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8/28: How did Atlanta’s Kazual stack up on “America’s Got Talent”?
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
The Atlanta quartet Kazual performed tonight with nine other groups on TV’s biggest summer show ‘America’s Got Talent.” We hadn’t seen much of them so far so they had to kill it. And up to this point, I’ve only heard them a capella and they sound great together.
But I didn’t quite “feel it” tonight when they sang “Can You Feel It.” The foursome looked and danced like pros. The problem: the solo vocals didn’t stand out. Another problem: nobody was ID’ed as the lead singer. Only one of the four (EJay) really carried the charisma and vocals to be the lead. The other solos were weak, one getting swallowed up by the backing tracks. Again, when the four of them sang together, Kazual sounded solid. That may not be good enough for them to survive into the next round. We’ll learn their fate on Tuesday.
Piers Morgan echoed my sentiments exactly, as did Sharon Osborne. “You were nervous,” said David Hasselhoff. “But you pulled it together in the end… I hope America gives you a second chance.” David said to make EJay the lead. True that!
I enjoyed quite a few of the acts including the finale singers both nights. Neal E. Boyd, the insurance salesman, did a solid job on “Somewhere” and *Queen Emily&* did a solid job with “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough.” But my problem is both songs are so cliched an dtired. I wasn’t nearly as wowed by either of them. And honestly, I think LaKisha Jones was better than Queen Emily but she has a great back story. So does Boyd. The judges are hyping both to high heaven. Both are guaranteed slots in the top 20.
Night one was stronger than night two. My favorites that first night (besides Boys) were the Extreme Dance FX cloggers (big improvement), the James Gang (very unusual!), the gal who fights her dad in the group Elite (daddy issues? She just missed the top 5), Ronnie B. (this year’s Boy Shakira, who didn’t make it to the top 20), and the magician Shimshi with the card trick (more fun than it sounds but he missed the top 5 as well). The drummers didn’t do it for me and the cowboys were middling talent goofballs.
My night two favorites were Paul Salos, the Sinatra impersonator; Zooperstars (good for pot smokers, I fathom), the Wright Kids (more adorable than great singers); trombonist Jonathan Arons (simply fun, even if his trombone playing sucked). I agreed with Piers—the Slippery Kittens were a bore and Jason the Giant was a joke.
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