She has a very, very good voice imo. Liked the fridge background. I'm a bit worried that she talks to food products.

He does have a good voice for the work, no doubt about that. Looks the part too though somewhat different in style.

Isn't Uhohzombies still around?

There were some members who vanished right about when I joined - coincidence? - and some who were already gone before I came here.

I miss MLX, because she was such a diligent sifter until Zifnab soared by.
Fedquip has also been on/off for a while.
Michie left when I was just starting up, if I remember correctly.
Rembar, I fucking miss Rembar.
Tofumar was a loss too, even if I think he left partially because of me (not entirely sure why, though).
Ladybug, our resident nurse, would have been great to have around too.
Raven was a good voice too.
Critttter was way cool, but she was not around for long.

There are others, names, images lost like smoke in the fog and like tears in the rain.

looks like he's wearing suspenders...

"Gallagher's son sure has a good voice"

upvote for my man paradox!
*lithuania

and manos has a stupidly good voice for dance music.

This is amazing. I knew he had a good voice, but this song is good enough to play on the radio. (that doesn't say much about today;s radio, but still)

Good voice match actually.

As a sweeping generalization coming from my own upbringing and experiences, I think Chinese people (and their government) tend to value aesthetics greatly, and thus a decision like this is upsetting but not very surprising. At the same time, though, this sort of mindset isn't at all an Evil China exclusive; look at magazine photos (where in some magazines, they're more painting than photo now anyway), musician/performer successes, diet trends, fashion trends, the meat of the advertising world ("You're not good enough. Buy this and maybe you'll be less horrible.") etc. And I definitely can't endorse high-and-mighty comments about how evil China is; they're just as evil as everywhere else, but they're not as good at covering it up. You say the Chinese media is state-run like that's uncommon. Did CNN lose its "Joke" status? China's just more transparent about it.

Returning to the topic, I read an article on this earlier in the week (which carried a little more substance to it) and apparently the story is that the girl you SAW was selected early to perform (she IS a singer, and a nice one), but during the last rehearsal a powerful politician decided her voice had to go. Thus the music director scrambled to find another good voice, which he did, but then the owner of that lovely voice was deemed not cute enough to represent China. Both kids and their families say they are okay with it (of course, they might have been instructed to say that), the singer that she's just happy her voice was used to represent China. I think that's a classy way to come off it, and whoever's handling PR for China seems to have done the best they could after the fact (ie not denial). I still don't agree with the decision, as I think both kids were adorable, and I feel confident that if the visible girl made it through auditioning and rehearsals, she was indeed a great singer anyway. It's unfortunate that this one dude with all the power decided otherwise, but hey, that's art.

And finally, to whoever posted that quip about slave labour being related, that's gotta top my personal list of dumbest correlations ever. And further, a country that is known to use slave labour might be a sad thing, but is it much better to be in one of the many countries that quietly but enthusiastically continue to fund said labour?

My overall point is this isn't a good deed by any means, but I suspect that the world is chomping at the bit to cry foul at China, given the one-sided press it gets. And as another poster commented, on the grand scale, who really cares about lip-synching? (Pavarotti lip-synched in the 07 Winters, I think... due to age and cold air?)

PS: Milli Vanilli was AWESOME. Blame it on the Rain was such an awesome song I'm not even upset about the whole lip-synching faking debacle.

good voice and beat but the video is that stuttering style that annoys the hell outta me

Guy's got a pretty darn good voice.

LOL! Especially a balloon Jesus; He has NO fucking chance in Hell! Tree rats rule!

In reply to this comment by JAPR:
I'd like to see Jesus and a balloon stand up to a squirrel with a freaking bazooka. WHERE'S YOUR SAVIOR NOW?!

In reply to this comment by kronosposeidon:
..btw, I've been meaning to say I love your new avatar.

So what you're saying is that you DIDN'T like my old Balloon-Jesus avatar? That's it; you're going straight to Hell. Balloon Hell. Yeah, pretty scary shit, eh? Satan walks around all day with a hat pin.

In reply to this comment by JAPR:
Spin. On a very old, very unstable washing machine.

btw, I've been meaning to say I love your new avatar.

In reply to this comment by kronosposeidon:
Dude, that's classic! That's a LOLzer squared! But what part of the cycle are you talking about? Wash, rinse, or spin?

In reply to this comment by JAPR:
Gackt is a difficult one for me...I get annoyed by his looks/actions, and he overuses vibrato more than any other asian singer I've ever heard, but the songs are all catchy, and when he's not sounding like he's sitting on a fucking washing machine while singing, he has a really good voice.

I'd like to see Jesus and a balloon stand up to a squirrel with a freaking bazooka. WHERE'S YOUR SAVIOR NOW?!

In reply to this comment by kronosposeidon:
..btw, I've been meaning to say I love your new avatar.

So what you're saying is that you DIDN'T like my old Balloon-Jesus avatar? That's it; you're going straight to Hell. Balloon Hell. Yeah, pretty scary shit, eh? Satan walks around all day with a hat pin.

In reply to this comment by JAPR:
Spin. On a very old, very unstable washing machine.

btw, I've been meaning to say I love your new avatar.

In reply to this comment by kronosposeidon:
Dude, that's classic! That's a LOLzer squared! But what part of the cycle are you talking about? Wash, rinse, or spin?

In reply to this comment by JAPR:
Gackt is a difficult one for me...I get annoyed by his looks/actions, and he overuses vibrato more than any other asian singer I've ever heard, but the songs are all catchy, and when he's not sounding like he's sitting on a fucking washing machine while singing, he has a really good voice.

..btw, I've been meaning to say I love your new avatar.

So what you're saying is that you DIDN'T like my old Balloon-Jesus avatar? That's it; you're going straight to Hell. Balloon Hell. Yeah, pretty scary shit, eh? Satan walks around all day with a hat pin.

In reply to this comment by JAPR:
Spin. On a very old, very unstable washing machine.

btw, I've been meaning to say I love your new avatar.

In reply to this comment by kronosposeidon:
Dude, that's classic! That's a LOLzer squared! But what part of the cycle are you talking about? Wash, rinse, or spin?

In reply to this comment by JAPR:
Gackt is a difficult one for me...I get annoyed by his looks/actions, and he overuses vibrato more than any other asian singer I've ever heard, but the songs are all catchy, and when he's not sounding like he's sitting on a fucking washing machine while singing, he has a really good voice.

Spin. On a very old, very unstable washing machine.

btw, I've been meaning to say I love your new avatar.

In reply to this comment by kronosposeidon:
Dude, that's classic! That's a LOLzer squared! But what part of the cycle are you talking about? Wash, rinse, or spin?

In reply to this comment by JAPR:
Gackt is a difficult one for me...I get annoyed by his looks/actions, and he overuses vibrato more than any other asian singer I've ever heard, but the songs are all catchy, and when he's not sounding like he's sitting on a fucking washing machine while singing, he has a really good voice.

Dude, that's classic! That's a LOLzer squared! But what part of the cycle are you talking about? Wash, rinse, or spin?

In reply to this comment by JAPR:
Gackt is a difficult one for me...I get annoyed by his looks/actions, and he overuses vibrato more than any other asian singer I've ever heard, but the songs are all catchy, and when he's not sounding like he's sitting on a fucking washing machine while singing, he has a really good voice.