I bought Jordin's CD, "Jordin Sparks," because I was deeply inspired by the power and beauty of her singing of Our National Anthem at this year's Super Bowl. I regret that I had not heard her on "American Idol," a show I stopped watching because I cannot tolerate Simon Cowell's insults to the artists. I am thrilled by the music on the album and am very happy that I purchased the Wal-Mart edition which includes "Worth the Wait." By the way, I am a semi-retired but still active pastor, and I wonder what permissions I need in order to play "Worth the Wait" for the congregation over the church's public address system to illustrate a sermon.
Elsewhere on Jordin's fan site I wrote that Jordin is one of the supremely talented young musicians who will accomplish much more than the politicians, actors, athletes and official religious leaders toward achieving the racial and ethnic reconciliation which our world sorely needs. And I recommended that Jordin meet and collaborate musically with another such supremely talented singer, Chloe Agnew, the youngest member of "Celtic Woman," who was born, like Jordin, in 1989. What an impact for good they could achieve together.
The first few times I listened to Jordin's CD, I knew that Jordin reminded me of some great singer. The memory haunted me, but I couldn't place who it was. Eventually I realized that in the variety of her songs and in the wonderful lilt of her voice, she reminds me of my all-time favorite pop singer Karen Carpenter, who died tragically in 1983 at age 32. I still thrill every time I hear "We've Only Just Begun" or "Close to You" or "Yesterday Once More," and I suspect that Jordin's voice will still affect me similarly in the future. Like Karen, Jordin accomplishes what few singers can do, which I call "riding gracefully on top of the notes."
My only negative criticism of Jordin's CD concerns the presence of a very intrusive buzzing instrument in the accompaniment to track 11, an otherwise gorgeous song called "See My Side." At first I thought it was a defect on the CD. It detracts from the beauty of Jordin's singing and the other instruments. In all other respects, the instrumental and vocal backing are perfect and the performers are very talented. I give the album the highest rating.
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I bought Jordin's CD, "Jordin Sparks," because I was deeply inspired by the power and beauty of her singing of Our National Anthem at this year's Super Bowl. I regret that I had not heard her on "American Idol," a show I stopped watching because I cannot tolerate Simon Cowell's insults to the artists. I am thrilled by the music on the album and am very happy that I purchased the Wal-Mart edition which includes "Worth the Wait." By the way, I am a semi-retired but still active pastor, and I wonder what permissions I need in order to play "Worth the Wait" for the congregation over the church's public address system to illustrate a sermon.
Elsewhere on Jordin's fan site I wrote that Jordin is one of the supremely talented young musicians who will accomplish much more than the politicians, actors, athletes and official religious leaders toward achieving the racial and ethnic reconciliation which our world sorely needs. And I recommended that Jordin meet and collaborate musically with another such supremely talented singer, Chloe Agnew, the youngest member of "Celtic Woman," who was born, like Jordin, in 1989. What an impact for good they could achieve together.
The first few times I listened to Jordin's CD, I knew that Jordin reminded me of some great singer. The memory haunted me, but I couldn't place who it was. Eventually I realized that in the variety of her songs and in the wonderful lilt of her voice, she reminds me of my all-time favorite pop singer Karen Carpenter, who died tragically in 1983 at age 32. I still thrill every time I hear "We've Only Just Begun" or "Close to You" or "Yesterday Once More," and I suspect that Jordin's voice will still affect me similarly in the future. Like Karen, Jordin accomplishes what few singers can do, which I call "riding gracefully on top of the notes."
My only negative criticism of Jordin's CD concerns the presence of a very intrusive buzzing instrument in the accompaniment to track 11, an otherwise gorgeous song called "See My Side." At first I thought it was a defect on the CD. It detracts from the beauty of Jordin's singing and the other instruments. In all other respects, the instrumental and vocal backing are perfect and the performers are very talented. I give the album the highest rating.
Roger