2008 Woodie Awards
UPB performances lack thought
Joey LeMay
Issue date: 10/2/08 Section: Intermission
From what signs and posters around campus suggest, Grammy Award winning R&B artist Ne-Yo is going to drop his beats for us Nov. 1 at Halenbeck Hall.
I, for one, am far too giddy right now and look forward to paying the small price of $27 for a lower level seat. I mean, there really is no price tag when Ne-Yo is soothing your soul with melodic notes and hypnotizing dance moves.
For example, his song "Don't Matter" was a smash hit. "Nobody wanna see us together/But it don't matter, no/Cause I got you."
What a classic. And to have the opportunity to see him perform that live makes me more excited than Ne-Yo will be to leave St. Cloud after he finds out what it is.
Wait, what? Ne-Yo did not sing the aforementioned song? That was Akon? Oh, well, my bad.
He has more songs in his catalog, I'm sure. Like the catchy and poignant song "With You." I find myself singing that one at random times of the day: in the shower, my walks to class, and even when I'm doing my homework.
It is such a good song, it can be hard to concentrate on what I'm doing at the time.
"I need you boo, I've gotta see you boo/And the hearts all over the world tonight/Said the hearts all over the world tonight."
Huh? Now what? Chris Brown sings that song? Oh for crying out loud. Then who the hell is this Ne-Yo guy? What does he sing?
"Closer?" Never heard of it.
"Miss Independent?" Is that not some Kelly Clarkson song?
Who knows? Contemporary R&B all sounds the same and plagues viewers with cookie-cutter performers.
Again, University Program Board (UPB) dropped the ball on this year's concert. But this is historically the case. UPB drops the ball more often than Kanye West drops raps about oppression.
Dating back to 2005, UPB has brought in talent such as Dashboard Confessional, The Wreckers, Simple Plan and Vanessa Carlton.
And there is a clear pattern with the student organizations' selections: it has nothing to do with musical quality at all.
I, for one, am far too giddy right now and look forward to paying the small price of $27 for a lower level seat. I mean, there really is no price tag when Ne-Yo is soothing your soul with melodic notes and hypnotizing dance moves.
For example, his song "Don't Matter" was a smash hit. "Nobody wanna see us together/But it don't matter, no/Cause I got you."
What a classic. And to have the opportunity to see him perform that live makes me more excited than Ne-Yo will be to leave St. Cloud after he finds out what it is.
Wait, what? Ne-Yo did not sing the aforementioned song? That was Akon? Oh, well, my bad.
He has more songs in his catalog, I'm sure. Like the catchy and poignant song "With You." I find myself singing that one at random times of the day: in the shower, my walks to class, and even when I'm doing my homework.
It is such a good song, it can be hard to concentrate on what I'm doing at the time.
"I need you boo, I've gotta see you boo/And the hearts all over the world tonight/Said the hearts all over the world tonight."
Huh? Now what? Chris Brown sings that song? Oh for crying out loud. Then who the hell is this Ne-Yo guy? What does he sing?
"Closer?" Never heard of it.
"Miss Independent?" Is that not some Kelly Clarkson song?
Who knows? Contemporary R&B all sounds the same and plagues viewers with cookie-cutter performers.
Again, University Program Board (UPB) dropped the ball on this year's concert. But this is historically the case. UPB drops the ball more often than Kanye West drops raps about oppression.
Dating back to 2005, UPB has brought in talent such as Dashboard Confessional, The Wreckers, Simple Plan and Vanessa Carlton.
And there is a clear pattern with the student organizations' selections: it has nothing to do with musical quality at all.