon seeing a video was during Katy Perry's 'Thinking Of You', even that was pretty much of a crap pile!
First of all, Kelly doesn't need to be donned in a hundred million dollar outfit for a video. She never had the diva factor and she's one of those that does extremely well without it. The only point she looks good in the video is during the head shot and close ups. At all other places she looks way older than her actual age. My cousin and I both are of the opinion that her dress is actually to draw the audience's attention away from the similarity between the melodies of two song with 'Halo'. Ha, fat chance!!! If anything this video has done is to raise the voice even more about them being same!
Secondly, the self-playing voilins, harps and pianos are an excellent touch contributing to the celestial feel I had mentioned earlier. But, I would've prefered if the video was shot somewhere in a wild forest depicting the vast loneliness that one experiences after a loved one's departure. Or something along the lines of Clarkson travelling in a New York commute surrounded with the hub bub of daily life. As she makes her way through it symbolising that life needs to go on no matter what!
Anyhow the video has been shot and released, can't do a thing about it now! But I'm hoping that despite all these things against it, this song travels to the top of the charts. It's my personal favorite from the whole album and I'd hate to see it fall down to miserable depths. And if it does, a huge pox on the creative director whoever it may be!!

Brookie!! How Do I Tell Thee?! ;)

Brooke White, also more commonly known as Brookie was one of my four favorite from the seventh season of American Idol. Besides from having one of the most feminine voices that were so enchantingly beautiful, there was something about her that just couldn't stop you from liking her!

She gave some of the best performances of the seventh season very early on, special note is to be given to the 'Let It Be' by the Beatles. Although towards the end of competetion the pressure had clearly taken it's toll on her as she forgot her lyrics during her performance. But even then the 24 year old nanny from California bought it to a very humorous approach, view here.

Isn't she the most cute?! So yeah, people have repeatedly told me I have this insane crush on her! Nothing big there! ;)

Now she's ready to hit the mainstream music with her album High Hopes & Heartbreak, produced by Randy Jackson himself. Here is a very radio friendly, easy-listening and purely pop track from the album. And yes, the review will be coming up here soon as soon as I find a copy of the album and lend an ear to it. Till then enjoy this lil morsel, guys!

Well First Of All, I Can Do That!!!

Episode 99 of So You Think You Can Dance(Also reffered to as SYTYCD in short) featured a group performance choregraphed by their alumni from Season 2, Travis Wall. The dance is a futuristic rave number that features a fusion of all the styles known to them.

And I absolutely loved it!! The point to where Kayla made her ballerina type entrance to Ade's diagonal flip flop across the dance floor to Jeanine's robotic movements to Brandon's wave form!! And to put a sugar over it, they used one of my all time favorite song 'Let It Rock' by Kevin Rudolph featuring Lil' Wayne as the music!!

And if all that wasn't enough to make me want to see the dance again and again it was Ellen Degeneres hilarious judging comments(Check it out here)!! Is there anything this woman can't do?! I love Ellen...and I always have!

Anyhow coming back to it, SYTYCD is my other favorite reality program. With the Season 5 coming next week, I'll be posting soon all my favorite dances right over here. Keep an eye out for them!!

Enjoy!!

Saturday, August 1, 2009

No One - Alicia Keys

Alicia Keys is no doubt one of the most amazing artists ever to surface. Besides placing a bif fat check mark on an amazing soulful voice, she's an amazing songwriter and an ever better LIVE! performer! Her brilliant piano playing coupled with her powerful strong vocals that are so apprpriately required for any performance make her a treat to watch!! Enjoy folks!